SYDNEY, Australia – He ʻelua lā wale nō i koe e koho balota ai, ke kāhea nei ʻo Tourism Australia i nā poʻe Australia a pau e hōʻike i ko lākou kākoʻo ʻana i nā kiʻi ʻāina, ʻo Uluru a me ka Great Barrier Reef, i ko lākou manaʻo e lilo i ʻelua o ka New 7 Wonders of Nature.
ʻO ka New 7 Wonders of Nature hoʻolaha he huli honua e ʻike i nā wahi kūlohelohe ʻehiku ʻoi loa o ka honua i koho ʻia e ka lehulehu. Ua koho ʻia ʻo Uluru a me ka Great Barrier Reef ma ke ʻano he ʻelua o ka 28 hope loa, a ke kokoke mai nei ke koho balota, ke alo nei lākou i ka hoʻokūkū paʻakikī mai nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe o ka honua e like me New Zealand's Milford Sound, South Africa's Table Mountain a me The USA's. Kaona Nui.
Mai nā hale koho ma waena o ka Great Barrier Reef a hiki i nā pāpale i hoʻoulu ʻia ʻo Uluru ma Melbourne Cup, ua hoʻoikaika ikaika ʻo Tourism Australia no ka koho pāloka ʻāina.
“Ua hoʻohana mākou i nā mahina i hala iho nei e hāpai i ke kākoʻo e like me ka mea hiki i ko mākou mau kiʻi ʻāina, ʻo Uluru a me ka Great Barrier Reef. I kēia manawa pono mākou i ke kōkua mai ka lehulehu o Australia, "wahi a Steve Liebmann, ka heleuma televise lanakila a me ka ʻelele hoʻolaha.
"Inā haʻaheo ʻoe i kēia mau kiʻi kupaianaha ʻelua a ʻaʻole ʻoe i koho balota, ʻo ia ka manawa e hōʻoia i kāu mau hoaaloha, ʻohana, nā hoalauna a me nā hoahana e hana like."
Ua hoʻohui ka Luna Hoʻokele o Earth Hour Global a me ka hoa ʻelele hoʻolaha, ʻo Andy Ridley: "Ke hana ikaika nei nā ʻāina hoʻokūkū e hoʻokomo i kā lākou mau moho i ka papa inoa. Ua kokoke loa ka balota hope no laila he manawa koʻikoʻi kēia no ka poʻe Australia e hōʻike i ko lākou mālama nui ʻana i ka Great Barrier Reef a me Uluru.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Andrew McEvoy, ka Luna Hoʻokele o Tourism Australia he mea nui i ka poʻe Australia ke loaʻa ma hope o kā mākou mau kiʻi ʻāina waiwai nui: "ʻO ka noho ʻana i ʻelua o nā mea kupanaha kūlohelohe ʻehiku o ka honua e hoʻoikaika i kā mākou ʻōlelo 'Aʻohe mea e like me Australia' i ke koena o ka honua.
"ʻOiai ke holo nei ka nui o nā wahi kamahaʻo loa o ka honua, ʻike mākou he mea kupaianaha maoli nā moho o Australia, kūpono loa a kū i kahi manawa ikaika loa - pono mākou i ke kākoʻo o nā poʻe Australia haʻaheo."
Pehea e koho balota ai:
Hiki iā ʻoe ke koho pāloka i hoʻokahi manawa ma o ka pūnaewele www.new7wonders.com a i ʻole nā manawa he nui āu e makemake ai ma ke kelepona kelepona.
Hiki i nā poʻe koho pāloka pūnaewele ke koho pāloka i hoʻokahi manawa no ka huina o ʻehiku mau huakaʻi no laila e hōʻoia e koho i ka Great Barrier Reef a me Uluru a me ʻelima mau kahua honua ʻē aʻe āu e manaʻo ai he ʻāpana o ka New7Wonders of Nature hope loa.
No ke koho balota ʻana iā Uluru e hele i www.n7w.com/uluru a i ʻole SMS “Uluru” a i ʻole “Ayers Rock” i 197 88 555 (SMS Cost $0.55 incl. GST).
No ke koho balota ʻana no The Reef e hele i www.n7w.com/gbr a i ʻole SMS “GBR” a i ʻole “Reef” i 197 88 555 (SMS Cost $0.55 incl. GST).
Hoʻopau nā laina SMS i ka hola 10:00 pm AEDT ma 11 Nowemapa 2011. Helpdesk 1800 65 33 44. No nā ʻōlelo a me nā kūlana www.new7wonders.com/en/terms_and_conditions/
E pau ana ke koho balota ma 11:11 am GMT ma 11 Nowemapa 2011 (AEST 10:10pm).
