Welcome from Auckland Region
Christine Rose, Chair of the Regional Council Transport and Urban Development Committee and the Regional Land Transport Committee

8.55am

Panmure Bridge Primary School – Kapa Haka Group

9.04am

Cr Celia Wade-Brown, Living streets Aotearoa to present Koha and introduce Annette King

9.05am

Hon Annette King, Minister of Transport

9.25am

Jason Morgan, Land Transport New Zealand
Iain McAuley, Ministry of Transport

Progress on the implementation plan for the New Zealand Walking and Cycling Strategy and its update

9.35am

Iain McAuley, Ministry of Transport

The New Zealand Walking and Cycling Profile –a snapshot of walking and cycling in New Zealand

9.50am

Discussion around Central Government session

10.00am

Tim Hughes, Land Transport New Zealand

Using the Pedestrian Planning and Design Guide

10.20am

Discussions and Question Time

10.30am

Morning Tea Sponsored by:

11.00am

Dan Burden, Walkable Communities, Florida– Key Note Address

What is a Walkable/Liveable Community?

11.50am

Andrew Trevelyan, Rodney District Council

Urban Design and how it encourages people to walk (Rodney urban design guide and

Abu Dhabi)

12.10pm

Discussion and Question Time

12.30pm

Lunch Sponsored by:

Monday 4 August 2008 afternoon session

1.30pm

Walking by Design 1

Location:

Promoting Walking 1

Location:

Walking to School 1

Location:

How to make pedestrian friendly communities an economically rational choice

Presented by:

Julie Genter

McCormick Rankin Cagney

Building an active-friendly New Zealand: The time to start is now

Presented by:

John White

Infowrite Ltd

Encouraging walking at schools

Presented by:

Roly Hermans, Val Stamper and Sandra Ewing

Educating NZ, RoadSense - Āta Haere Facilitators

New Zealand State Highways and Pedestrians
(paper - 497K pdf)

Presented by:

Phil Hendon

Transit New Zealand

Encouraging walking through driver safety education
(paper - 19K pdf)

Presented by:

Susan Cambridge

Christchurch City Council

Feet First Walk to School Week 2008

Presented by:

Raewyn Baldwin

Land Transport New Zealand

Neighbourhood walkability tools

Presented by:

Susan Mavoa, Karen Witten

Centre for Social and Health Outcomes Research and Evaluation

Smart driving and parking to liven up Blenheim, increase travel speeds, and benefit from emissions trading

Presented by:

Michael Cambridge

Bike/ Walk Marlborough

Walking School Buses in
Auckland

Presented by:

Sue Kendall, Simon Vincent

Auckland Regional Transport Authority

Using census data to travel through time in New Zealand: patterns in journey to work data 1981-2006

Presented by:

Grant Schofield

Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, AUT University

2.30pm

Discussion and Question Time

3.00pm

Afternoon Tea Sponsored by:

3.30pm

Walking by Design 2

Location:

Promoting Walking 2

Location:

Walking to School 2

Location:

Windows into walkability: Using photovoice to understand the complexities of walking in Auckland

Presented by:

Robin Kearns, Hector Kawai, Victoria Jensen

The University of Auckland

Sharing successful community walking initiatives and approaches

Presented by:

Penny Mitroupolos

Sport Bay of Plenty

Walking or Wheeling on Wednesday to School
(paper - 70K pdf)

Presented by:

Joy Kingsbury-Aitken

Christchurch City Council

How does Public Transport Accessibility influence Work-related Travel Behaviours?

Presented by:

Hannah Badland, Nick Garrett

Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, Auckland University of Technology

City on Its Feet -Tauranga's Winning Walking Formula

Presented by:

Sandy Ritchie

Sport Bay of Plenty

iMove the Nation

Presented by:

Mark Leishman

Sport Manawatu

How can accessibility be measured?

Presented by:

Steve Abley

Abley Transportation Engineers

Fitness Fundraising and Fighting Fires

Presented by:

Bridget Farmiloe

Harbour Health

School Zones and environment changes - how they can be
effective in a Rural Setting

Presented by:

Sarah Burrows

Rodney District Council

4.30pm

Discussion and Question Time

5.00pm

Dan Burden, Walkable Communities, Florida– Key Note Address

Building Healthy Streets

5.30pm

Living Streets Aotearoa AGM

7.30pm

Conference Dinner – “Let’s take a walk ….. on Broadway”

in Exhibition Hall Sponsored by:

Starring Kitch Cuthbert, Waitakere City Council, Walking the Walk - Extreme Walking

Tuesday 5 August 2008 morning session

7.00am

Early Morning Walk incorporating Panmure Bridge Railway Station

9.00am

Jan McCredie, Manukau City Council: Urban Design Group

Street Layouts for Walkable Cities

9.25am

Tom Morton, Resolve Group

Removing the myths of Carbon Credits for the New Zealand family

9.40am

Celia Wade-Brown, Living Streets Aotearoa

Different Ways to Map your Walk

9.55am

Ina Stenzel, Auckland City Council

Panmure Be Active Map

10.10am

Discussion and Question Time

10.30am

Morning Tea Sponsored by:

11.00am

Walking by Design 3

Location:

Promoting Walking 3

Location:

Walking to School 3

Location:

Designing Inclusive Street Scapes

Presented by:

Vivian Naylor

CCS Disability Action

Business at Walking Pace

Presented by:

Mark Roberts

Sustainable Business Network

School Travel Walkshop - An investigation into the effects of the mode of travel and length of travel of secondary school students on their preparedness for learning

Presented by:

Derek Glover

Mairehau High School / Beca

Age-friendly cities; what will help to double older walkers?

Presented by:

Louise Thornley

Quigley and Watts Ltd

Earn as you burn - trialling incentives to walk or bike to work

Presented by:

Rachel Cook

Indicate NZ Ltd

How we got to school?

Presented by:

Bill Rice

Opus International Consultants

Providing an inclusive transport environment - it's the small things that matter

Presented by:

Tracy Allat

Beca Infrastructure Ltd

Learning from research and education experience

Presented by:

Rhys Taylor

Landcare Research

Walking to school: Are parents aware of the benefits?

Presented by:

Debbie Lang, Robin Kearns

Auckland Regional Transport Authority

12.00noon

Discussion and Question Time

Tuesday 5 August 2008 afternoon session

12.30pm

Lunch Sponsored by:

1.30pm

School Travel Workshop

Location:

Walking by Design 4

Location: Cole Theatre

"Walking Workshop Bus" around the Panmure Basin,
where various Auckland TLAs can be found presenting
successful school walking promotional ideas
(paper - 281K pdf)

Presented by:

Sue Kendall

Auckland Regional Transport Authority

Challenging the Car Dominated Street: Complexity
Theory and The Shared Street Movement

Presented by:

Helen Reynolds

Victoria University

Tips and tricks to get your walking project funded

Presented by:

Katy Marriott

Auckland Regional Transport Authority

How to get LTNZ to pay for your footpaths?

Presented by:

Peter Kortegast

Opus International Consultants

2.15pm

Discussion and Question Time

3.00pm

Afternoon Tea Sponsored by:

3.30pm

Dan Burden, Walkable Communities, Florida– Key Note Address

Gaining Popular Consensus and Ownership

4.15pm

Reflections on the conference and discussion

What we will do to “Double the feet on the Street”

5.00pm

Conference Closure

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