Sika kɔkɔɔ a wɔde di dwuma

Sika kɔkɔɔ! Wɔahu sika kɔkɔɔ!

Ɛyɛ nwonwa sɛ bɛyɛ mfe 150 a atwam ni no, na saa din yi nkyerɛ New Zealand nsase soronko a anyɛ yiye koraa no ɛsom bo te sɛ dade a ɛsom bo kɔkɔɔ no.

Nanso dabi, wɔ 1864 mu no, sika kɔkɔɔ a wɔhwehwɛ no fii ase wɔ New Zealand, na ɛde ahonyade maa nnipa kakraa bi pɛ na ɛmaa nnipa pii wu. Wɔma saa bere no ho nkae kɔ so tra ase wɔ Shantytown ha, kurow a wotu sika kɔkɔɔ a adan bi a edi kan ne pii a wɔasan asiesie a ɛyɛ beae a nsrahwɛfo kɔ hɔ. Yɛn ankasa hwehwɛɛ sika kɔkɔɔ ankasa wɔ hɔ na yɛtraa keteke a adi mfe 121 mu foroo bepɔw no.

Ne nyinaa mu no, yɛkamfo Ross a ɛwɔ akyirikyiri kilomita kakraa bi pɛ kyerɛ wɔn a wɔn ani gye ho, a ɛwɔ anigye a ɛte saa ara na ɛma asɛm no ho nsɛm pii, na wontua hwee koraa.

Afotu foforo a efi mu a yɛn baanu nyinaa ani gyee ho: National Kiwi Center a ɛwɔ Hokitika. Edin no ka ne nyinaa: awiei koraa no yetumi hwɛɛ kiwi ankasa! Nea ɛyɛ awerɛhow no, wɔamma mfonini biara ho kwan wɔ hɔ, enti ɛsɛ sɛ wugye yɛn di sɛ na ɛyɛ fɛ ara kwa. Nanso nea wɔmaa wo kwan sɛ twaa mfonini wɔ hɔ ne akraman akɛse a wɔadi fi mfe 85 kosi 100 na wɔn tenten bɛyɛ mita 2. Wɔmaa yɛn kwan sɛ yɛma wɔn aduan na yɛmfa yɛn ho nhyɛ mu, a wobetumi aka saa afa wɔn ho! Na yɛsuaa sɛdeɛ wɔyi mpataa nso wɔ ha: Wɔ ɔtare a wɔde nsa ayɛ mu no, wobɛtumi atwe Crawlys afiri nsuo no mu sɛdeɛ catch & release nnyinasosɛm no teɛ na afei woasan de wɔn asan. (Pa kyɛw ma obiara a ɔsaw warm-up choreo out of reflex ;-) ) Na ade a eye sen biara wɔ ho: Eyi nyinaa bo yɛ $21 pɛ ma onipa biara!

Ɛnnɛ yeduu South Island beae a nsukyenee wɔ no. Nea ɛyɛ awerɛhow no, mmeae abien no nyinaa maa yɛn abam bui kɛse wɔ wim tebea ne adamfofa su mu na yɛde baa awiei ntɛm ara sɛ yehuu $450 ma onipa biara de nantew wɔ nsukyenee no so a ne bo yɛ den dodo kakra. Enti yɛnantew wɔ baabi a na yebetumi ahu nsukyenee akɛse abien, Franz Josef ne Fox Glacier nkutoo.