Njengoko ndandisiwa endulini kwibhola enkulu yonxweme ezele ngamanzi, ndiziva ngathi ndikwimatshini wokuhlamba impahla, kwathi qatha kum ukuba makubekho indlela engcono yokufumana iNew Zealand.
Eneneni, ayizange ithi qatha loo nto kum de kwasemva kokuba iZorb iyekile ukuqengqeleka yaye isikhalo sam sehlile saba yintsini.
INew Zealand isenokuba yaziwa kakhulu ngokhenketho lokukhenketha oluquka ukuntywila esibhakabhakeni, ukutsiba i-bungee, ukutyibilika kunye “neZorbing” - ukuqengqeleka ezantsi kumgama oziimitha ezili-10 ubude obuneflatable obugqunywe ngamanzi. Ukanti eyona nxalenye yatyebisayo kuhambo lwam yayilukhenketho lwenkcubeko olwandifundisa ngamaMaori.
Musa ukukhohliswa: “Ukudibana” nesizwe samaMaori kwiziko lelifa lemveli kunokoyikisa kanye njengokutsiba-tsiba kwi-Skytower yaseAuckland. Ithini impendulo efanelekileyo xa igorha elifakwe umvambo, eliphethe umkhonto liphuma endlwini, likukhwaza ngesiMaori, likwenza ubuso obubi kwaye likujule ngegqabi ezinyaweni zakho? Cinga ngokukhawuleza, kuba loo mkhonto ubukhali kakhulu.
Kwiinkulungwane ngaphambi kokufika kwabemi abamhlophe baza balibiza elo lizwe ngokuthi New Zealand, amaMaori afika ngamaphenyane eAotearoa (Ay-oh-teh-RO'-ah, gama elo elithetha “Ilizwe Lelifu Elimhlophe Elide”), ekusenokwenzeka ukuba lalivela ePolynesia.
Xa ujonga kwizitishi zikamabonwakude namhlanje, usenokudibana nesikhululo seendaba solwimi lwesiMaori, kodwa unokuva umbuliso womthonyama othi “Kia ora!” (kee-ah-OR-ah) kakhulu naphi na apho uya khona.
Kwaye abalandeli bombhoxo basenokuba bayazi ngehaka, umngqungqo wamaMaori odlalwa zii-All Blacks, iqela lesizwe lombhoxo, ukuze bangxolise abo bachasene nabo ngaphambi komdlalo ngamnye. Abadlali bacula ngamxhelo mnye ngelixa bekrobile amehlo, beqhwaba iingalo namathanga, betyhalana ngolwimi — ngumbono ocacileyo lo.
Mna neqabane lam sabona ihaka idlalwa eqongeni eTe Puia, iziko lelifa lamaMaori kwisixeko saseRotorua, emva koko abaphumi-mkhosi abanetattoo bafundisa umdaniso kumadoda alapho. Kwakungekho nto yoyikeka xa abakhenkethi bezama ukuyenza.
Kwakhona uTe Puia wasenzela isidlo esimnandi samaMaori esenziwe kwi-hangi (i-oveni yomhlaba) saze saphakelwa njengentsapho kwigumbi lokutyela nezinye iindwendwe. Imvana kunye nokutya kwaselwandle zizinto ezisisiseko zalapha ekhaya, njengekumara, uhlobo lwebhatata yomthonyama.
Emva koko, sakhwela itram ukuya kwigiza iPohutu, enye yezinto ezimangalisayo zendalo engqonge iRotorua, eziquka amachibi obushushu nodaka. Izinto ezimangalisayo zedolophu ezingezizo ezendalo ziquka iZorb - - kunye neentsalela zefilimu yaseHobbiton eyenzelwe iifilimu "zeNkosi yeRings", iimayile ezimbalwa ukusuka eMatamata.
Emva kokubukela amahlengesi ngenqanawa kwiBay of Islands emka ePaihia, satyelela iWaitangi Treaty Grounds ekufuphi, indawo entle eselunxwemeni emalunga neekhilomitha ezili-150 kumntla weAuckland. Abemi baseNew Zealand bayigqala le ndawo njengendawo yokuzalwa yelizwe labo, njengoko kwakulapha apho abemi baseYurophu nabemi bomthonyama abangamaMaori batyikitya iSivumelwano saseWaitangi ngoFebruwari 6, 1840. Esi sikhumbuzo minyaka le sibhiyozelwa njengeholide yelizwe nanjengombhiyozo wenkcubeko yeenkcubeko ezahlukeneyo. Isivumelwano ngokwenene yayingamaxwebhu amabini - enye eMaori, enye ngesiNgesi - kwaye ingxabano iyaqhubeka nanamhla malunga neenguqulelo.
I-Waitangi iquka i-marae (indlu yentlanganiso yamaMaori) ethwele imizobo yeplanga entsonkothileyo ngoku eyimyuziyam. Ikwalikhaya lomthunywa waseBritani wenkulungwane ye-19 uJames Busby. Ngaselunxwemeni, i-waka enkulu yomsitho (iphenyane lemfazwe) ingqina ubugcisa nobugorha bamaMaori. Ngaba ungawela uLwandlekazi lwePasifiki kwenye yezi?
Satyelela ngokufutshane izixeko ezikhulu, ezo, nangona zazizele ngabantu abanobubele neendawo zokutyela ezilungileyo, zazingentle kangako. I-Auckland kunye neWellington zombini zibekwe kumazibuko amahle, kodwa izitrato azinawo ubuhle, umtsalane wembali wezixeko ezininzi zaseYurophu kunye nezinye eMelika.
Yayingaphandle kweChristchurch. Ebizwa ngokuba yikholeji e-Oxford, iChristchurch inezakhiwo, iipaki, i-cathedral, isikwere esisembindini kunye nomlambo othandekayo kunye neegondolas ezenza idolophu yayo ibonakale njengeNgilani eyonwabileyo yakudala.
Ilizwe laseNew Zealand, nangona kunjalo, liyamangalisa kwihlabathi liphela, ukusuka kwiintaba ezigqunywe likhephu ukuya kumachibi kunye nonxweme.
Ukanti kwiKiwis, akwanelanga ukujonga nje indawo ebukekayo - kufuneka ube namava kuyo. Ke thina “eZorbed” eRotorua, idolophu enabantu abamalunga nama-60,000 kwiSiqithi esiseMantla saseNew Zealand esiyindawo yokhenketho/yokuzonwabisa. Sagxalathelana ukuya kwi-inflatable sphere saza satyhala ngokukhawuleza kwithambeka lentaba. Sikhethe ukukhwela okumanzi apho uthintelwa ngamanzi amancinci ajikeleza ngaphakathi ebholeni nawe.
Siphinde sajonga umsebenzi wokuntywila esibhakabhakeni. Siye sade sayibukela le vidiyo ngendlela enokuba mnandi ngayo ngaphambi kokuba siphume.
Ndaphinda ndadlula kwi-glacier heli-hiking. Ngapha koko, iadrenaline yam yampompoza ngokwaneleyo ngumMaori ophethe umkhonto kwiziko lelifa lemveli eRotorura owaphosa phantsi igqabi. Ukusabela okufanelekileyo, ngendlela, kukuyithatha. Bazakumema ungene. Hlala ixeshana - benza isidlo esibi.
