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Be Active maps

Avondale | Ellerslie | Mt Albert | Newmarket | Onehunga | Otahuhu | Panmure

Discover simple, cheap and effective ways to get moving. The Be Active maps are handy ways to find out where the parks, community facilities, public transport links, and walking and cycling routes are in Ellerslie, Newmarket, Panmure, Mt Albert, Onehunga, Otahuhu and Avondale.

To find out more information about the different Be Active maps click on the different areas on the above map.

Be Active maps also tell you where the reserves, schools and parks and other key locations are so you can work out the best way to travel to school, the shops or work and to be active, fit and healthy while you get there.

Each map has routes marked for you to walk or cycle as well as a handy scale to help you determine how many calories you burn on each walk and so you can calculate how long your own routes are. Steps and steep hills on the routes are marked out so you can work your way up from the easier routes to the harder and steeper climbs or rides.

Be Active in your neighbourhood

There are plenty of ways that you can be active in Auckland city. Here are some helpful tips for people who want to improve their fitness and make the most of the great walking, running and cycling facilities there are in the city.

Hills

• Walking uphill burns more calories than walking on the flat
• Walking downhill uses 75 per cent of the energy required to walk on the flat.

Speed

• Walking speed doesn't affect the calories burned - it's the distance that counts
• A 30-minute walk can be split into three 10-minute walks, and still have the same effect.

Calories and steps

• Cycling burns about 33 per cent of the energy (or calories) of walking. That means that walking burns three times more calories than cycling.
• The more you weigh, the more calories you'll burn. The calorie counts provided in this brochure are based on the average male body weight of 82kg
• The numbers of steps quoted in this brochure are based on an average of 2000 steps per km.

Maps

Be Active maps are available in the following locations:

• Avondale
• Ellerslie
• Mt Albert
• Newmarket
• Onehunga
• Otahuhu
• Panmure

Updated February 2008