Living Streets Aotearoa

We are pleased announce that the Living Streets Aotearoa Inc. AGM will be held on Wednesday 29 September 2021 at 7:30 pm by Zoom.

This meeting is an opportunity to acknowledge the work of President Andy Smith, who sadly passed away in July this year. Then we will attend to the formal business of our organisation for the year ended 31 March 2021. 

All current members are invited to participate and will be able to vote at this meeting. 

A service for Andy will be held on Saturday 17 July at 2pm. All Saints Chapel, Purewa Crematorium, 100 St Johns Rd, Meadowbank, Auckland. Contact: The Natural Funeral Co PH 0212345650.

The service will be livestreamed from 1:50pm, NZST. Please email: contact@naturalfuneral.nz for login.

Please see the New Zealand Herald, 13 July for more details or online

Living Streets Aotearoa is delighted to see the commitment of the Associate Minister, Julie Anne Genter, and Ministry of Transport to ensuring that pedestrians and other road users are safe and feel safe.

Thought-leaders to share plans to improve the walking experience at second New Zealand Walking Summit

For the first time, Auckland will host the Walking Summit from 20 - 21 June - New Zealand's leading event for promoting walking-friendly communities.

Offering unique opportunities to hear from local and international experts on transport, accessibility and walkable communities, key topics this year include:

We are thrilled to unveil our smart new tee shirts - the stunning prize for Walk2Work Day winners. These have been designed exclusively for us and can be ordered online, check out the resources page for details on how you can get one.

Thanks to Emily Bulkley for the new design (and Becky Bliss for our well loved logo inspiration for the tee shirts)

Samoan family walking clubs, a radical solution to a dangerous intersection and a hunt for the Gruffalo are among the winners of this year’s Golden Foot Awards. 

The biennial awards ceremony is held by Living Streets Aotearoa to celebrate projects that help to promote walking - in cities, in the country and every day. 

The six winners were presented with their award by Associate Transport Minister Julie Anne Genter in a celebration at Parliament in Wellington. They were: 

The first 2017 New Zealand Walking Summit is only one week away on 28 July in Wellington, New Zealand. This exciting opportunity for those with an interest in walking will explore the theme of 'how to make New Zealand a world leading walking place'.