ka Hui Kaapuni Pakipika (SPTO) he like me ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ke kāpae ʻana i kāna hanana mua - ʻO ka South Pacific Tourism Exchange (SPTE), i hoʻonohonoho ʻia no 25th a me 26th Mei ma Christchurch, New Zealand.
Hoʻopaʻa ʻia i kēlā me kēia makahiki mai 2014, he kahua waiwai ʻo SPTE no ke komo ʻana ma waena o nā hoa huakaʻi honua a me nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā mea hoʻolako. I ka makahiki 2019, ua hoʻokipa ka hanana i nā poʻe komo mai nā mākeke lōʻihi a pōkole hoʻi me Australia, New Zealand, Pokukala, Kina a me Netherlands.
ʻOiai e hoʻolaha ana i ke kāpae ʻia ʻana ma kahi hālāwai kūkā i ka lā inehinei, ua hoʻokūpaʻa ʻo Luna Nui o SPTO, ʻo Christopher Cocker, ʻo ka waiwai nui o ka mākaʻikaʻi Pākīpika ʻo kona poʻe a ʻo ia ke poʻo o ka hana hoʻoholo.
"ʻO kēia ka manawa mua a mākou i kāpae ai i ka hanana a i ka hana ʻana ke manaʻo nei mākou ke hōʻike nei mākou i ke alakaʻi a me ke kuleana i ka manawa maopopo ʻole."
"ʻO kā mākou poʻe ko mākou waiwai nui a pono mākou e pale iā lākou i nā koina āpau. E hoʻoponopono hou mākou i kā mākou mau kumuwaiwai a me kā mākou mau hana e kākoʻo i nā hana hoʻolaʻa post COVID-19 o kā mākou mau lālā.
Ma kēlā ʻōlelo, ua hoʻolaha ka CEO i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka Pūnaehana Hoʻolaʻa Nalu Pakipika, ʻo ia ka manaʻo e hoʻoulu, hoʻohui a hoʻopili ʻana i ka ʻohana Pākīpika Pākīpika a me kāna mau mea pili.
"He ʻoihana ikaika a kūpaʻa ka mākaʻikaʻi, e hoʻihoʻi mākou mai kēia a ʻo ke kumu o kēia kālā ke kākoʻo i nā hana post COVID-19 i kā mākou mau lālā a me nā mea kuleana," wahi āna.
"Mahalo nui mākou iā NZ Maori Tourism, he hoa waiwai o SPTO, nāna i hele mai me ka ʻoluʻolu ma ke ʻano he mea hāʻawi mua me ka hāʻawi manawaleʻa o NZD$50,000".
"I kēia manawa ma mua o ka manawa, pono mākou e hui pū e lanakila i nā pilikia i hōʻike ʻia e COVID-19. No laila, ke kāhea aku nei au i nā hoa hoʻomohala, nā mea hāʻawi kālā a me nā malihini a me nā mea e pili ana i ka ʻoihana e kākoʻo i nā hana hoʻōla o ka Pākīpika ma o ka Pacific Wave Recovery Fund”.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr. Cocker, e alakaʻi ʻia ʻo SPTO e kona mau ʻāina lālā a me nā mea pili pono e pili ana i nā hana kūpono e kākoʻo ʻia e ka waihona.