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Auckland cycling (CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED/ Wikimedia commons/ Justin Hu)

Cycling group slams “embarrassing” halting of “best bang for buck investment in transport” as New Zealand minister orders pause on cycling schemes

Simeon Brown has claimed the projects, which involve investing in cycling and walking infrastructure, are "unnecessary" and "wasting taxpayers' money"

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Cycle route (New Plymouth District Council)

Councillor opposes protected cycle lane plan… because it might damage his sports car, he claims

Murray Chong voted against the proposal as he fears he would not be able to move out the way of emergency services without scraping the bottom of his Chevrolet Corvette on the cycle route's segregation

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Noel Edmonds (River Haven TV/YouTube)

Noel Edmonds accused of “PR masterstroke” after defending his criticism of “accident waiting to happen” cycleway in campaign for lower speed limit

The TV presenter made headlines last month for a bizarre anti-cycling rant in which he accused a cycle route developer of being "the enemy" and needing her "head cut off and brain replaced"

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Noel Edmonds (licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 on Wikimedia Commons by Endemol)

Noel Edmonds in bizarre anti-cyclist rant as he tells cycle trail developer: “You are the enemy”

TV star also told Belinda Crisp, who had asked for trail to be routed through his New Zealand estate, that she needed her “head cut off and brain replaced”

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Walking and cycle path, Dunedin, New Zealand (Dunedin District Council, Facebook)

“Don’t f***ing overtake me”: Handcyclist allegedly kicked in face twice by e-bike rider

A 21-year-old man has been charged with common assault and wilful damage following the attack, which the female handcyclist says came “completely out of the blue”

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New Zealand national road race champion Olivia Ray admits to using banned substances

The 24-year-old said she took the substances not to win but to gain boyfriend’s approval

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Julie Anne Genter cycling to hospital (via Facebook)

New Zealand MP goes into labour, cycles to hospital to give birth

It’s the second time in three years that Green politician Julie Anne Genter has pedalled her way to the maternity ward

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Glider being winch launched (licensed CC BY-SA 3.0 by Huhu Uet on Wikimedia Commons).PNG

Cyclist who took short cut across runway risked being “cut in half” by glider cable

Rider in New Zealand crossed airfield just as aircraft was being winch launched

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Pothole paint (via Facebook).PNG

Legal action threatened against pothole penis painting safety campaigner in New Zealand

Geoff Upson has been painting the brightly coloured phalluses on Auckland roads since 2018

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Video: Cyclist jumps out of way to avoid being crushed after lorry driver fails to see her

Rider's husband shared footage to underline importance of looking out for people on bikes

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