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Waka Kotahi NZTA renews declaration that e-scooters are exempt from motor vehicle classification
Five years ago New Zealand Transport Agency (or NZTA, as it was then known) declared e-scooters exempt from the definition of a 'motor vehicle' under the Land Transport Act. This...
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Shipment of latest Extended Range batteries and parts arrives
This week we imported a large shipment of the latest version of the Segway Extended Range battery packs. First released in 2019, Segway's Extended Range packs use Lithium Ion (Li-Ion)...
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Segway NZ Newsletter #4 (from February 2008)
By the close of the first decade of the 21st Century the days of printed newsletters being mailed out to subscribers were coming to an end. Further, the golden age...
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Early on, the US Federal Government embraced Segway PT as a mobility device for disabled users
The US Federal Government recognised and embraced the use of Segway Personal Transporters (PTs) by disabled users very early. At an individual level, in 2002 the world's "second-most-powerful-man" US Vice...
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Renewables now 87% of NZ electricity generation (up from 79% in 2014)
About 9 years ago Segway NZ News published Renewables now 79% of NZ electricity generation (December 2014). Using the latest data from that period we developed a pie chart to...
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Shipment of Segway products arrive
A shipment of brand new Segway Personal Transporters (PTs) were delivered to Segway NZ earlier this week, arriving direct from the Segway-Ninebot factory in China. We have i2 SE-X and...
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Segway NZ Newsletter #3 (from April 2007)
By April 2007 more than 100 individuals and businesses owned at least one Segway PT in New Zealand, and we were predicting the national fleet would exceed 200 before the...
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Segway On Q wins 2023 Travel & Hospitality Award from UK organisation
Queenstown's Segway Tour business Segway on Q has been awarded the Eco Friendly Tour Company of the Year for Otago by UK-based Travel & Hospitality Awards (THA). According to Segway...
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Segway NZ Newsletter #2 (from September 2006)
Our second Newsletter was published in September 2006, and was packed with the major news including the launch of the brand new second generation (Gen 2) range of Segway Personal...
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When 'The Segway Challenge' was King at corporate events
For about a decade our 'Segway Challenge' activity was King of corporate event activities in the Greater Auckland region (and beyond). In 2003 Philip Bendall "invented" a team-building activity he...
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Attaching crutches or walking sticks to the handlebar of a Segway PT
Many owners of Segway Personal Transporters (PTs) across New Zealand use them for mobility. If a person can stand, and step up the height of a standard stairwell step (~20cm)...
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Segway NZ's very first Newsletter (from January 2006)
Towards the end of 2005 we began preparing material for our very first Segway NZ Newsletter. The intention was to develop a regular publication that we'd send out free to...
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"Two decades later, it just might" (CNN 2018)
This article "Segway was supposed to change the world. Two decades later it just might" from CNN (30 October 2018) provides an excellent background and update about the company that...
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Apple's 'Find My' incorporated into all NZ '20th Anniversary' Segway PTs, and coming soon to all Segway-Ninebot KickScooters
Segway-Ninebot announced today at the US Consumer Electronics Show (CES) that all future products will incorporate Apple's 'Find My' Smart Tech functionality. From today every new Segway New Zealand '20th...
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Merry Christmas!
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Our very first Flyer (from Big Boys Toys 2003)
Nineteen years ago we imported the first Segway Personal Transporters (PTs) into New Zealand. In fact, our very first two units were probably the first to reach the Southern Hemisphere....
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Wine + Ferrari + Segway = Wineworks warehouse productivity boost
Some Ferraris run on alcohol - so you could say this unique 'Ferrari' Segway PT runs on wine What started off as a running gag has fermented into a productivity...
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Innovative new AI from Segway empowers new e-Scooters, e-Bikes and e-Mopeds for sharing fleets
Segway Unveils New AI-Powered Scooter at Micromobility Europe AMSTERDAM, June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Segway, a global leader in micro-mobility solutions, is unveiling its latest model of artificial intelligence (AI)...
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