HEY WAIKATO
RIDE TO WIN
Ride the bus or Te Huia train this October.
Be in to win over $6,000 in prizes!

Leave the car at home this October and catch the bus or Te Huia train instead. You'll find it easy to get where you need to be, with no hunting for a car park and no sitting behind the wheel in traffic. You'll save on fuel. And there's great prizes to be won!

THERE ARE FOUR EASY STEPS FOR YOU TO BE IN TO WIN

01

REGISTER

Click on the Register Here button below.  This takes you to the Weekday Challenge app where you can set up your profile and be eligible for the prizes.
02

RIDE

Choose to catch the bus or Te Huia train as many times as you can during October instead of taking your car.
03

LOG

Log your bus and Te Huia train journeys on your profile on the Weekday Challenge app to be in to win.
04

WIN

By doing steps 1,2 and 3 you’re in to win the great prizes listed below.
REGISTER HERE
Promotion runs 1st - 31st October, 2026

How do you win?

Simply sign up to the Weekday Challenge here, start logging your journeys during October, and every time you ride the bus or train – you’re in to win!

WHAT CAN I WIN?
Win 1 of 50 $100 Bee Cards
That's $5,000 of free BUSIT and Te Huia travel up for grabs.
A Money Can’t Buy Chiefs Rugby Experience
A Captains run experience and Game tickets for 4

SIGN UP. RIDE THE BUS OR TRAIN. LOG YOUR JOURNEYS. BE IN TO WIN.

GET YOUR WORKMATES ON BOARD AND WIN BONUS PRIZES

Why Ride to Win alone? Create a Waikato business workplace team, get your colleagues riding too and you'll unlock another chance to win with our Waikato Workplace Team Prize.
SIGN UP TO RIDE & WIN HERE
BONUS BUSINESS PRIZE
Win $1,000 of free public transport
for your staff.
Plus 3 months free membership on the Extraordinary platform!
BONUS BUSINESS PRIZE
Win a Morning tea shout for your workplace.
Set up a business team, ride the bus or train in October. Log your journeys and you’re in to win.
WHY NOT GIVE THE BUS OR TRAIN A GO?

Maybe you've thought about catching the bus or train but never quite got around to it. October is your excuse. You might discover your trip to work or a meeting is easier than you thought. You might save on petrol and parking. You can read, listen to a podcast, catch up on emails or simply sit back and let someone else do the driving. And if you win something along the way? Even better.

One month. A few less car trips. Over $6,000 in prizes.

SIGN UP TO RIDE & WIN HERE
PUBLIC TRANSPORT MONTH
  • Ride to Win celebrates Waikato Public Transport Month this October, encouraging more people to leave the car at home and discover another way to get around.
  • Ride to Win is powered by the Weekday Challenge, in partnership with Waikato Regional Council.
  • Register. Ride. Log. Win.
Want to know more about the Weekday Challenge – have a cruise around the website.
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Ride to Win
Promotion terms and conditions

1. Promotion period
Ride to Win runs from 1 October to 31 October 2026. Only eligible journeys made and logged during the promotion period will qualify for prize draws.

2. Who can enter
The promotion is open to people participating in Ride to Win in the Waikato region who are registered with the Weekday Challenge. Entrants must provide valid contact details so they can be contacted if they win.

3. How to enter
To enter, participants must register for the Weekday Challenge and log eligible public transport journeys made during the promotion period.

Each eligible bus or train journey logged during October counts as one entry into the individual Ride to Win prize draws. The more eligible journeys you make and log, the more entries you receive.

Journeys must be genuine journeys undertaken by the participant. The Weekday Challenge reserves the right to verify entries and exclude duplicate, inaccurate, incomplete or fraudulent journey records.

4. Prizes
Prizes include:

  • 50 × $100 Bee Cards
  • 1 × Chiefs Rugby Experience comprising a Captain's Run experience and game tickets for four people
  • Waikato Workplace Team Prize: $1,000 of public transport for staff plus three months' membership of the Extraordinary platform
  • 2 × workplace morning tea shouts

Prize conditions may apply and prizes are subject to availability. Prizes are not redeemable for cash. Where circumstances outside the promoter's control make an advertised prize unavailable, the promoter may substitute a prize of equivalent or greater value.

5. Workplace prizes
To qualify for a workplace prize, participants must be registered as part of an eligible Waikato workplace team and have logged eligible public transport journeys during the promotion period.

6. Selecting and contacting winners
Winners will be selected at random from eligible entries following the end of the promotion period and contacted using the details associated with their Weekday Challenge registration.

If a winner cannot be contacted or does not respond within five working days, the promoter reserves the right to redraw the prize.

7. Prize conditions
Any additional costs associated with accepting or using a prize that are not specifically included in the prize description are the responsibility of the winner.

The Chiefs Rugby Experience is subject to the dates, availability and any conditions stipulated by the prize provider.

8. General
The promoter reserves the right to verify the validity of entries and disqualify any entrant who has not complied with these terms or who has attempted to manipulate the promotion.

If circumstances outside the promoter's reasonable control prevent the promotion from operating as intended, the promoter may modify, suspend or cancel the promotion.

Decisions made by the promoter in relation to eligibility, entries and prize allocation are final.

9. Privacy
Personal information collected through the Weekday Challenge will be used to administer the promotion and contact winners and will be handled in accordance with the Weekday Challenge Privacy Policy.

10. Promoter
Ride to Win is powered by the Weekday Challenge in partnership with Waikato Regional Council.

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