"Icala lethu lisuka e-Australia," kusho u-Ardern esithangamini nabezindaba. Uhambo lwamahhala lokuvalelwa ngaphandle kwe-trans-Tasman lwaqala ngo-Ephreli futhi lwamiswa ngenyanga edlule ngenxa yokuqubuka kodlame ezifundazweni ezimbalwa zase-Australia.
Elinye lamacala amasha amenyezelwe ekuqaleni kukaLwesithathu ngumuntu asebenza naye oneminyaka engu-20 wecala lokuqala elimenyezelwe ngoLwesibili owayeyindoda eneminyaka engu-58 ubudala e-Auckland's North Shore. Abanye abathathu bahlala nalo muntu asebenza naye, abanye ababili abangabangane bamacala amane, kusho uMqondisi Jikelele Wezempilo u-Ashley Bloomfield.
Omunye walaba abathathu ahlala nabo ngunesi oneminyaka engu-21 ogonywe ngokugcwele osebenza esibhedlela sase-Auckland City futhi ubesebenza ezinsukwini ezisanda kwedlula, kusho uBloomfield, wengeza ngokuthi isibhedlela sithathe izinyathelo ngokushesha ukuvala noma yikuphi ukusabalala okungenzeka, okuhlanganisa nokumisa. ukunyakaza okungadingekile phakathi kwamawadi nokuhlola bonke abasebenzi neziguli ewadini.
U-Ardern uthe ukuvalwa kwezwe lonke kufanelekile.
“Isifiso sethu sonke lapha ukuthi: kwenze kube kanye, kwenze kahle. Okufushane nokucijile kungcono kunokukhanya nokude futhi ngicabanga ukuthi sonke siyavuma, ”utshele abezindaba baseNew Zealand ngesikhathi enenhlolokhono yasekuseni.
Ngokusetshenziswa kwemaski, u-Ardern uthe kusukela ngo-11:59 p.m. NgoLwesithathu kuzoba yimpoqo kubantu abaneminyaka engu-12 nangaphezulu ukuthi bagqoke imaskhi lapho bevakashele izinsiza ezibalulekile njengezitolo ezinkulu, amakhemisi neziteshi zezinsiza, kanti nabasebenzi kumele bagqoke imaski.
Izifihla-buso kumele manje sezigqokwe ezikhumulweni zamabhasi nasematekisini, esho.
