Lēai se tagata na maliu ‘i ‘auala ‘o Niu Sila ‘i le Aso Mālōlō ‘o le Labour Day ‘i lenei tausaga
‘O lea ‘ua fa’ai’u le vaitaimi āloa’ia ‘o le Aso Mālōlō ‘o le Labour Day ‘o lenei tausaga, ma ‘ua fa’ailoa mai ai ‘e leoleo, ‘e lēai se tasi na fano le soifua ‘ona ‘o se fa’alavelave tau ta’avale.
‘O lea tūlaga, ‘o se matāti’a fou lea mō nai tausaga ‘ua mavae atu nei.
‘O le tausaga ‘e 2013, ‘o lo’o aupito maualalo le aofa’iga ‘o ā na māliliu ai ‘i fa’alavelave tau ta’avale ‘i le taimi ‘o le aso mālōlō lenei ‘o le Labour Day, ‘e na’o le to’atasi na fa’amauina ai, ‘ae 109 le aofa’iga ‘o tagata na mānunu’a ai ‘ona ‘o fa’alavelave tau ta’avale.
Sā fa’ailoa mai fo’i ‘e fa’apea ‘o le Labour Day aupito ‘i mata’utia ma to’atele tagata na māliliu ai ‘ona ‘o fa’alavelave, ‘o le tausaga lea ‘e 1983. ‘E to’a 13 ‘i lātou na fano ai soifua, ‘ae 248 le aofa’iga ‘o isi na mānunu’a ai ‘ona ‘o fa’alavelave ‘i luga ‘o ‘auala tetele.
‘O le tausaga talu ai, 2023, ‘e to’aono (6) le ‘au māliliu, ‘o le 2022 ‘e to’alima, toa’ono isi na māliliu ‘i le 2021, ‘a’o le 2020, ‘e to’avalu tagata na māliliu ai ‘i fa’alavelave tau ta’avale, ‘e tusa ‘o fa’amaumauga ‘a le Matāgāluega ‘o ‘Auala ‘o Felaua’iga ‘a Niu Sila.
Peita’i lā, ‘e ui ‘ina ‘e lēai se soifua na maumau ‘i se fa’alavelave tau ta’avale ‘i lenei aso mālōlō, ‘ae ‘o lo’o fautuaina mai pea le mamalu ‘o le atunu’u ‘ina ‘ia fa’aeteete ‘i luga ‘o ‘auala ‘i taimi ‘e femalagaa’i ai ma ‘ia tautuanā le saogalēmū ‘i taimi ‘uma.
Link to RNZ (article) translated by Lauano Ilaoa: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/532142/labour-day-weekend-road-toll-ends-at-zero-deaths