Hi,
I'm member #66217 - I live in NZ. I was planning on trying to achieve the ANZAC ride certification as I saw it was open to AU and NZ riders. It would mean a lot to me to be able to do this, and according to the certified rides list, the first in NZ to achieve this.
So I started trying to plan something and quickly realised that it's not achievable in NZ as there is no place name in NZ which begins with the letter Z. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_towns_in_New_Zealand
There is also a more formal list of all recognised place names from Land Information NZ available here of all NZ place names: https://www.linz.govt.nz/nz-gazetteer/gazcsv.php (a 16MB CSV file). - This is a massive list, it includes places in NZ territories such as NZ managed areas of Antartica etc.. Once whittled down to just the current, and NZ North or South Island places, we're left with this small list:
Zeno Rock, Reef, North Auckland, -36.711352,174.991047
Zetland Basin, Basin, Nelson, -41.394554,172.27931
Zig Zag Stream, Stream, Canterbury, -42.829898,172.244346
Zigzag Creek, Stream, Canterbury, -42.828526,172.244377
Zircon Glacier, Glacier, Westland, -43.752501,169.852505
Zittel Stream, Stream, South Auckland, -37.721437,175.06999
Zurbriggen Col, Pass, Westland, -43.491672,170.175374
Zurbriggen Ridge, Ridge, Canterbury, -43.589935,170.153349
I've searched google maps for each of these by name, none of them appear. I've then searched for each of these by coordinates to see if any of them are even remotely accessible by any type of Road, none of them are.
So while the thinking behind the joint AU and NZ special ride was nice and well intentioned, it is in fact an Australian only thing.
I'm not sure if the joint aspects of this were important enough to the original founders of this ride to consider some form of 'rule change' which would make it jointly achievable or not?... In the spirit of the Trans-Tasman partnership in which it was intended to reflect, it might be worth some consideration??
Thanks for listening.
Chris.
I'm member #66217 - I live in NZ. I was planning on trying to achieve the ANZAC ride certification as I saw it was open to AU and NZ riders. It would mean a lot to me to be able to do this, and according to the certified rides list, the first in NZ to achieve this.
So I started trying to plan something and quickly realised that it's not achievable in NZ as there is no place name in NZ which begins with the letter Z. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_towns_in_New_Zealand
There is also a more formal list of all recognised place names from Land Information NZ available here of all NZ place names: https://www.linz.govt.nz/nz-gazetteer/gazcsv.php (a 16MB CSV file). - This is a massive list, it includes places in NZ territories such as NZ managed areas of Antartica etc.. Once whittled down to just the current, and NZ North or South Island places, we're left with this small list:
Zeno Rock, Reef, North Auckland, -36.711352,174.991047
Zetland Basin, Basin, Nelson, -41.394554,172.27931
Zig Zag Stream, Stream, Canterbury, -42.829898,172.244346
Zigzag Creek, Stream, Canterbury, -42.828526,172.244377
Zircon Glacier, Glacier, Westland, -43.752501,169.852505
Zittel Stream, Stream, South Auckland, -37.721437,175.06999
Zurbriggen Col, Pass, Westland, -43.491672,170.175374
Zurbriggen Ridge, Ridge, Canterbury, -43.589935,170.153349
I've searched google maps for each of these by name, none of them appear. I've then searched for each of these by coordinates to see if any of them are even remotely accessible by any type of Road, none of them are.
So while the thinking behind the joint AU and NZ special ride was nice and well intentioned, it is in fact an Australian only thing.
I'm not sure if the joint aspects of this were important enough to the original founders of this ride to consider some form of 'rule change' which would make it jointly achievable or not?... In the spirit of the Trans-Tasman partnership in which it was intended to reflect, it might be worth some consideration??
Thanks for listening.
Chris.