Ke hopohopo nei ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi i ka Rugby World Cup e pale aku i nā mākaʻikaʻi kuʻuna mai ka kipa ʻana iā Aotearoa i ka makahiki 2011 ʻoiai ʻo ka hōʻoia ʻana o Christchurch i mea hoʻokipa no ʻelua hapaha hope e lawe mai i kahi hoʻoikaika pōkole.
Ua hoʻomaikaʻi aku nā mea hoʻokele hōkele, nā ʻoihana, nā hui mākaʻikaʻi a me nā poʻe kālai'āina kūloko i ka hoʻoholo a ka poʻe hoʻonohonoho o ka World Cup i nehinei e hāʻawi iā Wellington a me Christchurch i ʻelua hapaha hope i kēlā me kēia akā ua hāpai pū kekahi i ka hopohopo e pili ana i ka "mākeke makuahine" o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi makemake ʻole i ka pôpeku.
E mālama ʻia nā pāʻani hapaha hope ma ka hopena pule e hoʻomaka ana i ka lā 7 ʻOkakopa, 2011. E hoʻokipa ʻo Auckland i ka hopena keleawe no ka wahi ʻekolu a me ka ʻehā ma kahi pāka ʻo Eden i hoʻoponopono ʻia i koho ʻia i wahi no ka semi-finals a me ka hopena.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Martin Horgan, ka luna hoʻomalu o ka mea hoʻokele mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Southern World New Zealand, i nehinei he hopena maikaʻi ʻole ka hapaha hope i ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Christchurch.
“Manaʻo wau e pōʻino ka Rugby World Cup i ka mākaʻikaʻi i kēlā makahiki. Hoʻohuli ia i nā malihini he nui no ka mea he pipiʻi a ʻaʻohe mea hiki. E lilo ia i mea ʻino ma mua o ka maikaʻi. He hoʻokahi hopena pule o Gehena a ʻo ia nō. ʻAʻole ia he mea nui. Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūpono i nā poʻe he nui i ke kahua pāʻani, "wahi āna.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ka luna o ka South Island no ka New Zealand Hotel Council, ʻo Scott Wallace, ʻo ke kiʻekiʻe o ka ea i ka wā o ka World Cup e pale aku i nā mākaʻikaʻi.
"ʻElua wale nō ʻīpuka nui i New Zealand, no laila inā he pipiʻi ke kumukūʻai o ke kiʻi ʻana i ʻaneʻi ma muli o ka lako a me ke koi hiki ke hoʻopau i ka mākeke makuahine," wahi āna.
Ua kuhikuhi ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi hopohopo i ka hāʻule ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi kuʻuna i ka wā o ka 'Olumepika ma Athens a me Sydney.
Ua ʻōlelo ka luna hoʻomalu o Christchurch lāua ʻo Canterbury ʻo Paul Bingham e noho ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi kuʻuna akā ʻo ka hōʻike honua ʻana i ka Rugby World Cup e lawe mai iā New Zealand e kōkua i ka wā lōʻihi.
“He pilikia maoli nō ia. Ma ke ʻano holoʻokoʻa, pono ʻoe e nānā i ka ʻaoʻao a me ka hōʻike e lawe mai iā New Zealand. I ka wā lōʻihi e lilo ia i mea maikaʻi, "wahi āna.
“Ke hoʻāʻo nei mākou e kiʻi iā lākou (nā mea pāʻani rugby) e hele mua a noho lōʻihi. Inā ʻoe e hele ana i kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka honua, ʻike paha ʻoe i kahi wahi o ka ʻāina. He pilikia maoli ia. "
Manaʻo ʻia nā pāʻani e hoʻonui i ka loaʻa kālā he $50 miliona no Christchurch, e like me ka manaʻo o nā luna kahua pāʻani AMI.
Ke noʻonoʻo nei hoʻi nā alakaʻi ʻoihana ʻo Christchurch pehea e hoʻokipa ai i ke komo ʻana o 20,000 poʻe pā rugby i ka pule ma mua o ka hapaha hope.
ʻO ka paipai ʻana i ka poʻe Cantabrians e hoʻokomo i nā mea pā rugby ma ko lākou mau home a ʻo kahi moku holo moku ma ke awa ʻo Lyttleton e noʻonoʻo ʻia he ala hou e hoʻonui ai i nā pae noho.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Peter Townsend, ka luna nui o ka Chamber of Commerce o Canterbury Employers Chamber of Commerce, ʻo ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka noho ʻana a me nā mokulele i ka wā o ke kīʻaha honua, ʻo ia ka mea e hiki ai i nā mākaʻikaʻi kuʻuna ke hauʻoli pū me Aotearoa.
"Hiki iā mākou ke hoʻolilo i kēia i lanakila-lanakila, ma mua o ka lanakila-nalo," wahi āna.
Ua loaʻa i kahi loiloi hale noho ma kahi o 40,000 mau moena i loko o 90 mau minuke kaʻa mai Christchurch me nā motel, nā hōkele, B&B, backpackers a me nā paka hoʻomaha.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mekia ʻo Christchurch ʻo Bob Parker he mea hoʻoikaika nui kēia hanana no ke kiʻi o ke kūlanakauhale.
"He lā maikaʻi kēia no ka Mokupuni Hema a he lā maikaʻi loa no ko mākou kūlanakauhale ... he manawa kūpono kēia e ʻike ai ka poʻe me ka ʻike liʻiliʻi he manawa kūʻai maikaʻi loa ia no ke kūlanakauhale," wahi āna.
"E hiki iā lākou ke hoʻolauleʻa iā lākou iho me ka manaʻo e nānā ʻia ka hanana e nā piliona kānaka a puni ka honua. He mea hoʻoikaika maikaʻi loa ia no ko mākou kūlanakauhale, ko mākou mokuʻāina, ko mākou mokupuni a me ko mākou ʻāina.
