Get active this summer

From City Scene, published on 4 November, 2007

Get active - Get moving and have fun in the outdoors this summer with Auckland City Council's free AkActive Parks programme.

Get moving and have fun in the outdoors this summer with Auckland City Council's free AkActive Parks programme. With activities at 50 parks across the city between now and the end of March, there's something for everyone. As well as providing healthy summer recreation, including basketball, touch and pilates, the AkActive Parks programme can provide people with a new lease on life. For example, some of the people involved in last summer's AkActive Parks activities used them to fill "green prescriptions" (where doctors prescribe exercise to patients). Last week, the council sponsored eight of these people to take part in the 5km walk in the adidas Auckland Marathon (pictured). Visit our website or phone 815 5551 to find out about free AkActive events in your community.