ʻO ka heluna o nā haole e kipa ana i ka ʻāina kahi i hoʻomāʻewaʻewa ʻia ai ʻelua mau mākaʻikaʻi i nā mahina he 16 i hala iho nei ua emi iho.
Hōʻike nā helu helu ʻo New Zealand i ka nui o nā malihini kipa e noho ana ma Northland i Ianuali i hāʻule i ka 16 pākēneka mai ka mahina hoʻokahi i ka makahiki i hala, ʻehā mau manawa o ka awelika aupuni.
Ma ka Poakolu nei, ua hana koloheia kekahi wahine Pelekane he 27 makahiki ma ka wailele o Haruru, kokoke i Paihia, ma ka Bay of Islands.
I Nowemapa i ka makahiki 2006, ua hāʻule kekahi kāne Dutch i ka ʻaihue weliweli.
Akā ua ʻōlelo ke alakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi o ka ʻāina ʻaʻohe pilina ma waena o ka hoʻouka ʻana i hoʻolaha nui ʻia a me ka hāʻule ʻana o ka nui o nā malihini.
Ua ʻōlelo ka luna nui o Destination Northland, ʻo Brian Roberts, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka emi ʻana ma muli o ka hāʻule ʻana o ka nui o nā mākaʻikaʻi Pelekane a me ʻAmelika.
"Ua hoʻonui ʻia nā helu holoʻokoʻa o Aotearoa e nā malihini kipa, akā ʻaʻole hele ka hapa nui o nā Kina i Northland," wahi āna.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ka luna alakaʻi o Tourism New Zealand ʻo George Hickton e hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ka hoʻouka ʻana i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi, "akā ʻaʻole makemake mākou e hoʻokuʻu i kā mākou kiaʻi".
Hōʻike nā helu Statistics New Zealand ʻaʻole i kaupalena ʻia ka emi ʻana ma Northland.
ʻO nā hoʻouka kaua ʻē aʻe i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi, ʻo ia ka pepehi ʻana i ka mea hoʻopaʻa hope ʻo Scottish ʻo Karen Aim ma Taupo i Ianuali, ka hoʻokamakama ʻana i kahi wahine Kelemania ma Raglan i ka makahiki i hala, a me ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana i ke kanaka Kanada ʻo Jeremie Kaweninski ma Wellington i 2006.
Ma ka Mokupuni ʻĀkau, ʻo Auckland a me Bay of Plenty wale nō i hoʻonui i ka nui o nā pō malihini mai ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi honua i Ianuali.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ka luna nui o ka ʻoihana ʻoihana ʻoihana ʻo Fiona Luhrs, ʻaʻole paha e hoʻopilikia ʻia nā hōʻeha i nā helu o North Island. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kevin Small, ka luna o Haruru Falls Motor Inn, he "ʻoihana e like me ka maʻamau" ma hope o ka hanana o ka Pōʻakolu.
Ua ʻōlelo kekahi mākaʻi makaʻi o Paihia, ʻaʻohe mea nui i ka ʻimi ʻana i ka mea hoʻouka kaua, i wehewehe ʻia he ʻEulopa, nona nā makahiki he 30, me ka lauoho ʻeleʻele. Lawe ʻo ia i kahi ʻeke ʻeke, komo i ke apo nui ma kona lima ʻākau, kamaʻilio me ka leo ʻAmelika a ʻaʻohe kāmaʻa i ka manawa o ka hoʻouka ʻana.
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