Mai Malaki 1, 2023, ʻo nā wahi hōkele a pau ma Wellington me nā noho waho ma ka ʻāina ʻo Council māhue a me ka uahi free.
No ke kākoʻo ʻana iā Smokefree Aotearoa 2025, ke noi ʻia nei ka poʻe Wellington e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka lewa ma kā lākou mau hale ʻaina punahele, nā kaola, a me nā hale ʻaina, a me nā hale ʻē aʻe.
ʻO nā ʻoihana me kahi wahi ʻai ākea e kū ana ma ke alahele e lilo i vape a me ka uahi ʻole e hoʻomaka ana i ka lā Malaki 1, 2023.
ʻAʻole pili kēia hoʻololi ʻana i nā wahi puhi puhi ma ka waiwai pilikino, e like me nā lanai, nā hale ʻai o hope, nā hale ʻai, a i ʻole nā wahi ʻai waho i loaʻa ʻole ma ka waiwai o ka ʻaha kūkā.
ʻO kēia mau neʻe ʻana i nā wahi hoʻokipa e hui pū me ka papa inoa o nā wahi ma Wellington City i kēia manawa i ka vape a me ka uahi ʻole, me nā pāka Truby King, Midland, Waitangi, nā wahi kaʻa kaʻa, nā kahua haʻuki, nā paka skate, nā kahua pāʻani, a me nā kahakai, ka Botanic Garden, Wellington Zoo , and Zealandia, Gray Street, Te Ngakau Civic Square; ʻO ka hale kupapaʻu o ke alanui ʻo Bolton, ʻo Otari-Wilton's Bush, a me nā puka komo i nā hale ʻaha kūkā a pau, me nā loko ʻauʻau a me nā hale waihona puke.
Ma Aotearoa, ma kahi o 8 pākēneka o nā kānaka e puhi nei, a ʻo 8 pākēneka e hoʻohana ana i nā mea hana vape; ʻO ka pahuhopu e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i kēia ma lalo o 5 pakeneka o ka heluna kanaka.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Helen Jones, ka luna o ka Wellington City Council Public Health Group, ua hōʻike ka loli i ke komo ʻana o Wellington i kahi neʻe aupuni.
“He poʻe noʻonoʻo ka poʻe Welltonians e kākoʻo ana i nā wahi ʻaʻohe vape a me ka uahi ʻole, a ʻo kēia mau hoʻololi ʻana i ka hale hoʻokipa a me nā wahi ʻaina e kākoʻo ana i ka hoʻolaʻa ʻana o ka ʻAha no Smokefree Aotearoa 2025."
"Ma mua o ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana i ka poʻe e hoʻohana nei i ka paka a i ʻole ka vape, paipai mau mākou i nā ʻāpana ʻole a me ka uahi ʻole." E hoʻomau mākou i ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻana i ka poʻe e pili ana i ke olakino, interpersonal, a me nā ʻano kaiapuni o ka haʻalele ʻana i ka ulaula a me ka vaping.
"ʻIke mākou he loli nui kēia no nā ʻoihana ʻelua a me kā lākou mea kūʻai aku no laila ke hāʻawi nei mākou iā lākou i nā kōkua a i ʻole nā mea e pono ai lākou e hoʻomākaukau no ka hoʻololi o Malaki 2023."
"Ua hoʻomaka mua ʻia kēia hoʻololi e hoʻomaka i Iulai 2022, akā naʻe me nā ʻoihana kalepa e hoʻomau nei i ka hopena o COVID-19, ua koho ʻo Council e lohi i ka hoʻokō a hiki i 1 Malaki 2023." "E alakaʻi pono ana kēia hana i nā ʻoihana a me nā poʻe Wellington no kēlā ʻano hoʻololi i nā mahina kau wela," wahi a Helen.
ʻO kēia mau hoʻololi ʻana he mau ʻāpana o ka Trading and Events in Public Places Policy, i ʻae ʻia e ka ʻaha i Nowemapa 2021.
E kipa iā Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 no nā kumuwaiwai manuahi e kōkua iā ʻoe e haʻalele i ka puhi paka a me ka vaping.
E kipa i wellington.govt.nz/smokefree e aʻo hou e pili ana i ka vape a me ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka uahi ʻole ma ke kapikala.
