Earlier: The suspension of Lime scooters in Auckland has been lifted. Lime will be required to report "serious safety incidents" anywhere in the world to Auckland Council within 48 hours.
Hundreds of dollars have been lost by those who collect Lime e-scooters from city streets, as a result of the temporary safety recall.
Each night, independent contractors called juicers rush around the city with trailers andvehicles to collect the scooters for a fee and recharge them before they are put back into service the next day.
Juicers are paid for each scooter they collect, usually $5-$7.
The scooters have been off the streets in Auckland and Dunedin, although Auckland Council has rescinded its ban on the electric vehicles if Lime meets certain criteria.
He estimated he had missed out nearly $1000 during the voluntary recall
"From a juicing perspective, this disruption has been really inconvenient."
As soon as the scooters were back on the streets, he would be back out collecting them.
"Ready and waiting, I'd say every juicer will be, too. It'll be hectic."
Borich was also looking forward to using the scooters again.
"There have been so many opportunities this last week where I would've ridden a Lime and instead have had to drive."
Lime scooters were due back on the streets on Saturday in Auckland but were delayed while the company triple-checked the vehicles. Photo / Jason Oxenham
But the recall has not been bad for all of the city's juicers.
Max North said it had given him a chance to relax and socialise at the weekend, which he would not have done if the scooters were still on the street.
He usually takes two nights off a week, usually on a weeknight when there were fewer scooters to collect.
"We had a chance to go to a friend's party on Saturday, something that we might otherwise not do because Saturday is usually a lucrative night in the Lime fields."
