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Executive Council Minutes July 2008
Living Streets Aotearoa Executive Council
Minutes of Meeting held 3 July 2008 at 6.00 p.m.
Meeting held by telephone conference call
Present: Celia Wade-Brown, Liz Thomas, Mike Mellor (Wellington), Daphne Bell (Hamilton); Carina Duke (Christchurch); Scribe: Gay Richards (North Shore)
Apologies: Andy Smith, Graeme Easte (Auckland)
1. Welcome
Celia welcomed members to the call
2. Conflicts of Interest
Daphne noted intention to not to participate in discussion of 5C
3. AGM
Submission on draft guidelines for facilities that assist blind and vision impaired pedestrians (RTS) 2008
Submitted by administrator on Thu, 26/06/2008 - 14:33Submission from Living Streets Aotearoa
On draft guidelines for facilities that assist blind and vision impaired pedestrians (RTS 14)
Organisation: Living Streets Aotearoa
Contact person: Carina Duke
Address: PO Box 1696, Christchurch
Email: carina.duke at livingstreets.org.nz
Phone: (03) 375 4303
Date: 22 January 2008
Media Resource Kit
Submitted by administrator on Sun, 22/06/2008 - 19:15This Media Resource Kit is a tool to help Living Streets members and advocates get their message out to people through the media. It is an evolving resource, which we want to be as useful as possible. It is also available as a PDF (attached below).
We welcome feedback on the usefulness of the kit based on your experiences, together with any suggestions for improving the resource.
Children Want to Walk to School
Living Streets Aotearoa says the recent Ministry of Health report A Portrait of Health is an indictment of New Zealand's urban form and transport options.
Fewer than half of children aged 5 to 14 years use active transport (walk, run, cycle, scoot or skate) to get to school.
"The journey to school offers an easy way to be active and forms the active transport habit early", says Councillor Celia Wade-Brown. Children can also get exercise by walking part of the journey to the bus or train.
Executive Council Minutes May 2008
Living Streets Aotearoa Executive Council
Minutes of Meeting held 12 May 2008 at 6.00 p.m.
Meeting held by telephone conference call
Present: Celia Wade-Brown, Liz Thomas, Mike Mellor (Wellington), Daphne Bell (Hamilton); Andy Smith, Graeme Easte (Auckland), Scribe: Gay Richards (North Shore)
Apologies: Ralph Chapman, Carina Duke
1. Welcome
Celia welcomed members to the call
2. Conflicts of Interest
None noted
Executive Council Minutes April 2008
Living Streets Aotearoa Executive Council
Minutes of Meeting held 12 April 2008 10.00 am
At St John’s Convention Centre, Dixon Street, Wellington
Present: Celia Wade-Brown, Liz Thomas, Daphne Bell, Carina Duke, Andy Smith, Mike Mellor, Ralph Chapman, Gay Richards (Scribe).
Also present: Carol Comber and Lily Linton, LSA Projects Officer and Administrator respectively.
Apologies: Graeme Easte, apologies for lateness: Ralph Chapman & Carina Duke
Welcome
Celia welcomed everyone to Wellington.
Articles on the economic benefits of pedestrian areas
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Submission on the Public Health Bill 2008
Submitted by administrator on Fri, 07/03/2008 - 15:33Organisation: Living Streets Aotearoa
Contact person: Liz Thomas
Address: PO Box 25 424, Wellington
Email: liz.thomas@livingstreets.org.nz
Phone: 04 385 8280
Date: 7th March 2008
Cities must change to protect our health
Cities must be redesigned to make it much easier for people to be physically active as part of everyday life. This is the main finding in a report about to be released.
The report’s author, John White, says that submissions to the recent Health Select Committee Inquiry into Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes had a very strong message. “We need to make walking and cycling the easy and natural choice by the way we design urban areas”, Mr White said.
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.