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Cycling in New Zealand

Index Cycling in New Zealand

Cycling in New Zealand, while relatively popular as a sport, bicycle use is a very marginal commuting mode, with the share hovering around 1-3% in most major cities. [1]

56 relations: Auckland, Australian magpies in New Zealand, Automobile dependency, Banks Peninsula, Bicycle culture, Bicycle helmet, Bicycle helmets in New Zealand, Bike Auckland, Blenheim, New Zealand, Canterbury, New Zealand, Christchurch, Christchurch Railway Cycleway, Clyde, New Zealand, Cycle Friendly Awards, Cycle sport, Cycling, Cycling Action Network, Cycling in Auckland, Cycling infrastructure, Cycling New Zealand, Dun Mountain Railway, Graperide, Hagley Park, Hastings, New Zealand, Hawke's Bay Trails, John Key, Kapiti Expressway, Lake Taupo, Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge, Le Race, Little River Rail Trail, Little River, New Zealand, Middlemarch, New Zealand, New Plymouth, New Zealand Cycle Trail, Nextbike (New Zealand), NZ Cycling Conference, Otago Central Rail Trail, Otago Central Railway, Race stage, Raglan, New Zealand, Rail trail, Richmond, New Zealand, Rimutaka Incline, Road bicycle racing, South Island, Southland, New Zealand, Spokes Canterbury, Sports governing body, Tama Easton, ..., Telstraclear challenge, The New Zealand Herald, The Press, Tour de Vineyards, Tour of Southland, Whakarewarewa. Expand index (6 more) »

Auckland

Auckland is a city in New Zealand's North Island.

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Australian magpies in New Zealand

The Australian magpie is a medium-sized black and white passerine bird native to Australia and southern New Guinea.

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Automobile dependency

Automobile dependency is the concept that some city layouts cause automobiles to be favored over alternate forms of transportation such as bicycles, public transit, and walking.

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Banks Peninsula

Banks Peninsula is a peninsula of volcanic origin on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand.

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Bicycle culture

Bicycle culture can refer to a mainstream culture that supports the use of bicycles or to a subculture.

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Bicycle helmet

A bicycle helmet is designed to attenuate impacts to the head of a cyclist in falls while minimizing side effects such as interference with peripheral vision.

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Bicycle helmets in New Zealand

Bicycle helmets have been mandatory in New Zealand since January 1994.

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Bike Auckland

Bike Auckland (Bike AKL), formerly Cycle Action Auckland (CAA) is a pro-cycling advocacy group in Auckland, New Zealand.

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Blenheim, New Zealand

Blenheim (Waiharakeke) is the most populous town in the region of Marlborough, in the north east of the South Island of New Zealand.

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Canterbury, New Zealand

Canterbury (Waitaha) is a region of New Zealand, located in the central-eastern South Island.

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Christchurch

Christchurch (Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region.

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Christchurch Railway Cycleway

The Christchurch Railway Cycleway follows the Main North railway in Christchurch.

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Clyde, New Zealand

Clyde is a small town in Central Otago, New Zealand with a population of 918 in 2006.

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Cycle Friendly Awards

The New Zealand Cycle Friendly Awards were devised by the Cycling Advocates' Network (CAN) in 2003.

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Cycle sport

Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles.

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Cycling

Cycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport.

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Cycling Action Network

Cycling Action Network (CAN) is a national cycling advocacy group founded in November 1996 in Wellington, New Zealand.

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Cycling in Auckland

Cycling in Auckland is a mode of transport which has historically had high levels of modal share in Auckland, New Zealand, like in most cities in New Zealand.

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Cycling infrastructure

Cycling infrastructure refers to all infrastructure which may be used by cyclists.

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Cycling New Zealand

Cycling New Zealand, originally known as BikeNZ, was created in July 2003 to act as an umbrella body embracing all national bike and cycling organisations including, BMX NZ, Cycling Advocates' Network (CAN resigned from BikeNZ in October 2007), Cycling NZ, Mountain Bike NZ and Cycling New Zealand Schools (formerly NZ Schools Cycling Association).

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Dun Mountain Railway

The Dun Mountain Railway was a privately owned and operated narrow gauge, long horse-drawn tramway from chromite mines in the vicinity of Duppa Lode on the eastern slopes of Wooded Peak to Nelson port in the Tasman District of New Zealand's South Island.

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Graperide

The Graperide is a cycle race held annually around Blenheim, New Zealand.

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Hagley Park

Hagley Park is the largest urban open space (164.637 hectares), Christchurch City Council; New Zealand.

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Hastings, New Zealand

Hastings (Heretaunga) is a New Zealand city and is one of the two major urban areas in Hawke's Bay, on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand.

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Hawke's Bay Trails

The Hawke's Bay Trails are cycling and walking tracks in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand's North Island.

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John Key

Sir John Phillip Key (born 9 August 1961) is a New Zealand politician who served as the 38th Prime Minister of New Zealand and Leader of the New Zealand National Party.

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Kapiti Expressway

The Kapiti Expressway is a four-lane grade-separated expressway through the Kapiti Coast, north of Wellington, New Zealand.

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Lake Taupo

Lake Taupo is a lake in the North Island of New Zealand.

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Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge

The Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge is New Zealand's largest mass participation cycling event.

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Le Race

Le Race is a road bicycle racing event held annually in Canterbury, New Zealand since 1999.

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Little River Rail Trail

The Little River Rail Trail is a cycling and walking track on Banks Peninsula in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island.

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Little River, New Zealand

Little River is a town on Banks Peninsula in the Canterbury region of New Zealand.

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Middlemarch, New Zealand

Middlemarch is a small town in the Otago region of New Zealand's South Island.

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New Plymouth

New Plymouth (Ngāmotu) is the major city of the Taranaki Region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand.

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New Zealand Cycle Trail

The New Zealand Cycle Trail project (Māori: Nga Haerenga, "The Journeys") is a New Zealand government initiative, co-funded together with local councils and charitable trusts, which is to build and operate a network of cycle routes through the country.

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Nextbike (New Zealand)

Nextbike was a bicycle rental scheme in New Zealand, franchised from the German Nextbike company.

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NZ Cycling Conference

The NZ Cycling Conference is a series of cycle planning conferences started in 1997 in Hamilton.

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Otago Central Rail Trail

The Otago Central Rail Trail is a 150-kilometre walking, cycling and horse riding track in the South Island of New Zealand.

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Otago Central Railway

The Otago Central Railway (OCR) or in later years Otago Central Branch Railway, now often referred to as the Taieri Gorge Railway, was a secondary railway line in Central Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand.

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Race stage

In sports, a stage, or leg, or heat, is a unit of a race which has been divided in several parts for the reason such as length of the distance to be covered, as in a multi-day event.

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Raglan, New Zealand

Raglan is a small beachside town located 48 km west of Hamilton, New Zealand on State Highway 23.

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Rail trail

A rail trail is the conversion of a disused railway track into a multi-use path, typically for walking, cycling and sometimes horse riding and snowmobiling.

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Richmond, New Zealand

Richmond is a town, and the seat of the Tasman District Council, that lies south of Nelson in the South Island of New Zealand, close to the southern extremity of Tasman Bay.

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Rimutaka Incline

The Rimutaka Incline was a, gauge railway line on an average grade of 1-in-15 using the Fell system between Summit and Cross Creek stations on the original Wairarapa Line in the Wairarapa district of New Zealand.

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Road bicycle racing

Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held on paved roads.

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South Island

The South Island (Māori: Te Waipounamu) is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island.

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Southland, New Zealand

Southland (Murihiku) is New Zealand's southernmost region.

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Spokes Canterbury

Spokes Canterbury is the main cycling advocacy group in Canterbury, New Zealand.

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Sports governing body

A sports governing body is a sports organization that has a regulatory or sanctioning function.

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Tama Easton

Tamatea Carl Easton (born 30 January 1974 in Christchurch), known as Tama Easton, is the creator of the New Zealand sports and recreation internet forum Vorb.

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Telstraclear challenge

The TelstraClear Challenge - rebranded in 2013 to "Bike the Bridge" - is an annual cycling event held in Auckland that allows entrants to cycle over the Auckland Harbour Bridge, one of the only two times each year that cyclists are legally allowed to do so, the other event being the Auckland Ironman 70.3 triathlon held in January.

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The New Zealand Herald

The New Zealand Herald is a daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, owned by New Zealand Media and Entertainment.

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The Press

The Press is a daily newspaper published in Christchurch, New Zealand.

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Tour de Vineyards

The Tour de Vineyards is a road cycling race held around Tasman Bay, New Zealand.

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Tour of Southland

The Tour of Southland is a road bicycle racing stage race held in the Southland region of New Zealand.

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Whakarewarewa

Whakarewarewa (reduced version of Te Whakarewarewatanga O Te Ope Taua A Wahiao, meaning The gathering place for the war parties of Wahiao, often abbreviated to Whaka by locals) is a geothermal area within Rotorua city in the Taupo Volcanic Zone of New Zealand.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycling_in_New_Zealand

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