NguThomas Manch, Septhemba 30, 2019
Kusukela Stuff
I-expo yezempi eyimpikiswano ichithwe ngabahleli futhi ababhikishi bathi bayaphumelela ukuvala imboni yempi.
INew Zealand Defense Industry Association (NZDIA) ithathe isinqumo sokungabi nesithangami ngonyaka we-2019, ngemuva kweminyaka amaqembu amaqembu oxolo ephazamisa “umbukiso wezikhali”.
Ababhikishi abayishumi baboshwa ngaphandle komcimbi owawusePalmerston North ngo-2018, kwathi abangu-14 baboshwa ngonyaka owedlule eWellington Stadium eWestpac.
Usihlalo we-NZDIA u-Andrew Ford uthe lo mcimbi ubungahlelelwe u-2019 ngenxa yezizathu eziningi, ezibandakanya "ukuphepha kwezithunywa, izivakashi kanye nomphakathi ngesikhathi kunombhikisho onolaka".
UFord uthe eminye imicimbi yezimboni ebibanjelwe e-Australia kulo nyaka, futhi ukukhetha izinkundla ezincane kusho ukuthi umcimbi wonyaka awudingeki.
I-Auckland Peace Action neHlela i-Aotearoa zombili zikhiphe izitatimende zokugubha ukuphela kwenkundla.
Umbhikishi wezikhali uboshwa ngemuva kokuthi eyiswe ngamaphoyisa e-Fitzherbert St, ePalmerston North, ngosuku lwesithangami ezimbili e2018.Okhulumela ezokuvikela eGreen Party, uGolriz Ghahraman, obekhuluma embhikishweni wango-2018, uthe lesi sithangami siphikisana nemigomo yaseNew Zealand.
"Kufanele ukuthi sisebenzisa ukukhuphuka kwethu kwezombusazwe ukukhuluma ngokuthula… Ngakho-ke ukubamba iqhaza lapho kuzothengiswa khona lezi zinkampani zezikhali, kuyiphutha.
"Ikakhulukazi manje sesibe neChristchurch [ukuhlaselwa kwamaphekula] okwenzekayo, futhi siyazi ukuthi umphakathi omningi othintekile yilokho empeleni ngabantu abaphunyuka empini."
UGhahraman uthe izinkampani ebezihambele lesi sithangami zidayise izikhali, njengezikhali ezizimele, umphakathi wamazwe wonke uzama ukuvimba.
"Yize kungenzeka ukuthi abalulethi lolu hlobo lwesikhali lapha… yilabo esibasekelayo."
Lesi sithangami, esixhaswe ngo-2017 yisikhondlakhondla sezikhali zenuzi nezikhali uLokheed Martin, sihanjelwe nguMnyango Wezokuvikela, uMbutho Wezokuvikela waseNew Zealand nezinye izinhlaka zikahulumeni ezibhekele ezokuphepha kwezwe.
Abaholi bohulumeni basekhaya bazwakalise ukungawuthandi kwabo lo mcimbi bephendula isenzo sokubhikisha.
Ngemuva kokuhlasela kwamaphekula eChristchurch ngoMashi, iMeya yasePalmerston North uGant Smith uthe umkhandlu kungenzeka uhlukane nemicimbi ephathelene nezibhamu nezibhamu.
Ngo-2017 iMeya yaseWellington uJustin Lester wathi isithangami "sasingewona umcimbi ofanele wendawo yomphakathi".
