Media Release 4 March 2015
Get out on your feet next Wednesday 11 March Walk2Work Day to celebrate the universal method of getting around and one we do every day – walking, and its natural partner the bus or train.
Work Safe is promising adults to 'get you home healthy and safe', but little is being done for children who walk or cycle to school. Lucinda Rees from NZ School Speeds says the Government is irresponsible, as there are no consistent rules in place to get school children home 'healthy and safe' and is calling on them to put rules place to protect our most vulnerable road users.
March is walking month and we're encouraging Aucklanders to take to their feet and discover the many benefits of walking.
Get fit, healthy, have some me time as well as save on petrol and parking!
Walk during March and be in to win heaps of prizes.
See the Aucklnad Transport website to join in the Fun Team Walking challenge
This workshop is designed to bring together key local and international researchers, with policy analysts in local and central government, NGOs and members of the public, to consider the evidence for co-benefits of active journeys -- particularly benefits for population health, climate change, and quality of life -- and how this evidence can be strengthened and acted upon effectively.
You are challenged to organise a team from your workplace and compete against other teams, to see who can spend the most time walking.
The 10,000 Steps Northland win of a Golden Foot Award got a good story in the Northland Advocate
A Northland fitness programme not only stepped up to the mark, it set the pace at the inaugural national Golden Foot New Zealand National Walking Awards.
The 10,000 Steps Northland programme has won the Living Streets Aotearoa award for the country's best recreational walking programme.
Well done Sport Northland on some well deserved coverage!
(NB this document is also available as a PDF - see attachment at bottom of this page)
This toolkit aims to encourage individuals and agencies from the health sector to support cycling and walking in their city via submissions to Local Government.
A community street audit involves a group of people walking a route and uses a simple rating technique to identify problem areas and potential improvements. Living Streets used this tool, in part, to carry out a Community Street review in Brooklyn for the Wellington City Council in November 2007.
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.
