Outline of USO NZ RIDE

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General Outline of USO NZ RIDE

U S O B i k e R i d e Prepared by: Meriama Taufale- USO Bike Ride NZ Ride DirectorDate: January 2016Proposal: 2016 New Zeland Bluff to Cape Reinga USO Bike Ride

#USOBluff2Cape

USO Kaupapa

"Brothers united to improving the cycle of life of Polynesian people through cycling"


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Talofa lava and a warm Polynesian greeting to you!

In 2012 USO Bike Ride cycled the length of Aotearoa from Cape Reinga to Bluff promoting health andwellbeing to Polynesian communities in Aotearoa. In 2016 USO Bike Ride will undertake the return

journey from Bluff to Cape Reinga. It will the first time that a Polynesian group of cyclists have cycled

length of the country both ways to promote health and wellbeing by a bike.

In cycling the length of Aotearoa, we cycle more than 2,250kms, and climbed the height of MtEverest x twice!

Included below some background information about USO Bike Ride and information about our 2016ride. Also included as supplementary ready are some facts about USO since 2011.

Please find two Youtube links that will give you a greater sense of USO and what we represent:

2012: The USO Bike Ride https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuS1l7yf_j0

2011: Riding for my Father https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPnVR4jGGnw

BACKGROUND

Polynesian-Maori and Pacific people often feature worse off amongst all ethnic groups when itcomes to poor health statistics. Our cancer, diabetes, obesity, gout and stroke rates are increasing atan alarming rate. We know that Polynesian families can be affected by so many health concerns aswe age as reflected in many of our USO members families who have been affected by

Death through Cancer, Stroke, Asthma, Heart Attacks-Heart Disease

Members living with Diabetes, Gout, Arthritis, Obesity Cancer survivors Stroke survivors Ex smokers Families with members who smoke

USO Bike Ride is an innovative Polynesian health and wellbeing initiative that aims to improve thequality of life for Polynesian people through cycling. Majority of our USO members are of Maori &Pasifika decent or support our kaupapa. USO Bike Ride is an extension of Malo Le Soifua Ltd. Thecompany Directors are Talalelei Taufale, Christ opher Teo and Meriama Taufale.

USO Bike Ride is a unique initiaive that can support you in the journey to prevent the burden ofthese poor health outweighing the ability of communities and services to prevent and manage themeffectively.

For this reason our journey is not a fundrasing event. Too often Polynesian people find it easy todonate and give money to worthy causes when in fact the same money should be used to supporttheir own families. We encourage Polynesian people to manage their health better and save yourmoney to see the doctor as opposed to creating debt at the Doctors and creating a barrier forfamilies not to go to the doctors.

USO is a Samoan word that means brother. The term is gender specific, which means the it can be

used amongst men and women but never between men and women. Men can call each other USObut Men cannot call women USO. Women can call each other USO but women cannot call men USO.
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cannot call men USO.

The USO philosophy is simple. We use the USO as a acronym:

Understanding Strengthening Overcomeing

Simply put, through understanding causes of what leads Polynesian people to have poor health wecan identify, create and Strengthen actions to improve current levels of health.

2016 Aotearoa USO Bike Ride:

The Aotearoa Bike Ride will start in Bluff on 11 th February and end in Cape Reinga on 26 th February.30 riders and 8 support crew will follow the trip along the way.

This journey will enable Polynesian people to connect and be engaged with Polynesian people whoare improving their health and wellbeing through cycling.

The primary goals of our initiative is to spread the the health and wellbeing message and encouragethe following:

1. Regular health checks2. Smoking cessation3. Improved health and nutrition4. Share personal stories how riders have changed their liefstyles through cycling-eg Gout

stories5. Encourage more Polyensian people into active lifestyles

THE ROUTE- Bluff to Cape Reinga10 th February Assemble in Invercargill/Bluff

DAY 1 11th February Bluff to Milton 153kmDAY 2 12th February Milton to Dunedin 64kmDAY 3 13th February Dunedin to Timaru 200kmDAY 4 14th February Timaru to Christchurch 181kmDAY 5 15th February Christchurch to Kaikoura 187kmDAY 6 16th February Kaikoura to Picton 164kmDAY 7 17th February Wellington to Porirua 33kmDAY 8 18th February Porirua to Feilding 150km

DAY 9 19th

February Feilding to Flaxmere 162 kmDAY 10 20th February Flaxmere to Taupo 155kmDAY 11 21 st February Taupo to Cambridge 135kmDAY 12 22nd February Cambridge to South Auckland 145kmDAY 13 23rd February South Auckland to West Auckland 65kmsDAY 14 24th February West Auckland to Whangarei 150kmDAY 15 25th February Whangarei to Kaitaia 155kmDAY 16 26th February Kaitaia to Cape Reinga 125km

SPREADING THE MESSAGE:


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The awareness of USO Bike Ride and improving health and wellbeing through cycling is spreading andcreating new opportunities for Supporters of the 2016 NZ ride.

Media exposure for the 2016 new Zealand ride is currently through the following sources:

Tagata Pasifika, Breakfast TV, 7 Sharp, Radio stations-Niu FM, Radio 535PI, Samoa CapitalRadio and Language programmes

Print Media- Local Newspapers, Spasifik Magazine, NZ cyclist Magazine

Internet Exposure through our Facebook Page and website

Our connections with indigenous groups in Australia, Hawaii, Samoa and other Polynesian nationsenables us to stay on top of our game and be aware of needs as well as share some best practicesfrom our USO abroad. Our partners will also promote the ride through their channels.

COMMUNITY FONO/HUI:

We will have fono/hui in local community settings.

2016 NZ USO Bike Ride Framework:As part of the build up we will focus on the following

Culture Cycle SkillsPreparation

Health and Wellbeing Family/ CommunityInvolvement

Waiata/peseHakaLanguage skills-speaking innative tonguesSpiritual-faithbasedapproachesRelationships-building andstrengthening

Cycle safety-roadsafetyOff road cyclingCycle maintenanceCommuting to andfrom workRiding as a groupRecreational cyclingCycling as a sport

Health checkFitness assessmentTraining plans (physical andnutritional support) smallchanges make big gains

Riders are re assessed at 4monthly intervals

Promote and embed healthawareness and actions withour current and newmembers

USO members becomeadvocates to their families,churches and communitiygroups

USO riders model behaviourchange patterns to improvehealth and well being andthis is taken up by familymembers

Ongoing feedback from ridersfamily and friends

Families supported tointegrate lifestyle changes

Opportunities for family cycleeducation

Opportunities for familyhealth information

Since 2011 USO has:


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Worked in partnership with Cancer Society/Get The Tools to have a stall at Creek Festival2014

Coordinated Understanding Cancer workshops in the Pacific ccommunity in Porirua andWellington

Supported Pacific families going through the cancer journey with fundraising activities

Developed a Polynesian model for increasing the number of Polynesian people and familiescycling

USO membership is steadily increasing in Hawkes Bay, Manawatu, Wellington, Christchurchand Auckland.

USO members are visbly active participating in numerous Aotearoa fun rides, Ironmaorievents, Ironman and tri athlon events

Internationally USO has participated in Samoa Half Ironman events (Samoa), The HonoluluCentury Ride(Hawaii)

2013-Worked in Partnership with Samoa Cancer Society, Samoa Minstry of Health, Ministryof Women, Community and Social Development to raise cancer awareness in Samoa (Cyclearound Upolu and Savaii)

2014 Undertaken a Child Cancer Awareness ride in Samoa Schools (Upolu) promoting healthylifestyles and good nutrition.

2014 USO recycled 37 used bicycles to donate for use in schools and community cycling andtriathlon events in Samoa

USO has gained the support of corporate sponsors such as Giant Bicycles, Tineli CycleClothing, Oakley Sunglass, Mavic helmets and shoes to create an affordable entry point intocycling for riders and family members.

USO has featured regularly in Newspaper stories in Wellington, Hawkes Bay and nationallythrough Hawkes Bay Today, The Dominion Post, Spasifik Magazine and Niu Fm radio

USO Bike Ride has also featured on TV Ones Tagata Pasifika USO 2014 Samoa video on Facebook has reached in excess of 200,000 views and been

screened on Japanese TV channels during prime time news with audiences in excess of2,000,000 people

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