Fri, 05/18/2012 - 06:39
Public gets its say on plan
Otago Daily Times
Before the council even started looking at new projects, it faced a 4.89% increase because of costs beyond its control. These included a reduction in roading subsidy by the New Zealand Transport Agency, a $381000 increase in insurance costs, ...
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Thu, 05/17/2012 - 17:02
New Zealand Herald (blog)
Shayne Carter says it's time to switch off Dimmer
New Zealand Herald (blog)
By Scott Kara Veteran New Zealand muso Shayne Carter is winding up his current band to go it alone. He talks about the past and the future to Scott Kara. Final fling: Dimmer, as drawn by drummer Gary Sullivan. Photo / Supplied Shayne Carter is calling ...
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Thu, 05/17/2012 - 14:11
Wairoa crossing next month for Great Taste Trail
The Nelson Mail
... of the cycleway that had been completed already and there was a lot of interest from them when the bridge would open. The trail and bridge is funded by the Ministry of Economic Development as one of NZ's Great Rides and by Tasman District Council.
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Wed, 05/16/2012 - 14:09
Opposition to cycleway builds
Hawke's Bay Today
Debate over the proposed cycleway in Taradale's Taipo Stream Reserve looks likely to drag on after a legal submission was presented to Napier City Council on behalf of the Taipo Stream Protection Group. The submission argues the cycleway is ...
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Wed, 05/16/2012 - 06:35
Otago Daily Times
Thomson pleads for cycleway funding
Otago Daily Times
About $4.5 million was expected to be invested in the routes, beginning in 2012-13, with a 66% subsidy paid for by the New Zealand Transport Agency and the rest by the council. However, Cr Acklin's call to axe the project if savings were needed ...
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Wed, 05/16/2012 - 06:34
Otago Daily Times
Highway maintenance funds reduced
Otago Daily Times
By Rosie Manins on Wed, 16 May 2012 Otago will receive about $3.6 million less from the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) than initially planned for maintenance and operations of state highways in the next three years. The NZTA had "squeezed" its ...
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Mon, 05/14/2012 - 16:44
Hastings primary school kids get on their bikes
Voxy
St Mathew's Primary School in Hastings has seen such an upsurge in the number of pupils riding to school, that they needed to install new bike racks. There are now so many pupils cycling to school each day that they ran out of places to put the bikes.
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Sat, 05/12/2012 - 06:31
New Zealand Herald
Hauraki: Trail blazers
New Zealand Herald
Oh, and also by the short-sightedness of old NZ Railways who, in the 1970s, ripped out the rail hardware, but left lovely flat, offroad tracks ripe for conversion into smooth, offroad bike paths. It felt exciting to be in on the ground floor of a ...
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Sat, 05/05/2012 - 15:24
New cycle trail stretch opened in Waihi
New Zealand Herald
The 77km trail, the sixth stretch of the New Zealand cycle trail to be completed, was opened by Associate Tourism Minister Chris Tremain at a ceremony in Waikino Gorge in Waihi. Mr Tremain said the trail was close to Auckland, Tauranga and Hamilton, ...
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Fri, 05/04/2012 - 06:40
Hope tourists take to trails
Otago Daily Times
Central Otago cycle trails will be marketed to international tourism operators next week in the hope of establishing the region as New Zealand's premier cycle tourism destination. The Trenz conference, which is to be held in Queenstown, is the New ...
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Fri, 05/04/2012 - 06:36
Fear cyclists would jeopardise fishing
Otago Daily Times
The New Zealand Transport Agency had outlined several requirements the trail would need to follow, such as sufficient signs and "cycle holding pens" before it reached the state highway. The proposal attracted 205 submissions in total, 109 in opposition ...
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Thu, 05/03/2012 - 22:10
Bridport: New cycle route is planned to link open space to car park
Bridport and Lyme Regis News
Mr Chambers said: “The intention is to try and get a cycle way all the way from East Road through to Morrisons and around to the brewery. “There is funding for a bridge by the New Zealand development and we have looked at other funding.
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Thu, 05/03/2012 - 08:51
Benefits trickle down trail
Wanganui Chronicle
The four-to-six-day cycleway trail from Turoa skifield to Wanganui's North Mole is now fully open, with two alternatives for the northern portion. It will be promoted this month in Queenstown at TRENZ, New Zealand's annual opportunity to market itself ...
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Wed, 05/02/2012 - 22:35
Bridport: Bridge and cycle route to be built on open space
Bridport and Lyme Regis News
Mr Chambers said: “The intention is to try and get a cycle way all the way from East Road through to Morrisons and around to the brewery. “There is funding for a bridge by the New Zealand development and we have looked at other funding.
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Wed, 05/02/2012 - 14:04
Cycleway delays spark angry response
Nelson Mail
While Mr Norriss defended the council's decision to delay plans for a cycleway along Abel Tasman Drive, Pohara resident Phil Castle said that other councils around New Zealand were pushing ahead with "visionary" cycleways that would provide economic ...
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Wed, 05/02/2012 - 13:05
St Kilda development breaks ground in Cambridge
Voxy
Mr Smith, who developed the Saffron residential property development in Cambridge, says his vision for St Kilda is to create one of New Zealand's most energy- and resource-efficient community precincts. "We've been planning the St Kilda development for ...
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Wed, 05/02/2012 - 11:34
Editorial: Rods through the spokes
Southland Times
The trail, which would be part of the Government's wider New Zealand Cycleway project, would go from Walter Peak to Kingston, through Mossburn, Lumsden, Athol and Garston. Carefully constructed, this would be a good thing (just as, we might airily add, ...
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