Fa’alua ‘ona tamo’e Stefan Ozich ‘i Niu Sila mō le soifua laulelei ‘o ali’i, māfua ‘ona ‘o lona uso na pule ‘i le ola

‘O le fa’alua ai lea ‘ona tamo’e ‘o le ali’i ‘o Stefan Ozich ‘i Aotearoa ma ‘ātonu ‘o ia le ulua’i tagata ‘i le atunu’u ‘e faia lea fuafuaga, mā ‘o se matāti’a.  ‘O lo’o iai lona fa’anaunauga ‘ia maua ai se tupe ‘e tasi le miliona tālā mō le Polōketi ‘o le The Last Chance Project, ‘o se fa’alāpotopotoga ‘e lē sā’ilia ni polōfiti ‘ae naunau ‘e fa’aleleia le soifua mālōlōina ma le soifua laulelei ‘o le ītūpā ‘o ali’i ‘i mafutaga ‘o tagata Niu Sila.

Na ala ‘ona filifili ‘e Ozich lea polōketi ‘ona lona uso na pule ‘i le ola.  Sā feso’ota’i lona uso ‘i lea fa’alāpotopotoga ‘ina ‘ua feagai ma faigatā ‘i le lua tausaga ‘ua tuana’i atu.

Na ‘āmata ‘ona tamo’e Ozich ‘i aso ta’itasi talu mai le aso muamua ‘o ‘Oketopa, na’o ni nai aso sā mālōlō ai ‘ona ‘o le fa’alētonu ‘o le tau.  ‘E to’atolu na fesoasoani pe lāgolago ‘i lana taumafaiga ‘a’o lea ‘ua totoe ai na’o le to’alua, ‘o lo’o mulimuli lava ‘iā te ia ‘i ana tāmo’ega ‘i le atunu’u. 

‘O tupe ‘uma ‘e maua mai le tāmo’ega sā’ili tupe ‘a lea taule’ale’a, ‘o le ‘ā fa’aaluina ‘i fōma’i, ma fau ai se fale po’o se nofoaga ‘autū mō le The Last Chance Project.  ‘E o’o mai ‘i le aso ananafi, ‘ua o’o atu ‘i le 134,172 tālā le tupe ‘ua maua ‘i lea sā’iligā tupe.  ‘Ua fa’amoemoe Ozich ‘ina ‘ia tini lana tāmo’ega ‘i Cape Reinga, ‘i le aso 22 Ianuari. 

‘O lo’o tele ‘au’aunaga ‘e mafai ‘ona vala’au ‘i ai pe ‘ā mo’omia se fesoasoani.

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Link to RNZ (Article) translated by Savelina Kasiano: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/538766/kiwi-running-the-length-of-new-zealand-twice-for-men-s-well-being

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