Riding With Olivia - Cycling Without Age Lower Hutt

Riding With Olivia - Cycling Without Age Lower Hutt Spreading joy & happiness by giving free cycle rides to those who can no longer ride themselves Olivia loved cycling and was extremely generous.

Riding with Olivia is the Lower Hutt chapter of the global Cycling Without Age and was established for the principal reason of providing a living and dynamic memorial to Olivia Marchant. Olivia was a much loved nurse in Lower Hutt for 24 years working at several medical facilities including Te Omanga Hospice. She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer during the first week of COVID lockdown in March 20

20 and bravely endured nearly two years of chemotherapy and surgery before her death in January 2022. On many occasions she would pick up old friends from various aged care facilities and drive them to a nearby beach or park for a little walk and ice cream or coffee. Cycling Without Age was seen as the perfect vehicle to keep the memory of Olivia alive in Lower Hutt, hence Riding With Olivia was born. Visit our website to read more about Olivia.

Another therapeutic session with Thumbs Up...
18/03/2026

Another therapeutic session with Thumbs Up...

This morning's ride with our Thumbs Up friends...
04/03/2026

This morning's ride with our Thumbs Up friends...

More good news for Riding With Olivia. The roughest section of our track is in the process of being revamped. It will ...
25/02/2026

More good news for Riding With Olivia. The roughest section of our track is in the process of being revamped. It will get rid of all the remaining pesky pot-holes and tree-root bumps that have annoyed us to date. Many thanks to Hutt City Council for carrying out this work...

Our stall at yesterday's Rotary Petone Fair.
22/02/2026

Our stall at yesterday's Rotary Petone Fair.

Yet another delightful day out with our Thumbs Up friends.
19/02/2026

Yet another delightful day out with our Thumbs Up friends.

19/02/2026

Look out for us at Petone Rotary Fair this Saturday near Jackson/Fitzherbert St corner and have the experience of a short ride on one of our 3 triobikes.

Another fantastic ride with a group of young people from Thumbs Up. They so loved it. And so did we! We look forward ...
06/02/2026

Another fantastic ride with a group of young people from Thumbs Up. They so loved it. And so did we! We look forward to regular rides with them this year.

Yesterday we gave first rides to passengers from Thumbs Up [see https://thumbsuptrust.org.nz/]. Definitely the first da...
11/12/2025

Yesterday we gave first rides to passengers from Thumbs Up [see https://thumbsuptrust.org.nz/]. Definitely the first day of many and thoroughly enjoyed by all concerned, and therapeutic as well. To quote Thumbs Up Manager "...the whole group loved it. That is the most anyone has seen Sacha smile."
All this despite getting our first ever puncture, which put one of our 3 triobikes out of action early in the session.

Sadly, this picture from February 2025 will be the last we see of our regular customer Ruby Wong Nam who died this week ...
14/10/2025

Sadly, this picture from February 2025 will be the last we see of our regular customer Ruby Wong Nam who died this week aged 103. She thoroughly enjoyed every ride over the last few years and we will miss her joyful company.

Olivia's deal with the rain-gods kept us dry for this mother and daughter combo ride including The Flying Bean Coffee Ca...
09/09/2025

Olivia's deal with the rain-gods kept us dry for this mother and daughter combo ride including The Flying Bean Coffee Cart today. Lovely time had by all.

It is now just a few months until we get access to the new Te Ara Tupua shared cycleway between Petone and Ngauranga. T...
03/09/2025

It is now just a few months until we get access to the new Te Ara Tupua shared cycleway between Petone and Ngauranga. This will treble our available routes for safe trio-bike cycling.
Also the severely storm-damaged path in front of the new rowing club building has now been repaired, enhancing our available routes.

07/08/2025

A huge and grateful thank-you to the The Lion Foundation for agreeing to fund our trio-bike storage costs for the next 12 months.

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Petone Rowing Club, 160 The Esplanade, Petone
Lower Hutt
5012

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 3pm
Wednesday 10am - 3pm
Friday 10am - 3pm

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+64274409996

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