Aotearoa Bike Challenge: Rediscover the joys and benefits of riding a bike

Waka Kotahi | NZ Transport Agency wants to boost cycling all across the country again this summer. It’s a great time to ride bikes in NZ with tailored guidance and tips, a friendly workplace competition, and lots of great prizes on offer.

Join the Aotearoa Bike Challenge today! This is a fun, free challenge to encourage you and your colleagues to experience first hand joys and benefits of riding a bike. There will be lots of fantastic prizes on offer to tempt your team.

It’s all about participation – which teams and workplaces can get the most people to ride a bike for just 10 minutes or more? Organisations across the country will compete against each other to see who can get the most staff to ride a bike during the month of February 2025.

It’s not about who can ride the most kilometres, but who can encourage the most people to give bicycling a try. The teams which get the highest percentage of their staff riding for their size category will win.

There will also do a prize draw for each trip you ride. So the more you ride in February, the more chance you have of winning a prize. You can earn more chances at individual prizes for encouraging others to ride.

• Find out more about the Aotearoa Bike Challenge.
• Get handy tips on feeling more confident on a bike, including on buying and maintaining a bike. You can also get help to overcome a barrier to riding or to help boost your motivation!

This is also an opportunity to try out the cycleways in your area – contact your city or district council for more information.