NEW ZEALAND COASTER SERVICE LTD.

The funnel was sighted on Northern Transporter at Lyttelton on 18 July 1991. Its arrow derived from the logo of proposed shareholder N.Z. Express Transport Ltd., which withdrew before operations began. The retained design suggested the Auckland–Lyttelton trade; concealing the arrowhead reveals the original E on the starboard side, while the port emblem is mirrored. The arrow pointed forward on both sides. The funnel, including its arrow outline, was royal blue; the flag sighted on 21 October 1991 was sky blue and had a closed arrowhead. A partner later suggested reversing the flag’s arrow towards the hoist, but Rosanoski saw no such change before the service ended.

Brown shows the starboard funnel, but its flag depiction differs from Rosanoski’s observations. Mitchell also reverses the arrow in the N161 port-funnel version. FOTW follows Brown’s flag, under the incorrect name New Zealand Container Services Ltd.; Brown itself uses the incorrect plural Coaster Services. Rosanoski stresses the singular Service and the closed arrowhead in N161.