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Spokes 2026 Annual General Meeting
Announcing our Spokes 2026 Annual General Meeting (AGM) Link to our 2025 AGM Minutes Link to our 2026 AGM Agenda Treasurer report located in Agenda/Minutes Link to our meeting minutes to follow along on the night (link will be updated) Here are the high level bullet points Election of officers and committee We are really […]
Local Body Elections 2025 Your Questions Answered
Last week Spokes Canterbury put out a questionnaire to Ōtautahi Christchurch Mayoral, Councillor and Community Board candidates. Below are the responses that we have received. Candidates that did not respond to a question have been marked as a “non-response.” If we do hear from them we will endeavour to update their responses so you can […]
Letter to the editor July 24th 2025
In response to the news article about the changes to the cashmere roundabout titled “Unpopular changes to busy Christchurch roundabout actually worked, report says” Spokes Canterbury would like to congratulate the Waihoro Community Board for approving the changes to the Centaurus / Cashmere / Colombo / Dyers Pass intersection even though there was some opposition […]
Bike Valet at Ninja Valley Christchurch
This blog post was originally posted on Cycling in Christchurch a few weeks ago. A few weeks ago Spokes Canterbury (with the support of Ninja Valley Christchurch and Bush Inn Mall) ran a bike valet parking event in Ōtautahi Christchurch and what a day it was! We had over 100 people turn up on two […]
Put People Ahead Of The Road Lobby, Say Transport Advocates
Put People Ahead Of The Road Lobby, Say Transport Advocates Joint statement from Cycling Action Network, Living Streets Aotearoa, Bike Auckland, Cycle Wellington and Spokes Canterbury: Cycling and walking organisations nationwide are calling on the government to put the health and safety of New Zealanders ahead of vested interests in the road lobby. The call […]
Christchurch City Council Long Term Plan 2024-2034
St Peter’s School Crossing Improvements Submission from Spokes Canterbury Q1 – Overall, have we got the balance right? No Not enough investment in cycle infrastructure, particularly in the next three years. Cycling has health, wellbeing and climate benefits. It also has the best return on investment. Not enough investment in transport safety. The central city […]
St Peter’s School Crossing Improvements
St Peter’s School Crossing Improvements Submission from Spokes Canterbury Proposal Spokes fully supports the proposed changes on Beckenham Street, including the traffic calming and improved safety for the children going to school. It has been useful to trial these changes in advance of the proposal. For the full submission, please download the pdf linked here.
Three Options for Cranford Street
Three Options for Cranford Street Submission from Spokes Canterbury Proposal Overview Spokes supports provision for confident cyclists to use Cranford Street and to encourage less confident cyclists to use the Papanui Parallel Major Cycle Route and surrounding streets. Part of the original agreement for the change of use of Cranford Street was the provision of […]
New Option on Marine Parade – Option C
New Option on Marine Parade – Option C Submission from Spokes Canterbury Reference: Let’s Talk Marine Parade Tēnā koutou katoa Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the proposed improvements on Marine Parade. Introduction Spokes Canterbury (http://www.spokes.org.nz/) is a local cycling advocacy group with approximately 1,200 followers. Spokes is affiliated with the national […]