Ua pepehi ʻia kekahi wahine hele kahakai i kahi hoʻouka manō kakaʻikahi ma Aotearoa i kēia lā.
Ua huki ʻia ka mea i hoʻouka ʻia mai loko mai o ka wai ʻoiai e ola ana akā ua make ʻo ia ma ia wahi me nā hoʻāʻo a pau e hoʻopakele i kona ola.
Ua hana ʻia ka hoʻouka kaua ma Waihi Beach ma North Island ʻaʻole mamao loa mai ke kūlanakauhale nui loa o ka ʻāina ʻo Auckland.
ʻAʻole maʻamau ka hoʻouka ʻana o ka manō ma New Zealand a ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia ka mea make mua loa mai ka makahiki 2013. Ua haʻi ka nūhou kūloko i nā mea hōʻike e ʻōlelo ana ua ʻauʻau ka wahine i mua o nā hae kiaʻi i ka Pōʻalima.
I ko lākou lohe ʻana i ka ʻuā, ua holo koke nā kiaʻi ola ma ka waʻa a huki iā ia i uka.
ʻAʻole maopopo i ke ʻano o ka manō i hoʻouka ai i ka wahine, akā ua ʻōlelo kekahi mea ʻike maka he ʻano keʻokeʻo nui ia, kahi ʻano i hoʻomalu ʻia ma nā kai a puni o Aotearoa.
Ua kau ʻia kahi pāpā ʻehiku lā e kaupalena ana i ke komo ʻana i kahi wahi, ma kahakai.
ʻO ka hoʻouka manō hope loa i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka makahiki 2018 i ka wā i hōʻeha ʻia ke kanaka - akā ua ola - ma Baylys Beach. I loko o nā makahiki he 170 i hala iho nei, he 13 wale nō mau mea hōʻeha manō make i kākau ʻia ma New Zealand.
