Whanganui's Kim Beban and her son RJ have done a lot of fun family bicycle trips during the still, hot days of summer.
"We made the most of those days," she said.
Miss Beban had cycled in Wellington as a teenager, to school and work and on outings with friends. In Whanganui last year she started noticing the fun her sisters-in-law Ethel Muir and Jurita Phillips were having on bikes.
Both had trailers to carry children, and they would all go for bike trips together.
Ms Muir, a nutrition and physical activity co-ordinator at Te Oranganui Iwi Health Authority, was encouraging her whanau as well as her clients into healthy and fun physical activity.