CAN Do 2025

Ōtautahi Christchurch, 22-23 March 2025
Venue: the Spark Space meeting room at Tūranga, the central public library , 60 Cathedral Square.

Welcome to CAN Do, CAN's get-together. The weekend includes workshops, training, rides, plenty of food and drink, and a chance to catch up with fellow bike advocates from around New Zealand.

You will supercharge your advocacy skills, with training on effective messaging, networking, and campaigning.

The critical component is networking and making connections with other like minded people from across the motu. This is an excellent opportunity to share stories, learn and become a better advocate! 

Presentation notes are linked below.

Saturday 22 March

10 am Registration, hot drinks

10:30-10:45, Opening, introductions, CAN, Alex Dyer, Patrick Morgan

10.45-11.00, WorkRide - ride-to-work benefit programme designed to help businesses get more employees riding to work and living healthier lives. Aidan Smith, WorkRide

11- 11:15 Official welcome and presentation, a few minutes for questions. Pauline Cotter, Deputy Mayor, CCC

11:15 - 11:30, Spokes Canterbury, Fox Bennetts and Stephen Wood

11:30 -11:45 RAD Bikes - (PDF file) community bike workshop, Jess Smale

11:45 - 12:30pm lunch

12:30 - 1pm, Bike Auckland - valet parking. (Powerpoint file) Bike Auckland's Events and Volunteer Manager Phoebe Balle will share the nuts and bolts of delivering a client-pays bike valet parking model in Aotearoa New Zealand's biggest city. She will cover how the service works, the challenges and impacts, and why this is another important piece of the mode-shift puzzle.

1pm-1:15, Rainbow Ride, Leif Wauters

1:15 - 1:45pm, Workshop - CAN strategy, Alex Dyer, CAN Board

1:45 - 2pm, Pack-down

2-5 pm, Ride: 20-30 km sampling the cycleway network with some on road connections. No hills, one cafe stop..

6, Dinner, Scoundrel, 375 St Asaph Street

Sunday 23 March

9:30 - 11:45am Ride, Start from Meet me on Gloucester, 144 Gloucester St. 20-30 km sampling the cycleway network with some on road connections. No hills, one cafe stop..

12 - 12:45pm, lunch

12:45 - 1:15, Key messages in showing the bike has a part of a better future, Simon Kingham

1:15 - 1:30, Cycle Wellington, Alex Dyer

1:30 - 1:45, Aranui Bike fixup and Bike Bridge, Meg Christie

1:45 - 2pm, Wednesday Wheelies, John Noble

2 - 3pm, Workshop led by Spokes: How can we make advocacy more effective? 

3 - 3:15, Cycling in Christchurch website – the journey so far, Glen Koorey

3:15 - 3:30, Greater Ōtautahi TBC

3:30 - 3:45, Wrap up from CAN, Alex Dyer

3:45-4pm Closing karakia and pack-down