The Kennett Bros is the business name for brothers Paul Kennett, Simon Kennett and Jonathan Kennett. They have been heavily involved in mountain biking in New Zealand since 1984, and in publishing books about cycling and cyclists.
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Paul organised the first national mountain bike race in New Zealand in 1986 - the Karapoti Classic. The Kennett Bros continued to run this annually until 2002, when they sold the event.
In 1997 they co-organised a round of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in Wellington.
In 1998 they started building the Wellington City Council owned Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park, which received a national recreation award in 2002 and a national conservation award in 2003.
From 2001 to 2006 the Kennett Bros coordinated a forest revegetation project at Otari-Wilton's Bush. 40,000 trees were planted over a five year period.
The Kennett Bros helped organise the 2006 Rotorua UCI_Mountain_Bike_&_Trials_World_Championships.
Paul ran a national mountain bike magazine called Mountain Bike New Zealand Magazine from 1988 - 1990.
In 1991 the Kennett Bros wrote the first edition of Classic New Zealand Mountain Bike Rides, a national guidebook, which became a best seller. They produce new editions every three years (1993, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2008).
In 1995 Paul launched the Mountain Bike New Zealand Web, the online home for many New Zealand mountain bikers.
In 2004 they published a history of cycling in New Zealand called RIDE: the story of cycling in New Zealand [1]. ISBN 0-9583490-7-X
In 2005, they launched the New Zealand Cycling Legends series of books with Phil O'Shea: Wizard on Wheels. The series is intended to consist of ten books on New Zealand's most famous or influential cyclists.
In 2006, they published the second book in the New Zealand Cycling Legends series - Harry Watson: the Mile Eater. In 1928, Harry Watson was the first Kiwi to ride in the Tour de France and finished in 28th place.
In 2007, they published the seventh edition of Classic New Zealand Mountain Bike Rides, their national guidebook and Cycling Legends 3: Bill Pratney - Never Say Die. Pratney's cycling career began in 1926 and spanned seven decades.
In 2008, they published Cycling Legends 4: Warwick Dalton - The Lone Eagle. Dalton won 11 New Zealand track titles, the North Island Six-Day Tour, the Round-the-Mountain, the Tour of Southland, plus many overseas events.
Tino Tabak:Dreams and Deamons the fifth book in their Cycling Legends series, was published in November 2009.