Walk 2 Work Day 2009
Walk2Work 2009 saw thousands of kiwi’s don comfortable shoes, leave their cars at home and take to the streets – either as first time walkers or as regular walk2workers.
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Annual Reports - President's reports and financial statements
Reports since 2003 in PDF format:
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Factsheet about Living Streets Aotearoa
1. Our vision:
More people choosing to walk more often.
2. Background to Living Streets Aotearoa:
Living Streets Aotearoa is New Zealand’s national walking and pedestrian organisation, established in 1998, and incorporated in 2002. Living Streets works to develop walking-friendly communities throughout New Zealand and to promote the social, environmental, health and economic benefits of walking as a means of transport and recreation.
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Golden Foot Awards: New Zealand’s National Walking Awards
The closing date for the Golden Foot Awards is fast approaching!
These are new national walking awards organised by Living Streets Aotearoa. The closing date is 19th June, so make sure you get your nominations in quickly.
The awards will showcase walking innovations and facilitate the sharing of new ideas across the country. The awards will be presented in a high profile ceremony in Wellington Council chambers on 24th July.
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Drivers should concentrate on the road, not on their cellphones
Motorists who talk on handheld or hands-free cellular phones are as impaired as drunk drivers, according to a University of Utah study.
Living Streets Aotearoa applauds the Minister of Transport, Steven Joyce, for seeking to ban cell phone calls and texting by drivers.
“Drivers should concentrate on the road, and not on their cell phones”, says Celia Wade-Brown, president of Living Streets Aotearoa.
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Executive Council Minutes May 2009
Living Streets Aotearoa Inc
Minutes of Executive Council Meeting
held 11 May 2009 at 6.00 p.m.
Meeting held by telephone conference call
Present: Liz Thomas, Mike Mellor (Wellington); Daphne Bell (Hamilton); Andy Smith (Auckland); Peter Kortegast (Nelson); Gay Richards (North Shore) took the minutes
Apologies: Celia Wade-Brown, Rhys Taylor; Carina Duke
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Walkability gets a mention on Zoodle
Submitted by administrator on Sun, 29/03/2009 - 08:52It is not quite clear who has written the blog post featured here on the property information site Zoodle but it provides a good summary of the issues related to walkability and the U.S. service that provides WalkScores
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Interesting Conference
This conference is really interesting - come along.
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Executive Council Minutes February 2009
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Pedestrian planning and design guide finally hits the streets
Submitted by administrator on Fri, 06/02/2009 - 13:34Well it has been a long time coming but the LTNZ have finally published their guide to planning and designing spaces for pedestrians. In their words:
- This guide sets out ways to improve New Zealand’s walking environment. It outlines a process for deciding on the type of provision that should be made for pedestrians and provides design advice and standards.
In our view ....... [more to be added]
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About Us
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.