I tend to disagree with this. Roads are roads, and countries all over the world have designed roads of all widths for the same sorts of vehicles used in NZ - saying NZ roads are special or somehow very different from abroad is misplaced exceptionalism, and by accepting to learn, AT would really speed up the process of becoming a cyclable city. Their relative amateurism in the department of cycleway design and building seems to just need a bit more help from people who've had experience doing this as part of an efficient routine, not like it was some sort of moonlanding project.