Bike Taupō: building and maintaining cycling tracks

Taupō District Council works alongside Sport Waikato, Bike Taupō, and cycling clubs to promote and encourage cycling and improve cycling infrastructure. In addition, Bike Taupō, a non-profit cycling advocacy group, has taken on the role of building and maintaining tracks across the Taupō district. The organisation manages over 200kms of trails. Most of their work relies on volunteers and funding partners (including Taupō District Council). One of their biggest ongoing projects is the building of the NZCT Great Lake Trail.

Bike Taupō, with the support of Taupō District Council, also undertook rehabilitation of Craters Mountain Bike Park following Cyclone Gabrielle, which left the park closed with hundreds of trees down and many trails in need of rebuilding.