Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā kaukani huakaʻi no kekahi mau hola i ka wā i hoʻolei ʻia ai nā mokulele a puni ka ʻāina i ka haunaele i ka wā i hāʻule ai ka ʻōnaehana kamepiula o Air New Zealand.
Ua hoʻopaneʻe ʻia nā mokulele a hiki i ʻelua hola i nehinei no ka hāʻule ʻana o ka ʻōnaehana hoʻopaʻa uila o ka mokulele, no ka mea e koi ʻia nā huakaʻi e hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia i kēlā me kēia.
ʻO ka hāʻule ʻana o ka ʻōnaehana, i hana ʻia ma kahi o 10am, ʻo ia ka mea ua kāpae ʻia kekahi mau mokulele. Ua pili pū kekahi i nā hoʻopaʻa inoa pūnaewele a me nā hana kelepona-center.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Bruce Parton, ka luna nui o ka hui o Air New Zealand no nā mokulele mokulele pōkole, ʻoi aku ma mua o 10,000 mau kānaka i hoʻopilikia ʻia e ka haki.
Ua kāhea ka mokulele i nā limahana hou a hāʻawi i ka meaʻai e kōkua i ke kala ʻana i ka poʻe huakaʻi e kali ana, wahi āna.
"ʻO ia ka pau ʻana o nā lā hoʻomaha kula, no laila ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke noi i kahi lā maikaʻi aʻe e hewa ai kēia," wahi āna.
I ka pau ʻana o nā kamepiula o ka mokulele, ʻo ka "chaos" ka manaʻo o nā limahana i hoʻohana i ka peni a me ka pepa e nānā i nā mokulele, wahi a Mr Parton.
Akā, ua wikiwiki ke kaʻina hana i ka ʻauinalā a ua hoʻi hou ka pūnaewele holoʻokoʻa ma ka hola 3.30pm.
E hui ana ka mokulele i ka mea hana kamepiula IBM i kēia kakahiaka e "hōʻike i ko mākou hopohopo", wahi a Mr Parton.
Ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Wellington, ua hui pū ʻia nā haneli o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi makaʻu ʻole i nā pila, paʻi hua ʻole i nā hale kūʻai lawelawe ponoʻī a noho hoʻi ma luna o nā carousels ukana.
ʻO Jess Drysdale lāua ʻo ʻAimee Harrison, he 20 mau makahiki o Lower Hutt, e holo ana i ʻAukelani ma kahi lele awakea no kahi ʻahamele.
Akā ʻo nā kāne, e moe mau ana ma ka papahele o ke kahua mokulele e kaʻana like ana i kahi ipod ma kahi o 12.30pm, ua hoʻolei ʻia kā lākou mau hoʻolālā i waho o ka puka makani e ka snag.
"Ua manaʻo ʻia mākou e hele i ka zoo i kēia lā, akā i kēia manawa ʻaʻole mākou e hele i kahi wahi," wahi a Miss Drysale.
ʻO Stuart Little, o ka hui pōpō peku ʻo Christchurch ʻo ka Sumner Sharks, nānā haʻahaʻa ʻoiai ke ʻaʻahu nei i kahi sombrero.
Ua haʻalele ʻo Karen Taylor o Wellington i kona makuahine he 76 ona makahiki e hele ana i Perth. Ua hopohopo mua kona makuahine no ka nalo ʻana i ka wāwae honua o ka huakaʻi, akā ua haʻi ʻia ua lohi pū kekahi.
E hoʻomākaukau ana ʻo Taihakoa Teepa, 6, no kāna huakaʻi mua ma luna o ka mokulele i ka wā i ulia ai ka lolouila.
Ua hoʻomanawanui ʻo ia e kali no kāna lele ʻana iā Rotorua, akā naʻe, ua hauʻoli nō naʻe ʻo ia, wahi āna.
ʻO kekahi poʻe i ʻoi aku ka māmā. Ua hoʻohuli ka huakaʻi i ka troubadour ma ka huki ʻana i kahi kīkā no kahi mele.
Ua ʻōlelo ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi Perth ʻo Graeme lāua ʻo Joan Zanich ʻaʻole lākou i hopohopo e ka lohi i ka wāwae aʻe o kā lākou hoʻomaha.
“ʻAʻole ia e hoʻopilikia nui iā mākou no ka mea ʻaʻole mākou e wikiwiki. He 45 mau minuke wale nō," wahi a Mrs Zanich.
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