NZ Cycling Conference

In 2009, for example, these included Cycling Advocates' Network, NZ Transport Agency, Ministry of Health and New Plymouth District Council.

When plans were made for what would have been the 2011 conference, it was considered whether it would be useful to have a combined event covering both walking and cycling.

[1] The conference was organised by representatives of Cycling Advocates' Network, Hastings District Council staff, Living Streets Aotearoa, New Zealand Transport Agency, and some individuals.

Two UK keynote speakers presented via video-link: Prof Mayer Hillman and John Grimshaw from Sustrans.

The keynote speaker was Karel de Roy, a traffic engineer and transport planner from the Netherlands.

Steven Norris, the Chair of the UK National Cycling Strategy Board was the keynote speaker.

The Danish engineer and senior transport planner Troels Andersen was the keynote speaker, relating the experiences from Odense to New Zealand.

The conference was attended by Minister of Transport Annette King, who presented the 2007 Cycle Friendly Awards.

Melbourne), Roger Geller (City of Portland), psychologist Nigel Latta, and Alistair Woodward (Univ.

[16] Vancouver-based Melissa and Chris Bruntlett of the creative agency Modacity were keynote speakers at the conference, as were Daniel Sauter from Zurich, and the Mayor of Wellington, Celia Wade-Brown.

[17][18] The third combined walking and cycling conference was held at Auckland's Rendezvous Hotel from 6 to 8 July 2016, attended by 250 delegates.

[25] This increased the COVID alert levels and the conference was postponed until the following year, when it was held from 16 to 19 March 2021 at the Dunedin Centre.