Welcome to Getacross the Auckland Harbour Bridge

Getacross the Auckland Harbour Bridge

Imagine a night-time ride over the Harbour Bridge

...or the views in daytime for walkers and riders

...just a modest modification

Ride at leisure...no more bridge storming!

PAGE CREATOR:	Rod Oram
EVENT:	Getacross Fundraising
EVENT DATE:	31/12/2011

Thanks for visiting our page for raising money for the Getacross Campaign.

This is a very exciting project to build a walk and cycle way on the Auckland Harbour Bridge.

If you have walked across the Bridge (on an official tour) or cycled across it (unofficially, as some of us did on the Bridge's 50th anniversary, see photo below!), you'll know how magnificent a journey it is - Auckland at its best.

Even if you have only driven across, I'm sure you can easily imagine how delightful the walk or ride would be.

To do so, though we need a walking and cycling path on the Bridge. A great amenity in itself, it will be a crucial connector between beautiful routes for walkers and cyclists on both sides of the harbour.

Hopefully it will also introduce more people to the pleasures of cycling and walking.

Led by Bevan Woodward, a transport consultant, the Getacross Campaign has been working long and hard on this this attractive, practical proposal.

Auckland Mayor Len Brown strongly endorses the project, as do consulting engineers. And it is gradually gaining the support of government.

But the Getacross Campaign urgently needs $6,000 to help fund more work from consulting engineers to satisfy the government's transport agency.

The Heart of the City, the CBD business association, has contributed $4,000...and we at the Hikurangi Foundation are helping raise more.

We've set a target of $25,000 so the Getacross Campaign can respond speedily as the project progresses.

You can learn more about Hikurangi on the right of this page. Click either on our website or the 'more' button for a brief description of our work.

So as a very keen cyclist and a trustee of Hikurangi Foundation, please may I seek your help in raising money for the Getacross Campaign?

All you need to do is select the 'Make a donation' button below. It's simple, fast and totally secure.

If you live in New Zealand your donation is tax deductible and the Hikurangi Foundation will instantly issue you a receipt by email.

Thanks for your support!

For more details of the project, you can get to www.getacross.org.nz by clicking on any of the captions on the left.

Wishing you all the best for your rides and walks.

Rod Oram
oram@clear.net.nz

My Online Sponsors To Date
DATE	NAME	AMOUNT	COMMENT
11/11/2011	Xocbor	$25.00	A democratic idea whose time is well overdue. Our planners need to assure and abet the integrated planning of all forms of transport, not just motor vehicles on roads.
24/09/2011	Sarah Schubert	$30.00	The Pathway is a fantastic concept that should have been built years ago. I can't wait to use it!
12/09/2011	Jasper	$100.00	Congratulations on your achievements thus far. Bring on the bridge bikeway!
08/09/2011	Anonymous	$50.00
07/09/2011	Stuart C	$50.00	Keep up the good work team!
07/09/2011	MIG-cycles // Luka Hinse	$100.00	bicycles are the most efficient products humans can power (90% efficiency) and a lot of fun. It's wise to proceed and support pathways into a good future.
07/09/2011	Erin Mitchell	$100.00
04/09/2011	Karen, Lachy & Cam Grimwade	$50.00	You have done a great job so far.
01/09/2011	Geoff Evans	$25.00	A brilliant concept! Looking forward to running / cycling to the city.
26/08/2011	G. Verheul	$2,875.00
22/08/2011	Marianne	$50.00	Thanks for all the hard work so far
21/08/2011	Roger Phillips	$107.55
20/08/2011	Kiri Barfoot	$200.00
19/08/2011	Izzy, Olivia, Jacob, Jen, Geoff Whitham Rucker	$25.00
18/08/2011	John Gregory	$40.00
17/08/2011	Corey Owens	$30.00	Fantastic effort in getting this happening. Looking forward to riding across the bridge
17/08/2011	Audrey van Ryn	$245.09	I've been wanting to cycle over that bridge for 34 years.
16/08/2011	Leonie Caskey-Hatton	$25.00	Congratulations on your efforts and strong belief in this crossing
15/08/2011	Fraser-Hoskin Family	$30.00
15/08/2011	Jo and Rean Fadyl	$25.00
15/08/2011	Doug Bates	$100.00	Perfect for a coffee ride!
15/08/2011	Padels	$25.00
15/08/2011	Biz Research Ltd	$50.00	Thanks for all your hardwork to get the project this far
14/08/2011	S & J Jansen	$25.00	Really excited about this project
14/08/2011	Stuart & Gaye Andrews	$100.00
14/08/2011	Tony Hillson & Michelle Khan	$250.00	Keep it going guys! Great job so far!!!!!
14/08/2011	Graeme Lindup	$50.00	Good luck with the project!
14/08/2011	Ian Wannamaker	$20.00	Auckland has great potential as an international city. This is a step in the right direction. Moving towards establishing a more sustainable and eco-friendly city.
14/08/2011	drobb	$20.00
12/08/2011	David and Christina Ward	$100.00	Looking forward hugely to seeing the dream become a reality!
12/08/2011	Ken Biffington and family	$50.00
12/08/2011	Duncan Styles	$25.00	Go The bridge ride!!!!
11/08/2011	Kate Thompson	$30.00	It won't happen overnight, but it will happen!
11/08/2011	Wendyl Butler	$50.00
11/08/2011	Michelle Impey	$30.00
09/08/2011	Kevin and Rachel Bosch	$100.00	Can't wait for the first legal crossing, we'll be there. Thanks for all your efforts and hard work.
09/08/2011	Carolyn Haslam	$100.00
09/08/2011	Angie Holmes	$200.00	Thx for all the hard work behind the scenes. Keep the wheels turning ...
09/08/2011	Bryan Bates	$50.00
18/07/2011	Vivian Naylor	$100.00	Fully supportive of this excellent proposal.
12/07/2011	Carl Howarth	$25.00	It's just so blindingly obvious!
11/07/2011	Malcolm	$25.00	Well done Rod, I look forward to riding across with you!
23/06/2011	Pam Nash	$25.00	Kia Kaha
09/06/2011	Alistair Woodward	$200.00
07/06/2011	David Findlow	$150.00	Good on you all.
01/06/2011	W Hudson	$500.00
30/05/2011	Mark Roberts	$25.00
30/05/2011	Glen Saunders	$100.00
29/05/2011	Rod Oram	$500.00	Biking on the Bridge - bliss! Please help get the word out...and the money in!