Inhlangano yezokuvakasha yaseCanterbury icela amalungu ayo ukuthi atshele izivakashi ngezindawo eziyingozi emzamweni wokuzigcina ziphephile.
Ekuhlaselweni kwakamuva kweSouth Island kwesivakashi, owesifazane wase-Australia walwa nendoda eNelson cishe ngo-2pm ngeSonto.
Owesifazane oneminyaka engu-24 ubudala waseMelbourne uphunyuke ezamazama kodwa engenamyocu ngemuva kosizi lwakhe olubonwe umshayeli wemoto owayedlula, owajaha umhlaseli ngesikhathi ebalekela esikoleni esiseduze sase-Auckland Point.
Umseshi u-Aaron Kennaway uthe le ndoda ilandele yaqala ingxoxo nalo wesifazane ngaphambi kokuzama ukumhudulela egcekeni lesikole.
Amaphoyisa athungatha umLungu oneminyaka elinganiselwa ku-40, ubude obungu-182cm, obhincekile, ongashefiwe futhi ogqoke i-jean eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, itop emfushane emifushane emnyama nekepisi le-baseball eliwolintshi nelimnyama.
UKennaway uthe ukuzama ukuthumba “kwakunezimo zocansi” futhi bekungaphela kabi. Indoda yayitshele owesifazane ukuthi igama layo nguPete futhi wayevakashele uNelson evela eChristchurch.
Lokhu kuhlasela kulandela ukuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi kwabashadikazi abangamaDashi ngoLwesine olwedlule eFive Mountains Holiday Park eTuatapere, entshonalanga ye-Invercargill.
Isikhulu esiphezulu seChristchurch and Canterbury Marketing, uChristine Prince, sithe izivakashi zisengozini yokuhlasela ngoba zingena ezindaweni eziyingozi zingazi.
"Enye yezinto esingazitshela izivakashi izimiso okufanele zilandelwe nokuthi ziqaphele kuphi."
Ukuhlasela bekukhathaza, kodwa kube kuhle ukuthi bathole ukunakwa kwabezindaba, kusho uPrince.
“Kwezinye izingxenye zomhlaba, ukuhlasela bekungeke kuqashelwe njengoba kwenzeka ngaso sonke isikhathi,” kusho yena.
INew Zealand isathathwa njengendawo ephephile, kodwa izivakashi zizophepha uma zitshelwa ngobungozi, kusho yena.
USergeant Nicky Sweetman, wamaphoyisa aseChristchurch, uthe ukuhlaselwa kwezivakashi akubalwa ngokwehlukana ngezibalo zokuhlaselwa.
“Ukuhlaselwa kwezivakashi akunyuki kodwa kuthola ukunakwa kakhulu kwabezindaba,” kusho uSweetman.
Ezinye izivakashi ezibe yizisulu zezigebengu zaseSouth Island zihlanganisa abantu ababili baseNingizimu Korea abagetshengwa eBlenheim ngoDisemba, kanti isivakashi sase-Ireland sahlaselwa ngo-April kanti iqembu labavakashi abayisishiyagalombili abangamaNgisi bagwazwa bashaywa ngamadoda amahlanu eChristchurch, nango-April.
