Hi,
I will be starting to work on this shortly and thought I would pop in here as a start point.
I am involved with Black Dog Ride in Australia and we raise awareness of depression and suicide prevention with our motorcycle rides. I am the Motorcycle and Dealer Liaison Officer.
http://www.blackdogride.com.au/view/home
Our first overseas ride is this year, Coast to Coast USA and next year we plan on NZ.
In 2014 I rode in the Black Dog Around Australia Ride with sixty of us and we raised $411,900 on this ride for Mental Health. Nearly $2,000,000 has been donated by us in five years.
Now I learnt to ride in NZ and now being close to sixty it's now or never on my bucket list to ride my favourite roads again.
Is there anyone in Aukland maybe Wellington and Christchurch with their finger on the motorcycling scene who can help us on the ground? We need to not clash with other major events and we will need help to look at our options.
We are looking at arrive Aukland, one week Nth Island and one week South Island. We in envisage that we would invite local riders in Aukland and Christchurch for One Day rides with us.
Money raised will go to a yet to be decided NZ Mental Health charity or not for profit body. We currently are the biggest non government donators to LifeLine Australia.
A bit daunting starting this so any help appreciated.
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