Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua mate tētahi tokorua tāne me to rātau hoa i roto i tētahi aitua waka i a rātau e haere ana i te 'haere o te oranga' i Aotearoa. Ko Mitchell rāua ko Ruth Peterson, tokorima ā rāua tamariki, me te kuia a Tammy Barnett nō Richfield, Utah, i roto i tētahi waka SUV i a rāua e huri ana ki te ara o te taraka i waho o te taone o Hamilton i te Tai Tokerau i te Rātū. I whara te tāne o Mrs Barnett, a Richard, i te tūtukitanga, ā, kei te noho pūmau ia ki Waikato Hospital i te ahiahi o te Rāhoroi. Ko nga mema o te Hāhi o nga Hunga Tapu o nga Rā o Muri Nei i toro atu ki te peka i Hamilton, e ai ki te New Zealand Herald. I mate a Tammy Barnett no Richfield, Utah, i te hinganga o tētahi waka SUV e tata ana ki te taone o Hamilton, i Aotearoa, i te wā o tētahi 'haereanga o te oranga'. I whara tōna tāne a Richard (i te pikitia) i te tūtukitanga, ā, kei te hōhipera i te Rāhoroi. He mea whakamataku: Ko nga maatua 'whakapono' a Mitchell raua ko Ruth Peterson, tokorima nga tamariki i whanau tahi, i mate hoki. I haere rāua i roto i tētahi waka me ētahi atu tūruhi i kite i te tukinga, ā, kei te tirotirohia e te pirihimana o te rohe. I kitea to rātau waka kua pakaru e tētahi pirihimana i waho o te mahi, e haere ana ki te kāinga. I te Mane, i te taenga mai o rātau i Los Angeles, ka tuhia e ia i runga i a Facebook: 'I tae mātou ki Aotearoa. Ko taku hiahia kia pena ano taku ki a mātou putea. Ranei i te iti rawa, ko Tammys.' E whā ngā tamariki a Mr Barnett, he tākuta niho i te taone, ā, e whā ngā mokopuna o tana wāhine kua mate, e whā hoki ngā mokopuna o ā rāua mokopuna. Ko Mr. Peterson he LDS i roto i tana kaitiaki me te whakahaere i te pokapū manuhiri. Ko te Tumuaki o Richfield a David Ogden i korero ki te Desert News: 'Kua pa te raorao katoa ki tenei. E mōhiotia ana e tātou katoa. He mea nui rātau ki ō mātou oranga, nō reira ka huihui mātou ki ngā whānau.' He whārangi GoFundMe i whakatūria hei utu i ngā utu hauora a Mr Barnett me ngā utu o te tangihanga a Mrs Barnett: I mahue mai i a mātau tō mātau wahine, whaea, tamahine, tuahine, kuia, kuia me te hoa a Tammy i a mātau i te wā e haere ana ki Aotearoa me tana tāne aroha a Richard. He kaha whakaharahara a Tammy mō...
I mate a Micthell rāua ko Ruth Peterson, ko tana hoa a Tammy Barnett nō Richfield, Utah, i te tūtukitanga i waho tonu o te taone o Hamilton. Ko nga mema o te hahi Moromona i roto i te SUV i te wa i hurihia ai. I whara te tāne o Mrs Barnett, a Richard i te tukinga, ā, e noho pūmau ana ia. Kei te kohikohi moni ngā whānau hei utu i ngā utu o te tangihanga me ngā utu hauora.