Euro Folding Bike from Reiker (NZ)      Scrap Deluxe  by Velorbis (DK)
 
By acquiring small fleets of ( running, maintenance and parking cost-free ) utility-style  bicycles and  parking them at various locations around your area for use by Councilors, staff, visitors and guests , your Council will  :
 
-be able to enjoy the exhilarating sense of freedom, comfort and mobility of getting around on a bicycle ( while also being able to carry stuff ) . 
 
-be making physical exercise an intrinsic part of your working day.
 
-be making  considerable savings on the costs of unnecessary use of cars for short trips,

-be satisfying 'green' ratepayers, residents and voters that your Council is working to achieve ' Sustainability' and to reduce Greenhouse and particulate emissions,- while also  reducing costs. 
( very good for Public Relations ! )
 
-be drawing attention to the existence of ( otherwise rarely seen ) utility-style bicycle technologies thereby helping to create awareness and interest and to stimulate consumer driven demand.

-by leading by example, be showing that utility style bicycles make utility cycling practicable, practical and enjoyable for a much wider range of people than for the narrow demographic range to whom it is currently limited.

-be experiencing first hand, the risks, dangers and limitations that are dissuading so many New Zealanders from taking up utility cycling where it should otherwise be the mode of choice.

-become more intrinsically interested in providing for cyclists' needs.
 

-be taking a leading role in initiating a consumer-driven accumulation of a fleet of urban-appropriate utility-style bicycles which, as a component of a truly sustainable transport infrastructure, will help to ensure social and economic security in the event that our currently vulnerable, imported fossil-fuel dependent transport infrastructure becomes subject to unbearably high oil prices  

Euro Commuter from Reiker Cycles ( Timaru, New Zealand)

Councils with bicycles in New Zealand.

Where can we get utility style bicycles in New Zealand?

NB. When choosing a bike, be careful that is not made using sub-standard materials or obsolete technologies and that it is appropriate, comfortable and strong enough for what you (or the people who you are buying it for) will be using it for,-otherwise it will act to dissuade you from cycling and will end up gathering dust in the garage.