Te Awakairangi Access Trust

TAKA Trust in partnership with RIDE Holidays seek to provide tamariki with experiences and opportunities to enhance and grow their talents.

Wellington

TAKA Trust + RIDE Holidays: Bikes for Kids

TAKA Trust, chaired by Matt Reid, and Karl Woolcott from RIDE Holidays give tamariki opportunities to grow their talents through biking.

So far, 59 schools have received brand new bikes. The 60th is Upper Hutt Primary School — where it all began.

How it works:

Each bike costs $300, including a helmet

We give 30 bikes to each school

How you can help:

Donate $50, $100, or sponsor a full bike. Let’s get these Upper Hutt kids riding.

Our bikes are loved by heaps of tamariki, and with your support, even more will get to experience riding.

Keeping bikes safe:

We also have a volunteer team that visits up to 10 schools a year for bike maintenance. We help any school that needs it, not just the ones we’ve given bikes to.

More about us

TAKA Trust in partnership with RIDE Holidays seek to provide tamariki with experiences and opportunities to enhance and grow their talents.

Latest update

Update from the Charity 12 August 2026

Posted by: Givealittle

Statement regarding the Auckland Grammar Cycling team.

Thank you. We have reached our target to replace the broken bikes. We appreciate your support.

We do not need any more donations.

Our goal was simply to replace those bikes which was achieved within 24 hours.

Ride Holidays and the Taka Trust will now revert back to providing bikes for New Zealand’s low decile schools. As we have been doing for the past decade.

Thank you,

Regards

Karl Woolcott (Ride Holidays)

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