New Zealand Cycle Trail Phase Two
Last updated:
May 2010
Thirteen cycle trails were selected in February 2010 to go through to feasibility studies for inclusion in Nga Haerenga, The New Zealand Cycle Trail project. The New Zealand Cycle Trail fund will contribute to the feasibility studies.
The feasibility studies are expected to be completed by 31 May 2010 and it is hoped that construction could begin by the end of the year. To this end, applicants will be encouraged to work alongside their regional Ministry of Social Development offices to ensure young, unemployed New Zealanders can join the work force to help construct these trails.
Click on a cycle trail heading for details about each trail:
Located in the Bay of Plenty, the 75 km cycle trail starts at Waihi Beach and takes cyclists around the edge of Tauranga Harbour to Tauranga.
This cycle trail is exactly what it says: a 138 km ride based on part of the historic link between the Eastern Bay of Plenty and Poverty Bay.
A 75 km cycle trail from Rotorua to Orakei Korako thermal area on the Waikato River, it incorporates four of the world’s most unique geothermal areas.
Starting 15 minutes drive west of Taupo, this 100 km trail starts in Whakaipo Bay, passes through the village of Kinloch before reaching the Waihaha River and State Highway 32.
Located in the Central North Island, the Mountains to Sea Cycle Trail is a 245 km ride from Ohakune to Wanganui.
The existing Rotary Pathway network covers 70 km around Napier and Hastings. This proposal builds two new trails which will add another 75 km to the network.
This proposal is in two parts. The first part completes the 30 km Dun Mountain Trail. Close to Nelson, this trail follows the route of NZ’s first railway as it winds through forest before crossing an alpine mineral belt and descending to the Maitai River.
The Old Ghost Road resurrects a long forgotten 19th Century country road connecting the then thriving town of Lyell with the up and coming settlement of Mokihinui on the northern West Coast.
The 140km trail starts in Greymouth and travels for 12 km along the coast before turning inland to follow an historic tramway to Kumara.
Starting at Aoraki / Mt Cook cyclists ride 314 km and descend 780 metres with a prevailing tail wind through the McKenzie Basin to Oamaru.
Located in the Queenstown Lakes district this proposal creates 46 km of new cycle trails. When these are combined with the existing trails there will be 109 km of cycle trails linking Queenstown, Arrowtown and Gibbston.
The trail starts in Alexandra and follows the Clutha Mata-au River through the Roxburgh Gorge to the Roxburgh Dam. Linking with the Otago Central Rail Trail and the Clutha Gold Trail it creates a 250 km cycle trail through the heart of inland South Island.
The trail runs between the Central Otago historic gold mining towns of Roxburgh and Lawrence.
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