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Travelling to work

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The 2006 census asked New Zealanders who went to work that day how they got there. This graph show the result by region. Wellington was clearly the train and bus commuter centre, while Nelson was the area where the largest percentage of the population biked, jogged or walked to work.

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Source: Statistics New Zealand

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Adrian Humphris, Public transport – Passenger trends, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/graph/22534/travelling-to-work (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Adrian Humphris, published 12 April 2010.