E hana ana ʻo Sabah a me New Zealand i ʻaha kūkā hui e hoʻoikaika i ka mākaʻikaʻi a me ke kālepa. E noho nā mākaʻikaʻi mākaʻikaʻi mai nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua i ka ʻaha kūkā nui o Sabah-New Zealand Council of Tourism and Trade e hana i nā kulekele a me nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo i ke aupuni
ʻO kēia manaʻo i hoʻohilahila ʻia e ka Hope Aliʻi Nui o Sabah a me ke Kuhina Nui Huakaʻi, moʻomeheu a me ka nohona kaiāulu ʻo Datuk Christina Liew, a me ke Komikina Nui o New Zealand i Malaysia Hunter Nodge ma ka huakaʻi ʻoluʻolu a ko Liew keʻena i kēia lā. "E haʻi aʻo wau i ke kuhina nui (Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal) e pili ana i kēia hihia.
Manaʻo ʻo Liew lāua ʻo Nott e pōmaikaʻi ka ʻaha i nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua mai ka manaʻo o ka mākaʻikaʻi a me ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻoihana. "He manaʻo hou ia e pili ana i ka hoʻolālā a me ka hoʻolālā, akā ʻo ke kumuhana no ka laulima ʻana i ke kālepa a me ka mākaʻikaʻi kahi hana a mākou e hana ai no kekahi manawa."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Nottage e hoʻouna ʻo ia i kahi hōʻike piha i Welinetona a kāhea aku hoʻi i ke kuhina nui i kāna huakaʻi hou aʻe ma aneʻi. Hōʻike nā helu helu o STB aia he 3,262 poʻe hōʻea hoʻokipa Nūhōlani i hōʻea i Sabah ma waena o Ianuali a me Kekemapa o ka makahiki i hala. ʻO nā mahina ʻeono mua o kēia makahiki i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i kekahi 1,256 hōʻea huakaʻi i hōʻea mai ka ʻāina.
Ua ʻōlelo pū kekahi i ka nānā ʻana i ka hana ʻana o ka inoa ʻo "Borneo" i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana e hoʻolaulaha iā Sabah a me Sarawak.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- "He manaʻo hou ia e pili ana i ka hoʻolālā a me ka hoʻolālā ʻana, akā ʻo ke kumuhana no ka hui pū ʻana i ke kālepa a me ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻo ia ka mea a mākou e hana nei no kekahi manawa," wahi a Nottage.
- E noho nā luna mākaʻikaʻi mai nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua ma luna o ka Sabah-New Zealand Council of Tourism and Trade e hoʻokumu i nā kulekele a hana i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo i ke aupuni.
- Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka manaʻo e ka Hope Kuhina Nui o Sabah a me ke Kuhina Kūʻai Kūʻai, Culture a me Environmental Datuk Christina Liew, a me ke Komisina Kiʻekiʻe o New Zealand i Malaysia Hunter Nottage i ka wā o ka huakaʻi aloha i ke keʻena o Liew, i kēia lā.