Lightfoot Events

The Aotearoa Bike Challenge 2025

The Aotearoa Bike Challenge 2025

1st – 28th February, 2025. Kick start the next quarter century by jumping on your bike throughout February. Last year saw record numbers of individuals and workplaces top the…

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Street Smart

Street Smart

Street Smart is a free programme designed to give girls and young women the confidence and skills they need to navigate active travel safely and independently.

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Touch Travel Tribe

Touch Travel Tribe

The Touch Travel Tribe challenge encourages families to embrace active travel—walking, biking, busing, or carpooling—while getting to touch rugby at the Queenstown Events Centre.

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Urban Survival

Urban Survival

Urban Survival – Empowering Women to Active Travel Safely. In 2024, Lightfoot launched Urban Survival for women aged 16-30 years. The programme, delivered with Shukokai Karate’s..

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The Aotearoa Bike Challenge 2024

The Aotearoa Bike Challenge 2024

The Lightfoot Initiative and Queenstown Lakes District Council bring the Aotearoa Bike Challenge to you every February. The ABC is about getting people on bikes, to work, to school, for fun – every ride counts.

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Easter Express – Treasure Trail

Easter Express – Treasure Trail

EASTER EXPRESS - TREASURE TRAIL KIDS RIDE FREE! COLLECT PRIZES! Explore our beautiful town! The wheels on the bus are going around Queenstown this Easter Friday. Jump aboard any...

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Test the Network Spring 2021

Test the Network Spring 2021

Last week, the Lightfoot Initiative followed seven ordinary people in their daily journeys around the Whakatipu basin. For one week, they chose active modes of transport and...

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Active Travel Mini-Expo 2020

Active Travel Mini-Expo 2020

Queenstown’s inaugural Active Travel mini-expo was held on 2nd December 2020 during torrential rain. The weather highlighted one of the key reasons why a shift in how we view and...

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