Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Simon Milne o ke Keʻena ʻImi ʻImi Hoʻonaʻauao ʻo Auckland University of Technology, ʻoiai ʻo ia i manaʻoʻiʻo ʻaʻole hiki ke helu ʻia nā pohō o ka ʻāina, he mea nui ia, inā e pau ke kiʻi ʻana i nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni "Hobbit" ma New Zealand. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Milne he mau miliona nā poho.
"ʻO ka lilo ʻana i kahi manawa e hoʻopili ai i kekahi mau kālā ʻē aʻe i loko o ka hoʻokele waiwai o New Zealand e pōʻino loa ia," i ʻōlelo ai ka New Zealand Herald iā ia.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻo Lord of the Rings trilogy i nā hana he 1,500 no nā mea keaka a me nā hui a hiki i ka 20,000 ma o ka ʻai ʻana, hoʻokipa, a me nā ʻaelike halihali, wahi āna.
“Pehea ʻoe e ana i ka hopena i kā mākou hōʻailona aupuni? He aha ke ʻano o ka hopena o ke kūʻai aku ʻana o kēia kiʻiʻoniʻoni i ka ʻike maʻamau e pili ana iā New Zealand a me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo e komo paha kekahi i loko a kūʻai i ka ʻōmole waina o Aotearoa ma kahi supermarket ma Farani?
"ʻAʻole ia e pili ana i ka huakaʻi i kēia ʻāina, e pili ana i kā mākou hōʻailona ma waho," wahi āna.
Ua hōʻike pū ʻia nā helu helu he 1 i loko o 10 mau malihini kipa i hōʻoia e hele mai i New Zealand i ka wā e paʻi ʻia ana a hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo "The Lord of the Rings".
