Anyone can go to the movies, but going to the Pedal Powered Pictures is taking it to the next level.
The South Taranaki Mayor's Taskforce for Jobs steering group has organised a free community event as part of National Youth/Tech Week to be held in Dimock's carpark, Hāwera, on Thursday 23 May.
Leading up to the event, Hāwera High School students will be working with electrical and biking enthusiasts at DMack Engineering to build a framework to hold stationary bikes. When these bikes are pedalled they will generate enough power to screen the movies.
"We've purposely selected shorter, classic movies such as Buster Keaton's Cops and the Pink Panther cartoons so people don't have to pedal for too long, but we do encourage people to come along to watch as well as pedal," says Hāwera Mayor, Ross Dunlop.
The bike frame will have gauges which tell the cyclist how they're doing, and a traffic light system in front of the audience will show if the power bank needs more pedal power.