Nui ka waiwai o New Zealand i waho a me ka hoʻokipa moʻomeheu

I koʻu hāʻule ʻana ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka puʻu i loko o kahi pōleʻa kahakai nui i hoʻopiha ʻia i ka wai, me ka manaʻo me he mea lā aia wau i loko o kahi mīkini holoi, ua manaʻo wau he ala maikaʻi aʻe e ʻike ai iā New Zealand.

ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole ia i loaʻa iaʻu a hiki i ka pau ʻana o ka Zorb i ka kaʻa ʻana a ua pau kaʻu uē ʻana i ka ʻakaʻaka.

ʻIke maikaʻi ʻia paha ʻo Aotearoa no ka mākaʻikaʻi huakaʻi e like me ka luʻu lewa, ka lele ʻana i ka bungee, ka holo ʻana a me ka "Zorbing" - e ʻolokaʻa ana i lalo i kahi pōʻai inflatable 10-kapuaʻi kiʻekiʻe i uhi ʻia me ka wai. Akā, ʻo ka mea waiwai loa o kaʻu huakaʻi, ʻo ia ka mākaʻikaʻi moʻomeheu i aʻo mai iaʻu e pili ana i ka Maori.

Mai hoʻopunipuni ʻoe: ʻO ka "hui" i kahi ʻohana Maori ma kahi kikowaena hoʻoilina hiki ke hoʻoweliweli e like me ka lele ʻana mai ka Skytower o Auckland. He aha ke ʻano kūpono i ka wā e puka mai ai ke koa lawe ihe i waho o ka hale, hoʻōho i kekahi mea ma ka ʻōlelo Maori iā ʻoe, hoʻoweliweli i nā maka a hoʻolei i ka lau ma kou wāwae? E noʻonoʻo wikiwiki, no ka mea, ʻoi loa kēlā ihe.

He mau kenekulia ma mua o ka hiki ʻana mai o ka poʻe keʻokeʻo a kapa ʻia ka ʻāina ʻo New Zealand, ua hōʻea ka poʻe Maori ma nā waʻa i Aotearoa (Ay-oh-teh-RO'-ah, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo “Land of the Long White Cloud”), ʻo ia paha mai Polenekia mai.

Ke ʻimi nei ʻoe i nā kīwī i kēia lā, e ʻike paha ʻoe i ka hale kūʻai nūhou ʻōlelo Maori, akā hiki iā ʻoe ke lohe i ke aloha ʻōiwi ʻo “Kia ora!” (kee-ah-OR-ah) nani loa ma nā wahi āu e hele ai.

A ʻike paha ka poʻe pā rugby i ka haka, ka hula Maori i hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia e ka All Blacks, ka hui pōkiʻi aupuni, e hoʻohenehene i ko lākou mau hoa paio ma mua o kēlā me kēia pāʻani. Oli like ʻole ka poʻe pāʻani me ka ʻolokaʻa ʻana o ko lākou mau maka, paʻi i ko lākou mau lima a me nā ʻūhā, a ʻō aku i ko lākou alelo - he mea ʻike.

Ua ʻike māua me kaʻu kāne i ka haka i hana ʻia ma ke kahua ma Te Puia, he hale hoʻoilina hoʻoilina Maori ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Rotorua, a ma hope iho ua aʻo aku nā koa peʻa i ka hula i nā kāne o ke anaina. ʻAʻohe mea weliweli i ka wā i hoʻāʻo ai ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e hana.

Hāʻawi pū ʻo Te Puia iā mākou i kahi ʻahaʻaina ʻoluʻolu a nā Maori i hana ʻia i loko o ka hangi a lawelawe ʻia i ke ʻano ʻohana ma kahi lumi ʻaina me nā malihini ʻē aʻe. ʻO ke keiki hipa a me ka iʻa iʻa ka meaʻai maʻamau, e like me ke kumara, kahi ʻano ʻuala maoli.

Ma hope iho, ua holo mākou ma ke kaʻaahi a hiki i ka geyser Pohutu, kekahi o nā mea kupanaha maoli a puni ʻo Rotorua, ʻo ia hoʻi nā loko wai wela a me ka ʻala. ʻO nā mea kupanaha maoli ʻole o ke kūlanakauhale, ʻo ia ka Zorb - - a me nā koena o ka hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni Hobbiton i hana ʻia no nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni "Lord of the Rings", he mau mile ka mamao ma Matamata.

Ma hope o ka huakaʻi ʻana i nā dolphin i ka Bay of Islands i haʻalele mai Paihia, ua kipa mākou i ka Waitangi Treaty Grounds kokoke, kahi waiwai kahakai nani ma kahi o 150 mau mile ma ka ʻākau o ʻAuckland. Manaʻo ka poʻe o Aotearoa ʻo ia ka ʻāina hānau o ko lākou ʻāina, ʻoiai ʻo ia ka poʻe noho ʻEulopa a me nā kamaʻāina Maori i pūlima ai i ke Kuikahi o Waitangi ma Feb. ʻElua mau palapala i ke kuʻikahi - hoʻokahi ma ka ʻōlelo Maori, hoʻokahi ma ka ʻōlelo Pelekania - a ke hoʻomau nei ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa a hiki i kēia lā no ka unuhi ʻana.

Aia i Waitangi kekahi marae (hale halawai Maori) i piha i na kii laau i hanaia i keia manawa he hale hoikeike. ʻO ia hoʻi ka home o ka ʻelele Pelekane ʻo James Busby i ka makahiki 19. Ma kahakai, hōʻike ʻia kahi waka hoʻolauleʻa nui i ka hana akamai a me ke koa o ka Maori. E hele anei ʻoe i ka moana Pākīpika ma kekahi o ia mau mea?

Ua kipa mākou i nā kūlanakauhale nui, ʻoiai ua piha i ka poʻe lokomaikaʻi a me nā hale ʻaina maikaʻi, ʻaʻole i nani loa. Aia ʻo Auckland a me Wellington ma nā awa maikaʻi, akā ʻaʻohe o nā alanui i ka nani a me ka mōʻaukala o nā kūlanakauhale ʻEulopa a me kekahi ma ʻAmelika.

ʻO ka ʻokoʻa ʻo Christchurch. Kapa ʻia no ke kulanui ma Oxford, aia ʻo Christchurch i ka hale hoʻolālā, nā paka, ka hale pule, ke kikowaena waena a me ka muliwai nani me nā gondolas e hoʻohālikelike ai i kona kaona me ʻEnelani kahiko.

ʻO ka ʻāina ʻo New Zealand, he mea kupanaha loa, mai nā mauna i uhi ʻia i ka hau a i nā loko a me nā kahakai.

Akā no nā Kiwi, ʻaʻole lawa ka nānā wale ʻana i nā hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha - pono ʻoe e ʻike. No laila, "Zorbed" mākou ma Rotorua, he kūlanakauhale ma kahi o 60,000 ma ka Mokupuni ʻĀkau o Aotearoa, he wahi mākaʻikaʻi. Ua wīwī mākou i loko o ka pōʻai inflatable a hoʻokuʻu koke ʻia i lalo i kahi pali mauna. Ua koho mākou i kahi kaʻa pulu kahi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ai ʻoe e kahi wai liʻiliʻi e kahe ana i loko o ka pōleʻa me ʻoe.

Ua nānā pū mākou i kahi hana luʻu lani. Loaʻa mākou i ka nānā ʻana i ke wikiō e pili ana i ka hauʻoli ma mua o ka ʻai ʻana.

Ua lawe pū au i ka hele wāwae heli glacier. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, ua hoʻomake ʻia koʻu adrenaline e ka Maori lawe ihe ma ka hale hoʻoilina o Rotorura nāna i hoʻolei i ka lau. ʻO ka hopena kūpono, ma ke ala, ʻo ke kiʻi ʻana. E kono mai lākou iā ʻoe i loko. E noho iki - hana lākou i ka ʻahaʻaina ʻino.