Liye lehla inani labantu basemzini abandwendwela ummandla apho abakhenkethi ababini baye baxhatshazwa ngokwesondo kwiinyanga ezili-16 ezidlulileyo.

Amanani amanani aseNew Zealand abonisa inani labatyeleli bamazwe ngamazwe abahlala eNorthland ngoJanuwari lehle ngeepesenti ezili-16 ukusuka kwinyanga enye kulo nyaka uphelileyo, ngokuphindwe kane kumyinge welizwe.

NgoLwesithathu ibhinqa eliNgesi elineminyaka engama-27 ubudala laxhatshazwa ngokwesondo eHaruru Falls, kufutshane nePaihia, kwiBay of Islands.

NgoNovemba 2006, isibini saseDatshi saba lixhoba lokuxhwilwa ngendlela eyoyikekayo.

Kodwa umphathi wezokhenketho uthe akukho budlelwane phakathi kohlaselo olubhengezwe kakhulu kunye nokwehla kwenani leendwendwe zamazwe ngamazwe.

Ingqonyela yeDestination Northland uBrian Roberts uthe ukwehla kunokwenzeka ngenxa yokuhla kwenani labakhenkethi baseBritane nabaseMelika.

“Amanani ewonke aseNew Zealand axhaswe ngabatyeleli baseTshayina, kodwa uninzi lwamaTshayina aluzi eNorthland,” utshilo.

Ingqonyela yezoKhenketho eNew Zealand uGeorge Hickton uthe uhlaselo lwabakhenkethi luthanda ukuba bodwa, "kodwa asifuni kuyeka ukulinda kwethu".

Amanani eStatistics New Zealand abonisa ukuhla akukhange kuthintelwe eNorthland kuphela.

Olunye uhlaselo lwabakhenkethi lubandakanya ukubulawa kuka-backpacker waseScotland uKaren Aim eTaupo ngoJanuwari, ukudlwengulwa kwenkosikazi yaseJamani eRaglan kulo nyaka uphelileyo, kunye nokubethwa kwendoda yaseCanada uJeremie Kawerninski eWellington ngo-2006.

KwiSiqithi esiseMantla, yiAuckland kunye neBay of Plenty kuphela ezilawule ukonyuka kubusuku bendwendwe bubonke kubakhenkethi bamazwe ngamazwe ngoJanuwari.

Ingqonyela yeTourism Industry Association uFiona Luhrs uthe bekungafane kwenzeke ukuba olu hlaselo luchaphazele amanani eNorth Island. Umanejala weHaruru Falls Motor Inn uKevin Small uthe “ibiseyishishini njengesiqhelo” emva kwesehlo sangoLwesithathu.

Isithethi samapolisa asePaihia sathi akukho ntuthuko enkulu ekuzingeleni umhlaseli, ochazwe njengeYurophu, oneminyaka engama-30 ubudala, eneenwele ezimnyama. Wayephethe ubhaka, enxibe umsesane omkhulu kwisandla sakhe sasekunene, wayethetha ngendlela yaseMelika kwaye wayengenazihlangu ngexesha lohlaselo.

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