Scooters – The Spinoff

Five rival electric scooter operators for NZ as 800 wheeled out in Wellington

18 June 201918 June 2019 by Toby Manhire

Flamingo and the Uber-owned Jump launch in the capital today, with the city becoming New Zealand’s fifth to see shareable e-scooters Eight months after the invasion of the Limes scandalised the previously 100% safe streets of Auckland, Wellington is to get its first taste of electric scooters, with two rival providers having received permits from … Read more

Motorbikes and bicycles be damned. I love to ride my scooter

27 October 20188 May 2018 by Paul Brislen

Paul Brislen writes an ode to that most European method of transport, the humble scooter. It’s Friday afternoon in Auckland city and, as the offices let out, the roads seize up. There’s traffic as far as the eye can see and each green phase of the lights allows one car through, to join the tailback … Read more