Latest News
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Kaipara Trails
We are currently interested in creating trails that allow horses, bikes and walkers to trek from Muriwai to South Head.
The idea is to stimulate the local economies with adventure ...
Posted Jan 11, 2010 6:23 PM by Vivien Dostine
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Rodney Road Safety Campaign
Currently working with Rodney District Council Road Safety Co-ordinator to get a "Share the Roads" type campaign underway in Rodney
Posted Jan 11, 2010 6:18 PM by Vivien Dostine
FutureWe will be working on the following projects as time and resources permit.
- Horse road safety information
- Horse recreation information for planners and elected officials including: structures, rider profiles (who rides), types of horse sport and recreation
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Websites
New Zealand Bridleways
www.nzbridleways.info
The NZ Bridleways website provides information for riders about public recreational riding areas, from a single location. This is being extended to all regions of the country, and we hope that we will get plenty of local support to add to the information we have gathered.
Horse Sense on the Roads
www.horsesenseontheroads.info
Horse Sense on the Roads is more than simply creating a website. This project was about raising the profile of horse rider safety and also involved media releases to highlight road safety over the busy Xmas\New Year period. We successfully published press releases with photos into many regional and local community newspapers, and will continue to do so throughout the year.
We also plan to work with road safety organisations to gain recognition that roads need to be safe for horses, and hopefully to gain funding for signage, bumper stickers and pamphlets to keep the issue in the public eye.
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Ongoing Goals and Projects
Submissions
Making submissions to local, regional and central government is now a big part of this group's role. For more information on the submissions we have made click here
Research
Research into and about the horse industry and community is sorely lacking in New Zealand. One of our goals is to improve this situation by finding existing research and statistics, and making it available for use in submissions or publications. For more information click here
Media and Public Profile Improvement
Increasing the public profile of recreational horse riders and horse sports is high on our list of goals. There are many issues that need addressing, and as a community we need to be more proactive about educating the general non-horse community about horses. If we continue to separate ourselves from the rest of the community and other sports, we will continue to have reduced access to public funds and community goodwill. For more information on Media Releases and coverage click here
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