Photos from the Miramar Peninsula Ciclovia

In its submission on the draft long term plans of the Regional Council, Hutt City, and Wellington City, the Great Harbour Way Trust asks that the Councils, with NZTA and the Trust, form a working party to coordinate the upgrading of the GHW route, particularly the Ngauranga-Petone cycleway upgrade and the Eastern Bays Walkway. Read…

Insight consultants, on behalf of NZTA, are getting the views of cyclists and walkers on options for improving cycling and walking between Wellington and the Hutt Valley. The project has concentrated on the “gap” between Petone and Ngauranga, where currently most cyclists ride the shoulder of the SH2 expressway rather than risk punctures on the…

The Great Harbour Way/ Te Aranui o Pōneke Trust hailed NZTA’s decision to proceed with funding the iconic Hutt Valley-Wellington cycling and walking seaward path, announced by Minister Julie Anne Genter at Point Jerningham. The occasion also marked the start of work on a separated cycle path around Evans Bay, another key part of the…

The Wellington City’s Maori Heritage Trail is marked by Pou, distinctive red marker poles, and several of these are on Te Aranui o Pōneke. Good news is that WCC is providing new information signs to explain the significance of the places to local iwi.

“Completion of this cylcing-walking path, Te Ara Tupua, will plug the biggest gap in Te Aranui o Pōneke,” said GHW chair Graeme Hall. “We have battled decades for this and to see we are now on the downhill slope for construction starting this year is a huge win for the region.” Trustees of the Te…

A favourite sculpture on the waterfront is Max Patte’s Solace in the Wind, of a naked man leaning into the wind, possibly about to dive off the wharf in front of Te Papa. The recent chilly weather has obviously concerned some of his admirers, so on a recent morning he was sporting a fine pair…