Street Art Bike Challenge 2025

EcoMatters is thrilled to announce a fifth year of getting Aucklanders out and about by bike to find street art and win $1000 worth of prizes. But this time it’s different! 

For 2025, the Street Art Bike Challenge will be held in balmy April, to make the most of end-of-summer weather as well as Easter and the school holidays. Plenty of opportunity to ride solo, with friends, or the whole whānau 🙂

Entry basics

Entry will be even easier this time round too. You cycle to one of the city’s colourful street art spots; take a pic of you and your bike, then just load it up online and press submit to enter. Done. No hashtags or social media accounts required. Then pedal on to the next one or take a break and do more another day. 

Every pic you submit puts you in the draw to win end-of-challenge prizes plus weekly spot prizes all around Tāmaki Makaurau, and you can enter as many times as you like. 

Street art – what is it really?

Street art is generally defined as public-space artwork that is created for us to appreciate outside of an art gallery. Like most art, it is designed to inspire, uplift, challenge and question – but it’s all for free, all the time. 

Street art includes murals, yarn bombing, sculpture, painted power boxes, and even some pretty remarkable stained glass windows.

Where to find street art

For five years, EcoMatters has been building a map of Auckland street art in and around Auckland’s 7000 + kms of roads….that’s a lot of cycling! You can cover the whole city if you like, but if you’re looking for more of a local feel, we’re working on nine bite size art trails – all including one of the EcoMatters Bike Hubs. 

More on this in 2025. 

Challenge Terms and Conditions

1. Post your photos between 1 and 31 October 2023 with the #StreetArtBikeChallenge hashtag.
2. People without a Facebook profile or Instagram account can email entries to [email protected].
3. If your Facebook profile or Instagram account is private we may not be able to see your entry. Please email a screenshot of your entry to [email protected].
4. While we recognise that Street Art is subjective, EcoMatters reserves the right to exclude any photos that are not deemed eligible.
5. Only photos taken within the Auckland region are eligible.
6. Photos must include you, your bike and the street art. If there are multiple people in your photo, only the person who has made the submission will be eligible for the prize.
7. Multiple entries are encouraged but are limited to two entries per location, for example one wall or laneway with multiple murals is considered one location.
8. There is no limit on how many times a person may enter. Entries must be received during the competition period.
9. Winners will be contacted via private message on social media.
10. Judges’ decision is final. No correspondence will be entertained.
11. By entering the photo competition, you give EcoMatters permission to share your photo(s) publicly, to use them for future publicity, and for the prize sponsors to share and use your photo(s).
12. EcoMatters and Auckland Transport staff may enter but are not eligible to win prizes.