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Jackson Harland is riding a 49cc moped from Cape Reinga to Bluff to raise money for the Cancer Society and the Heart Foundation.
“It feels like my tail bone is dissolving,” is how Jackson Harland describes his summer ride on a 49cc moped covering the length of New Zealand.
When most people chose to travel during summer holidays to relax and unwind, 25-year-old Harland decided to ride 3500km, the length of New Zealand, to fundraise for cancer and heart disease. A Givealittle page was set up to raise funds.
His challenge is to ride 49cc moped from Cape Reinga to Bluff.
The trip started last Wednesday [December 27] and was expected to finish on January 14, travelling six to seven hours a day with only two to three brief stops on the way.
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