News release

From: New Zealand Medical Journal

Our research followed a marae-led e-bike programme for a year. We explored Māori and Pacific participants’ accounts of the health impacts of e-biking and what helped them to start and keep riding. Wanting better health was an important reason for initially trying out e-biking. Participants described e-biking as having a positive effect on their physical and mental health. E-biking could be possible and enjoyable for people who experienced barriers to being active in other ways, although sometimes poor health could be a barrier to e-biking. Factors that supported people to keep e-biking throughout the year included having someone to ride with, finding e-biking fun and integrating e-biking as part of everyday travel.