Cycle Friendly Awards

The purpose of the awards is to acknowledge and celebrate some of the most notable achievements in the country that are helping to promote cycling and to create a cycle-friendly environment.

[1] The awards function is typically combined with the biennial NZ Cycling Conference, or with the annual get together of CAN in the intervening years.

This category is for the education or encouragement project that has had the most significant impact on promoting cycling and a cycle-friendly environment in the past year.

Examples could include publicity campaigns, school education programmes, or promotional cycling events.

This category is for the companies that have made significant efforts encouraging and supporting cycling by its staff, customers and clients the past year.

Examples of cycle-friendly actions include cyclist parking / changing facilities, employee support and incentive programmes, and company 'pool' bikes.

This category includes central or local government agencies, and organisations such as health boards, universities or airports.

Examples of cycle-friendly actions include cyclist parking / changing facilities, employee support and incentive programmes.

This category, first awarded in 2007, is designed to recognise the contribution made by individual New Zealanders to the promotion of cycling.

The inaugural awards function was held on 10 October 2003 at the Bruce Mason Centre, North Shore City, as part of the dinner of the 4th New Zealand Cycling Conference.

[20] The presenters and MCs for the awards were Glen Koorey (Christchurch) and Jane Dawson (Wellington), both members of the CAN executive.

The awards were presented by Jan Wright, who at the time was the chairman of the board of Land Transport New Zealand (LTNZ).

[29][30] The MC was Glen Koorey, with Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown appearing as a guest speaker.

Therefore, the awards function was held in early 2012 in conjunction with 2WALKandCYCLE, the inaugural New Zealand Walking and Cycling Conference in Hastings.

[33] The awards were presented by Associate Transport Minister Chris Tremain, and the MC was Greg Cooper.

Current Model Walking/Cycling Community Hastings District Council has recently picked up a number of honours, with two category wins in 2012 and three other finalist nominations in 2010 and 2012.

Fellow Model Community New Plymouth District Council had one category win in 2008 and have subsequently picked five further finalist nominations.

Christchurch City Council won a Cycle Friendly Award in 2005 (facility category) and was a finalist an additional six times (with four of those in the inaugural year 2003, and once in 2004 and 2006).