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‘Jikuuļ Jidikdik Eo Me Emaron̄’
New Zealand jikuuļ eo ej eddōkļo̧k ilo im̧ōn jar eo an Kabun̄
Juon iiō ālkin Cyclone Gabrielle ekar kajjieon̄ joļo̧ke jān an kar pād, primary school eo an juon jukjuk in pād jidikdik ilo New Zealand ej wōnm̧aanļo̧k wōt in jōk ņa ļōmān, kōm̧m̧ani kūlaaj ko ilo Nuhaka im̧ōn jar eo an Kabun̄ eo an Jisōs Kraist im Armej ro Rekwojarjar ilo Raan Ko Āliktata.
Im kiiō rijikuuļ ro ewōr juon aer jikin ikkure, kar leļo̧k kōn kijejeto ko an elōn̄ ro jet ilo aolepān laļ en, ro me rekar jipan̄ļo̧k n̄an jipan̄ jikuuļ eo eddōkļo̧k.
Ilo 11 raan in Pāpode 2023 eo, Cyclone Gabrielle ekar tōļon̄e aolepan Kawke Bay eo ilo New Zealand, im kar kōm̧m̧ane jorrāān in en̄taan. Nuhaka Primary School eo ilo jukjuk in pād ilo Hawke Bay eo kōn ejja āt eo wōt kar ļap an jorrāān im kar āliktata kar maron̄ ba eban bar jerbal.
Bōtaab jān juon bōro kuk ejej uwaan ikōtaan Kabun̄ in Ra eo an Jikin Jeļāļo̧kjeņ, jikuuļ eo ekar bōk juon jekjek aiboojoj n̄an jorrāān in im em̧m̧akūtļo̧k n̄an im̧ōn jar eo an Nuhaka n̄an kōm̧m̧ani kūlaaj ko aer ie.
Ruwatimjuon allōn̄ tok ālik, jikuuļ ekar wōnm̧aanļo̧k wōt in eddōkļo̧k ilo im̧ōn jar eo-kar ukōt-jikuuļ eo ilo wiik im kar tōt ie, lem̧ōņōņō kōn jeraam̧m̧an ko an ioon doon ilo juon em̧ me kar ajeļo̧k n̄an Rilo̧mo̧o̧r, Jisōs Kraist.
Principal Raelene McFarlane ekar ba kōjerbal im̧ōn jar eo an Kabun̄ in ekar juon uwaak n̄an elōn̄ jar ko ilo jukjuk in pād eo edik. Im ruwatimjuon allōn̄ ālkin an jikuuļ eo kar em̧m̧akūtļo̧k n̄an m̧weo, tōprak eo ekar em̧m̧an.
Ekar wōr kōlaborbor ko—juon ļan̄ in wōt ilo Oktoba 2023 eo ekar pookļo̧k bwidej im meno̧kno̧k ko jān jikin kallib ko itulikin m̧weo ilo kōjām eo itulik n̄an lowaan m̧weo, kōm̧m̧an menin aikuj ilo juon tōre ekadu n̄an kōmakūtļo̧k jikuuļ eo n̄an Māori marae ijo (m̧weo an jukjuk in pād eo) ilo an aer karreoik pedkat eo im aer likūt karpet ko rekāāl. Bōtaab McFarlane ej ba ajri ro raar kwaļo̧k eļap kūtarre im kōm kar lo̧udin̄din̄ n̄an bar ro̧o̧lļo̧k n̄an m̧win.
“Ta ainjuon ko kōn bar kanni men ko m̧wiem ruo alen?” McFarlane ej ettōn. “Marae ekar karuwaineneik kōm n̄ane, im Maui (Aben, Būreejtōn eo an Gisborne New Zealand Stake) ekar jikrōkļo̧k ālkin raelepen eo ippān rijerbal ro an facilities maintenance eo, im kōm kar jino men otemjej n̄an loloorjake apan̄ eo ilo juon iien elukkuun m̧ōkaj,” McFarlane ekar ba.
Bōtaab ļalem wiik tokālik, ke jikuuļ eo ekar bar jino, ekar jako juon men aorōk an aolep elementary jikuuļ ko—juon jikin ikkure. Ilo an kar lōn̄ ujoj ipeļaakin m̧ōn jar eo ilo Nuhaka Ward, ekar ejjeļo̧k wōjke in kaelooror ko im ejjeļo̧k n̄an tallōn̄.
Deļo̧n̄e Pacific Assist Foundation eo, Āinwōt kar kōmeļeļeik ilo Jeptōm̧ba eo ļo̧k, Pacific Assist Director eo Callum Blair ekar maron̄ in bōk kein jerbal ko jān Torbay School eo ilo Auckland.
Ālkin jejjo allōn̄ ko in loloorjake likjab ko, kar jilkinļo̧k n̄an Nuhaka im kar kajutaki, ippānļo̧k jet kein kallor ro “sail ko” kar litok jān Kabun̄ in, kōn jipan̄ eo an mijenede ro ijo jokwe ie ilo Pāpode eo.
Elder Nathan Woods, jān Garden City, Utah, USA, im Elder Jacob Hughes jān Branson, Missouri USA kar jipan̄ ilo kajutak jikin ikkure eo, ippānļo̧k Blair im memebōr ro jet an Pacific Assist Team eo. Elder Woods ekar ba e im Elder Hughes raar m̧ōņōņō in kar jipan̄.
“Āinwōt mijenede ro, kōmij kautiej iien ko rem̧m̧an n̄an jerbal n̄an ro jet” Woods ekar ba. “N̄e kwoj jipan̄ ro jet, ej jipan̄ eok keememej iien ko me armej ro raar jipan̄ eok, im kwoj keememej ekōjkan an en̄jake im ewi jon̄an armej rein kar aorōk n̄an kwe.”
Elder Hughes ekar errā, kile bwe iien eo em̧m̧an n̄an jerbal ilo juon iien em̧m̧an n̄an eddōkļo̧k āinwōt juon armej im n̄an kam̧m̧oolol ro jet em̧ool eļapļo̧k. “Ekabwilōn̄lōn̄ n̄an jeļā bwe n̄e jej jerbal n̄an ro ipeļaakid, Anij ej keememej kijejeto jab eo.”
Ekar wōnm̧aanļo̧k wōt, “Ij ļōmņak n̄e ij jipan̄ juon armej ilo juon wāween me ej bōkļo̧k n̄an er lan̄lōn̄, ej letok n̄an eō juon arromeļo̧k kōn iakwe eo An n̄an er. Ekar juon en̄jake em̧m̧an n̄an lo ewi m̧ōņōņō an juon armej eo ekar jipan̄ kōn menin.
“Raar jeļā ewi jon̄an lan̄lōn̄ eo enaaj kar bōktok n̄an ajri rein me raar dibuk ekanooj in ļap.”
Im ajri ro relukkuun kam̧m̧oolol kijejeto eo kar leļo̧k n̄an kōm̧m̧an bwe en pidodo n̄an er. “Raar kanooj in m̧ōņōņō ke ekar āliktata pojak n̄an er,” McFarlane ekar ba.
“Kōm kar jab maron̄ kōm̧ad er ilo jerbal eo aer, kōn menin āliktata kōm kar jiron̄ er n̄an etal in kajjieon̄!”
Ilo iien eo, primary school eo erūttoļo̧k kar kōm̧akūti im juon jikuuļ kāāl ej karōk n̄an ejja jikin eo wōt. Ilo an McFarlane kōjatdikdik bwe jikuuļ eo ekāāl enaaj dedeļo̧k im pojak n̄an em̧m̧akūtļo̧k ilo 2025, liin ej ba e, rijerbal ro an rej kanooj kam̧m̧oolol kōn menin letok eo ewōr ippāer n̄an kōjerbal im̧ōn jar eo an Nuhaka Ward.
“Kōn etal n̄an kar marae eo Oktoba eo ļo̧k kar lukkuun kakeememej kōm kōn ewi jeraam̧m̧an in am kar maron̄ in kōm̧m̧an jikuuļ ilo m̧win,” liin ej kejekļo̧kjeņ. “Aolep men ko kōmij aikuj kiiō erkā, im kōmij maron̄ katakin rijikuuļ ro am aolep men ko rej aikuji n̄an eddōkļo̧k im wōnm̧aanļo̧k.
“Ej juon kōjeraam̧m̧an im ij m̧ool, ālkin am āliktata diwōjļo̧k n̄an jikin eo am ekāāl make, bwe kōm naaj reilikļo̧k ilo iien eo am ijin kōn iakwe im kam̧m̧oolol ekabwilōn̄lōn̄,” McFarlane ekar ba. “Ajri rein renaaj keememej im kōnono kōn menin ilo aolepān mour ko aer.”