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<P>This section covers events, organised activities and on-going programmes which promote walking, including:<ul><li>Case studies, reports etc on walking activity </li><li>Promotion of the walking habit by younger people</li><li>Walking School Buses, school access and Safe Routes to School</li><li>Walking and health activities for older people</li><li>Pamphlets and advertisements for programmes and activities</li></ul>
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Christchurch walking groups

Information and contact details for various walking groups around Christchurch.
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Christchurch City Council
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Active Christchurch walk programme

Information on various walking programmes coordinated by Active Christchurch, including the Sunday Walk Programme and 30 Minute walking groups.
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Walking to school: incidental physical activity in the daily occupations of Australian children

Childrens participation in physical activity is declining, and nowhere is this more apparent than in the incidental activity of walking to school.
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Round the bridges fun run and tower 2 tower run (Wanganui)

Walkers and runners completed either the 4.7km route around the Dublin and City bridges or lifted their challenge with the 8.9km route around the Dublin, City and Cobham bridges.
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Walking school buses (Waitakere)

Information on the Waitakere walking school buses programme.
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Waitakere City Council
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Waitakere school travel plan programme

Making school journeys active, social, safe, and sustainable Several schools in Waitakere are already involved in school travel planning and have been instrumental in the development of the regional programme.
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Recreation and community affairs (Upper Hutt)

The Recreation and Community Affairs Division facilitates the provision of recreation opportunities within the community and provides information and support to local organisations.
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Upper Hutt City Council
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Road safety (Rodney district)

Contains information on the community roadwatch and walking school buses programmes.
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Rodney District Council
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Neat Street Awards (Papakura)

The Neat Street Awards are an annual event held in conjunction with the Papakura Garden Competition. The community is encouraged to take pride in where they live, liaise with their neighbours and enter to win one of six \'Neat Street\' signs which is attached to the lamppost at the beginning of the street.
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Living Streets Aotearoa is the New Zealand organisation for people on foot, promoting walking-friendly communities. We are a nationwide organisation with local branches and affiliates throughout New Zealand.

We want more people walking and enjoying public spaces be they young or old, fast or slow, whether walking, sitting, commuting, shopping, between appointments, or out on the streets for exercise, for leisure or for pleasure.

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