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Queenstown cycle trail approved, completes Great Ride loop 11th December 2025 /

Queenstown cycle trail approved, completes Great Ride loop

Queenstown Trails Trust has gained consent for an off-road commuter cycle trail that will connect Jacks Point to Frankton.


Q&A: NZCT’s Janet Purdey on maintenance, management of Great Rides 24th November 2025 /

Q&A: NZCT’s Janet Purdey on maintenance, management of Great Rides

New Zealand Cycle Trail’s CEO says a shift in funding focus will help this country tap into the expanding global cycle tourism market.


Great Rides secure $7.5m in shift towards management, maintenance 21st November 2025 / /

Great Rides secure $7.5m in shift towards management, maintenance

The new approach signals a shift towards sustaining and enhancing the existing network rather than growing it further.


Upston keen for Great Rides to continue to pay off  20th November 2025 /

Upston keen for Great Rides to continue to pay off 

The government is welcoming new data showing New Zealand’s 23 Great Rides are injecting $1.28bn a year into local economies.


Great Rides pump $1.28bn into economy as trail use grows 19th November 2025 /

Great Rides pump $1.28bn into economy as trail use grows

International visitors spend more than twice as much per person as Kiwis on the country’s 23 Great Rides.


IVL, Major Events & Tourism Package provide $11m for cycle trails 3rd November 2025 / /

IVL, Major Events & Tourism Package provide $11m for cycle trails

The government is investing $10.8m to complete two key cycle trails in the Central North Island.


Hanmer Springs Great Ride restoration to boost tourism 14th August 2025 /

Hanmer Springs Great Ride restoration to boost tourism

Cyclists can again ride the entire St James Cycle Trail loop, near Hanmer Springs, following the opening of a new bridge across the Waiau Uwha River.


Govt invests $1.6m from IVL to replace cycle trail bridge 11th July 2025 /

Govt invests $1.6m from IVL to replace cycle trail bridge

The government is providing up to $1.6m from the International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy to replace the Totara River Rail Bridge on the West Coast Wilderness Cycle Trail.


New cycle trail opens in Ruapehu 23rd June 2025 /

New cycle trail opens in Ruapehu

Ruapehu has marked Matariki by opening of a new section of its cycle trail network – the first stage of Te Hangāruru, part of the Mountains to Sea – Ngā Ara Tūhono Great Ride.


Two Great Rides share nearly $500k for e-bike infrastructure, more funding opening soon 9th June 2025 /

Two Great Rides share nearly $500k for e-bike infrastructure, more funding opening soon

Two Great Rides will be given $478,750 to install e-bike infrastructure in the first round of the government’s Electrifying the Great Rides Fund.


New $9m fund, but already allocated money for Great Rides 27th February 2025 /

New $9m fund, but already allocated money for Great Rides

The government’s new contestable $9m fund for infrastructure upgrades on the country’s Great Rides will come out of already allocated money for the country’s cycle trails.


Govt launches $9m contestable fund for Great Rides 26th February 2025 /

Govt launches $9m contestable fund for Great Rides

The government unveils a new contestable $9m fund for infrastructure upgrades on the country’s Great Rides.