Ngenkathi ngiwa phansi egqumeni ngebhola elikhulu lolwandle eligcwele amanzi, ngizizwa ngathi ngisemshinini wokuwasha, kwafika kimina ukuthi kufanele kube nendlela engcono yokuzwa i-New Zealand.
Empeleni, lokho akuzange kungifikele kwaze kwaba ngemva kokuba iZorb iyekile ukugingqika futhi ukuklabalasa kwami kwase kuphele uhleko.
I-New Zealand ingase yaziwa kakhulu ngokuvakasha kwe-adventure okuhlanganisa ukutshuza esibhakabhakeni, ukugxuma nge-bungee, ukuntweza kanye “neZorbing ” — ukwehla umqansi endaweni eyi-inflatable engamafidi angu-10 ehlanganiswe namanzi. Nokho ingxenye eyangicebisa kakhulu yohambo lwami kwakuwukuvakasha kwamasiko okwangifundisa ngamaMaori.
Ungakhohliswa: “Ukuhlangana” nesizwe samaMaori esikhungweni samagugu kungase kusabise njengokugxuma okujabulisayo e-Skytower yase-Auckland. Ikuphi ukusabela okufanele lapho iqhawe elizidwetshiwe, eliphethe umkhonto liphuma endlini, likumemeza okuthile ngesiMaori, lenza ubuso obusongelayo futhi likuphonsa iqabunga ezinyaweni zakho? Cabanga ngokushesha, ngoba lowomkhonto ubukhali kakhulu.
Emakhulwini eminyaka ngaphambi kokuba kufike izifiki ezimhlophe futhi zibize lelo zwe ngokuthi iNew Zealand, amaMaori afika ngezikebhe e-Aotearoa (Ay-oh-teh-RO'-ah, okusho “Izwe Lefu Elimhlophe Elide”), cishe evela ePolynesia.
Uma uphenya iziteshi ze-TV namuhla, ungase uhlangane nesiteshi sezindaba solimi lwesiMaori, kodwa ungezwa ukubingelela komdabu kokuthi “Kia ora!” (kee-ah-OR-ah) kakhulu noma kuphi lapho uya khona.
Futhi abalandeli bombhoxo bangase bazi nge-haka, umdanso wamaMaori odlalwa ama-All Blacks, iqembu lesizwe lombhoxo, ukuze baxove izimbangi zabo ngaphambi komdlalo ngamunye. Abadlali bacula ngazwi linye ngenkathi behlahle amehlo, beshaya izingalo namathanga, futhi bephuca ulimi — kuwumbono ongokoqobo.
Mina nesoka lami sabona i-haka idlalwa esiteji e-Te Puia, isikhungo samagugu samaMaori edolobheni laseRotorua, okwathi ngemva kwalokho amasosha anama-tattoo afundisa umdanso amadoda ezilalelini. Kwakungethusi neze lapho izivakashi zizama ukukwenza.
UTe Puia waphinde wasinikeza idili elimnandi lamaMaori elenziwe kuhhangi (uhhavini wasemhlabeni) futhi waphakela ngendlela yomkhaya ekamelweni lokudlela nezinye izivakashi. Iwundlu nezilwane zasolwandle ziyizinto eziyisisekelo zendawo, njengoba kunjalo ne-kumara, uhlobo lukabhatata lwendabuko.
Ngemva kwalokho, sagibela i-tram saya e-Pohutu geyser, esinye sezimangaliso zemvelo ezizungeze iRotorua, esihlanganisa amachibi ashisayo nodaka olugezayo. Izimangaliso zedolobha ezingezona ezemvelo zifaka phakathi iZorb - - nezinsalela zesethi yefilimu ye-Hobbiton edalelwe amafilimu e-“Lord of the Rings”, okuqhele ngamamayela ambalwa e-Matamata.
Ngemva kohambo lokubuka amahlengethwa eBay of Islands olwasuka ePaihia, savakashela iWaitangi Treaty Grounds eseduze, indawo enhle esogwini eqhele ngamakhilomitha angaba ngu-150 enyakatho ye-Auckland. Abantu baseNew Zealand babheka lokhu njengendawo yokuzalwa yezwe labo, njengoba kwakulapha lapho izifiki zaseYurophu nabomdabu baseMaori basayina khona iSivumelwano SaseWaitangi ngo-Feb. 6, 1840. Lo mkhosi ugujwa minyaka yonke njengeholide lezwe nanjengomkhosi wokuhlanganisa amasiko amaningi. Isivumelwano empeleni sasiyimibhalo emibili - eyodwa ngesiMaori, eyodwa ngesiNgisi - futhi impikiswano isaqhubeka nanamuhla mayelana nezinguqulo.
I-Waitangi ihlanganisa i-marae (indlu yomhlangano yesiMaori) egcwele imidwebo yokhuni eyinkimbinkimbi manje eseyimnyuziyamu. Futhi kwakuyikhaya lenxusa laseBrithani langekhulu le-19 uJames Busby. Ngasogwini, i-waka enkulu yomkhosi (isikebhe sempi) ifakazela ubuciko nesibindi samaMaori. Ungawela uLwandlekazi iPacific kwenye yalezo?
Savakashela amadolobha amakhulu, nakuba ayegcwele abantu abanomusa nezindawo zokudlela ezinhle, ayengemuhle neze. I-Auckland neWellington zombili zibekwe emachwebeni amahle, kodwa imigwaqo ayinabo ubuhle, ubuhle bomlando wamadolobha amaningi aseYurophu ngisho naseMelika.
Okuhlukile kwakunguChristchurch. Iqanjwe ngelekolishi elise-Oxford, iChristchurch inezakhiwo, amapaki, isonto elikhulu, isikwele esimaphakathi nomfula othandekayo onama-gondolas okwenza idolobha lakhona libukeke njengeNgilandi ejabulisayo.
Nokho, indawo yasemaphandleni yaseNew Zealand iyamangalisa emhlabeni wonke, kusukela ezintabeni ezimbozwe yiqhwa kuya emachibini nasemabhishi.
Kodwa kumaKiwis, akwanele ukuvele ubuke indawo ekhangayo - kufanele uyizwe. Ngakho “sase-Zorbed” e-Rotorua, idolobhana elinabantu abangaba ngu-60,000 e-North Island yaseNew Zealand okuyindawo yezokuvakasha/yokuzijabulisa. Sagingqika endaweni ephefumulayo futhi ngokushesha saphonswa phansi emthambekeni wentaba. Sikhethe ukugibela okumanzi lapho ugobhozwa khona ngamanzi amancane ageleza ngaphakathi ebholeni nawe.
Siphinde sahlola umsebenzi wokuntywila esibhakabhakeni. Sifike lapho sibuka ividiyo yokuthi ingajabulisa kanjani ngaphambi kokuthi siphume.
Ngiphinde ngathatha i-glacier heli-hiking. Phela, i-adrenaline yami yadonsa ngokwanele umMaori ophethe umkhonto esikhungweni samagugu eRotorura owaphonsa phansi iqabunga. Ukusabela okufanele, ngendlela, ukuyicosha. Bazokumema ungene. Hlala isikhashana — benza idili elibi.
