Walk to Work Auckland City March 10th 2010 (See a short video clip at http://vimeo.com/10541172)
Living Streets Aotearoa wish to especially thank the following: All Living Streets Aotearoa volunteers, Walk Auckland, All Good Fairtrade Bananas, One Square Meal snack bars, Cyclops yoghurt, Sanitarium Up & Go, Nescafe Coffee, Sport Waitakere, Walk Auckland, North Shore City Council, Auckland City Council, Manuakau City Council, Auckland City Council Transport and Events teams, Roadsafe Auckland, Auckland Regional Transport Authority (ARTA) and anyone else we may have overlooked.
Walking Works
Auckland, 11 March 2010.
Press release by Vincent Dickie, Auckland Networker for Living Streets Aotearoa
A glorious and calm morning and a breakfast buffet welcomed over 1500 walking and public transport commuters in Auckland’s second Walk2Work event on Wednesday, March 10th, 2010. The annual event took place at 13 locations including Auckland and North Shore Cities, Botany Town Centre mall, Lynn Mall, hospitals, community organisations, downtown workplaces and bus stations.
Some events, like those on Auckland’s North Shore offered registered participants the chance to enjoy a French café style breakfast whilst listening to live music. Other events were more casual and enabled city commuters to pick up a breakfast and continue on their way.
Walk2Work events in Takapuna and Botany Town Centre welcomed notable walkers including North Shore City Mayor, Andrew Williams, and Botany Electoral MP, Patsy Wong respectively.
The event is a way of celebrating walking as a contribution to healthy lifestyles, cleaner cities and stronger communities. Vincent Dickie, Living Streets Aotearoa Auckland Networker said “It’s always pleasing to hear the stories of people who walk to work and how it prepares them for their day. We are seeing an increasing number of people who choose to leave the car at home and embrace walking to work as an opportunity to combine fitness into their daily routine”.
“The day was a huge success thanks to the contributions of many organizations and individuals. We are always pleased to hear walkers comment that they arrive at work feeling refreshed in body and mind”.
In most locations, participants were offered One Square Meal snack bars, Cyclops yoghurt, Sanitarium Up & Go, All Good fairtrade bananas, muffins, scones, Nescafe coffee and juice.
A slideshow of the best pictures of the event can be found here.
A great 2 minute video of the central Auckland event can be found here.
- The organizers, Living Streets Aotearoa wish to especially thank the following: All Living Streets Aotearoa volunteers, Walk Auckland, All Good Fairtrade Bananas, One Square Meal snack bars, Cyclops yoghurt, Sanitarium Up & Go, Nescafe Coffee, Sport Waitakere, Walk Auckland, North Shore City Council, Auckland City Council, Manuakau City Council, Auckland City Council Transport and Events teams, Roadsafe Auckland, Auckland Regional Transport Authority (ARTA) and anyone else we may have overlooked.
Pigeon Park corner of K' Rd and Symonds St opposite Grafton Bridge.
See http://www.walkauckland.org/page/w2w/