Ua alakaʻi ʻia ke kiʻi paʻi kiʻi o kahi kumu Kepani o kahi hoa mākaʻikaʻi ma kahi lā makani ma Greymouth i kahi moeʻuhane hoʻomaha a me kahi uku $500 - akā ʻaʻohe hewa hewa.
Ua alakaʻi ʻia i nā mākaʻi o New Zealand e nīnau ana me Interpol e pili ana iā Tadahiro Funamoto inā he 53 mau makahiki he lawehala.
Akā ua hōʻike ka hoʻokolokolo ʻana ʻaʻohe ona manaʻoʻiʻo ma nā wahi āpau.
Ua ʻae ʻo ia i ka hewa i loko o ka ʻAha Apana ʻo Christchurch i kēia lā i nā hoʻopiʻi no ka hana ʻana i kahi hoʻopaʻa leo ʻike maka, a hōʻole ʻole e hāʻawi i kona mau manamana lima i nā mākaʻi.
Ua ʻimi ka loio ʻo Tony Garrett e hōʻoiaʻiʻo i ka luna kānāwai ʻo David Saunders e hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo Funamoto me ka ʻole o ka manaʻoʻiʻo ma muli o nā pilikia i loaʻa mua iā ia, a me nā hopena paha o ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana ma Iapana.
Aia i loko o ka ʻaha hoʻokolokolo nā lālā o ke Kanikela Iapana, a aia kekahi unuhi ʻōlelo e unuhi i nā hana.
He kumu hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻo Funamoto, he kāne male ʻo kāna wahine a me kāna mau kaikamahine ʻelua he 22 a me 19 mau makahiki e holo ana i Aotearoa no nā mahina. Loaʻa iā ia kahi palapala hana.
Ua haʻalele ʻia ʻo Mrs Funamoto e ke kaʻaahi Trans-Alpine i ka wā ʻaʻole ʻo ia i wikiwiki i hoʻi mai ka lua i ka wā i kū ai ma Arthur's Pass. Ua hopohopo kāna kāne.
Ma ke kahua ʻike maka o ke kaʻaahi, ua kiʻi ʻo ia i ke kiʻi o ka mea hoʻopiʻi e paʻa ana i kona kapa me kona mau lima ma kona ʻaoʻao.
ʻAʻohe mea noʻonoʻo a ʻino paha e pili ana iā ia, a ua hana like nā poʻe ʻē aʻe.
"ʻO ka pōʻino maoli ka mea i kiʻi ʻia ma ke kahua ʻo Greymouth," wahi a Mr Garrett. “Ua noi au e ʻike i nā kope o kēia mau kiʻi. He mea maʻamau paha ia ma Christchurch a i ʻole West Coast policing akā ua ʻōlelo ʻia iaʻu e hoʻohana i koʻu noʻonoʻo.
Ua kuhikuhi ka mākaʻi i kahi pana e hōʻike ana i "kahi ʻāpana o ka ʻūhā a me ke kapa komo".
"ʻAʻole e hōʻino ʻia kēlā kiʻi, akā ʻo ke ʻano ia i lawe ʻia ai," wahi a Mr Garrett.
Ua holoi ʻia. Ua ʻimi pono ʻia ka pahupaʻikiʻi a me ka lāʻau hoʻomanaʻo, akā ʻaʻohe mea i loaʻa.
Ua paʻa ʻo Funamoto i ka hale paʻahao no ʻelua lā a me ʻelua pō, ʻaʻole i hāʻawi i kona mau manamana lima no ka hiki ʻole iā ia ke hoʻomaopopo i ke noi a ka mea unuhi.
Ua hoʻonohonoho hou ʻia nā hoʻolālā huakaʻi o ka ʻohana ma muli o nā kūlana hoʻopaʻa.
"ʻO ka mea i manaʻo ʻia he hōʻike ʻana i ka nani nani o New Zealand a me nā wahi kupanaha o ka ʻāina he moeʻuhane."
Ua kākau ʻo Funamoto i kahi palapala kalahala i ka mea i hōʻeha ʻia, aia nō ia ma ka ʻāina.
Kūlou pinepine ʻo ia i ka unuhi ʻana o ka ʻōlelo hoʻopaʻi a Lunakanawai Saunders.
Ua ʻōlelo ka luna kānāwai ua ʻae ʻo ia he nui nā kumukūʻai, a ʻo nā pilikia ʻōlelo i alakaʻi iā ia e hōʻole i ka hāʻawi ʻana i kona mau manamana lima.
No ka hewa me ka pahupaʻikiʻi, e hoʻopaʻi ʻia ka lawehala mua a hoʻopaʻi ʻia.
"Ke ʻae nei au he kumu aʻo ʻo ia a aia kekahi mau pilikia maoli me nā luna o Iapana e hoʻomaopopo ana i ke ʻano o kēia hewa, a hiki paha iā lākou ke hana i kahi hana i kū ʻole i ka nui o kēia hewa i hōʻike ʻia i kēia lā. ," wahi a ka lunakanawai.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo ia iā Funamoto me ka ʻole o ka manaʻoʻiʻo akā ua kauoha ʻo ia e uku i $500 i ka ʻaha no ke kumukūʻai o ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana, a i ʻole i ka hui ʻo West Coast Search and Rescue.
Ke hoʻopuka ʻia ka palapala hoʻokaʻina no ka uku ʻana i kēia pule, e hoʻihoʻi ʻia iā ia ka palapala passport a me nā palapala huakaʻi a Funamoto.
