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.
Presentation of Golden Foot Walking Award 2022 to Age Concern for their Walking Companion Service
Dr Judith Davey, Ellen Blake from Living Streets Aotearoa, and Lynn Crossland and Stephen Opie from Age Concern Wellington
Living Streets Aotearoa is pleased to announce the winners of the Living Streets NZ Walking Awards. The Golden Foot awards were presented on August 25th 7:00 pm at a formal video conference.
We are pleased to inform you that the Living Streets Aotearoa Inc. AGM will be held on Wednesday 31 August 2022 at 7:30 pm by Zoom.
At this meeting we will attend to the formal business of our organisation for the year ended 31 March 2022.
Living Streets Aotearoa is calling on the Government to develop a New Zealand Walking Strategy. We are faced with many global and local issues that would be improved if more people walked more often and yet there is no coordinated action to increase walk mode share or maintain the current conditions for pedestrians. Living Streets wants to see Government step up in a coordinated cross-agency way to improve walking and the place of pedestrians in policy, plans and action to benefit society and the places we live. We urgently need a future focused Aotearoa New Zealand Walking Strategy.
We are pleased announce that the Living Streets Aotearoa Inc. AGM will be held on Wednesday 29 September 2021 at 7:30 pm by Zoom.
This meeting is an opportunity to acknowledge the work of President Andy Smith, who sadly passed away in July this year. Then we will attend to the formal business of our organisation for the year ended 31 March 2021.
All current members are invited to participate and will be able to vote at this meeting.
A service for Andy will be held on Saturday 17 July at 2pm. All Saints Chapel, Purewa Crematorium, 100 St Johns Rd, Meadowbank, Auckland. Contact: The Natural Funeral Co PH 0212345650.
The service will be livestreamed from 1:50pm, NZST. Please email: contact@naturalfuneral.nz for login.
Please see the New Zealand Herald, 13 July for more details or online
Living Streets Aotearoa is delighted to see the commitment of the Associate Minister, Julie Anne Genter, and Ministry of Transport to ensuring that pedestrians and other road users are safe and feel safe.
Thought-leaders to share plans to improve the walking experience at second New Zealand Walking Summit
For the first time, Auckland will host the Walking Summit from 20 - 21 June - New Zealand's leading event for promoting walking-friendly communities.
Offering unique opportunities to hear from local and international experts on transport, accessibility and walkable communities, key topics this year include:
WALKING TO SCHOOL AND PLAY 20 June - see presentations at end of this page
Jenni shared insights into how the United Kingdom have encouraged and supported children to walk to school over many years. The serious issues with air pollution and the flow on impacts to children's health have been key motivators. Some significant changes in approach have resulted and valuable lessons have been learned.
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.
