'It gave me hope': New Zealand charity gives refugees bikes and teaches them to ride

Bike riding courses run in Auckland are such a hit that ReBicycle is urgently looking for more volunteers

Leila Rahimi was so scared when she first moved to New Zealand that she struggled to leave the house; and would spend days working up the courage to walk to the supermarket for basic supplies.

“I was so, so depressed, and I was so down and so unhappy,” says Rahimi, 36, a football player and coach from Iran who arrived in New Zealand as a refugee in March 2018.

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