I departed on Tuesday March 25 by the Emirate Airlines (EK 408) at 13.30 hrs from KLIA to Melbourne, covering a distance of 6800 km in seven-and-half hours. After a six-hour transit stop at the Melbourne International Airport, proceeded to Auckland, a further distance of 2600 km in a flying time of 3.15 hours arriving at the International Airport at the scheduled time of 13.45 hrs on Wednesday March 26. This was my third trip to this 'City of Sails', having been here in September 2011 and October 2012. The delegates to the Conference from overseas were accommodated at the Copthorne Harbourside in Auckland for one night before being transported by bus to Whangarei and then Paihia, in the heartland of Maoridom, on March 27. It was a picturesque 5 hour drive to Paihia from Auckland passing through green rolling hill pasture lands with grazing cattle, neatly kept residences in the small townships that we passed through. We were warmly received by the Maori community at the Waitangi Copthorne Hotel, which was the venue of the Conference and the accommodation of the delegates.
Map showing Paihia and Bay of Islands, in the heart
of Maoridom where the Conference was held
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| Auckland, the City of Sails and the biggest city in Aoteoroa (New Zealand) with a population of 1. 4 millions |
The Conference papers were presented either at plenary or group sessions. The plenary addresses include the following:
1. Historical roots, origins and supra-national consciousness of the
Malay-Polynesian peoples by Prof. Dato' Dr Wan Hashim Wan The
which provides our own perspective of history.
2. Enrique the Black: First Malay-Sailor- Navigator to sail around the
World by Prof. Emerritus Dato' Dr. Nik Hassan Shuhaimi Nik Abd
Rahman, who discussed the sea-faring prowess of the Malay-Poly-
nesian peoples who sailed and guided by the stars, the winds, the ocean
currents, flights of birds to discover new lands in the Pacific
and Indian Oceans and the far lands of the Americas
3. The proposed establishment of the Nusa-Polynesia International
University by Col. Prof. Dato' Dr. Kamaruddin bin Kachar. The
proposal is to establish the University at a suitable location in North
Island, New Zealand to be managed as a private enterprise with
interested stakeholders to contribute towards the institutions with
funds invested in hotels, housing, shopping malls to generate revenue
to finance the administration of the University. The inaugural faculties
are Malay-Polynesian Studies, Oceanography and Marine Sciences,
Tourism and Hospitality, Art and Music.
Among the papers presented at the group sessions include two papers on social business, one paper on halal standard and certification, two papers on traditional medicines, one on organic farming, one paper each on Malay Art forms: wood carving and textiles, Terengganu People: Boats and Navigation.
The Resolutions of the Conference, appropriately called the Waitangi Declaration as it was adopted at the Waitangi Copthorne Hotel Resort, located a few hundred meters from the ground where the Waitangi Treaty was signed in 1841, are as follows:
THE WAITANGI DECLARATION
THE WORLD MELAYU-POLYNESIAN ORGANISATION
and
THE
MAORI-MELAYU POLYNESIAN SOCIETY INCORPORATED
formulated
AT THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE OF THE MELAYU-ANCESTRAL NATIONS
HELD AT THE COPTHORNE HOTEL, BAY OF
ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND 28 & 29 March
2014 WITH THE THEME:
“STRENGTHENING CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL,
TRADE AND TOURISM NETWORKS AMONG
THE MAORI-MELAYU-POLYNESIAN ANCESTRAL
NATIONS”
THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IS A MOVE TO KEEP UP, STRENGTHEN AND
MAINTAIN THE HIGH SPIRIT AND STRONG
DESIRE OF REVIVING AND PROMOTING THE ANCESTRAL RELATIONSHIPS WHICH WERE FIRST
CREATED AND FOSTERED BY OUR GREAT-GREAT ANCESTERS MORE THAN 40,000 YEARS AGO.
WE ARE DETERMINED TO BE AS UNITED, POWERFUL, SKILFULL, CLEVER, ADVENTURERS,
BRAVE AND FORWARD LOOKING AS OUR GREAT-GREAT MELAYU-POLYNESIAN ANCESTERS.
THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
MELAYU-POLYNESIAN ANCESTRAL NATIONS WAS
HELD ON THE 5TH & 6T OF JULY 2012 AT THE KLANA RESORT, SEREMBAN NEGERI SEMBILAN, MALAYSIA
AND THE THEME WAS “REESTABLISHING AND REVITALIZING MELAYU-POLYNESIAN CULTURAL COMMON GROUNDS AND GLOBAL RELATIONSHIPS” .
WE ARE ALL VERY
AMBITIOUS AS WE BELONG TO THE SAME
BLOOD RELATED GROUPS OF THE
MAORI- MELAYU- POLYNESIAN ORIGINAL
STOCK AND THAT FOR A BETTER AND A MORE PROGRESSIVE FUTURE WE
HAVE FORMULATED ONE MAIN OBJECTIVE
THAT IS
TO REESTABLISH AND REVITALIZE OUR
MAORI- MELAYU-POLYNESIAN CULTURAL COMMON
GROUNDS AND GLOBAL RELATIONSHIPS THUS WE
COOPERATE AND WORK TOGETHER CLOSELY; WE
LEARN AND SHARE KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE
AND EXPERTISE AMONGST OUR MILLIONS
OF COUSINS OF THE SAME ANCESTORAL FAMILY
GROUPS NOW RESIDING IN MORE THAN 33 MELAYU-POLYNESIAN ANCESTRAL NATIONS
SPREADING AROUND THE VERY VAST REGIONS OF THE PACIFIC AND THE INDIAN OCEANS.
WE ARE ALSO DETERMINED TO BE STRONG AND INFLUENTIAL ECONOMICALLY, EDUCATIONALLY AND CULTURALLY
IN THE YEARS TO COME.
AS A BIG MOVE TO IMPLEMENT THE
RESOLUTIONS OF THE FIRST INTERATIONAL
CONFERENCE AND THE WAITANGI
DECLARATION OF THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE WE HAVE ALREADY ESTABLISHED
THE WORLD MELAYU-POLYNESIAN ORGANIZATION ( WMPO )
IN KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA AND
HAVE FORMULATED AND REGISTERED THE MAORI-MELAYU
POLYNESIAN SOCIETY INCORPORATED (MMPS) IN AUCKLAND,NEW ZEALAND.
WE URGE
ALL OUR COUSINS OF OTHER MELAYU-POLYNESIAN ANCESTRAL NATIONS TO ESTABLISH THEIR
OWN NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND BE ACTIVELY AFFILIATED TO THE WMPO AND MMPS
ON RECOGNIZING THE NEEDS TO
“STRENGTHEN CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL, TRADE AND TOURISM NETWORKS AMONG THE MAORI
MELAYU POLYNESIAN ANCESTRAL NATIONS”
THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE THEN RESOLVED THE FOLLOWING
DECLARATIONS:
•
TO ESTABLISH
STRONGER AFFILIATIONS, AND TO CONDUCT
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN PERPETUATING CULTURAL VALUES IN ALL THE 33
ANCESTRAL NATIONS.
•
TO ENCOURAGE
ESTABLISHMENT OF MAORI MELAYU-POLYNESIAN
CULTURAL THEME PARKS IN THE RESPECTIVE
ANCESTRAL NATIONS.
PROMOTING PEACE AND HARMONY THROUGH THE WORLD
ESPECIALLY AMONG MORE THAN 33 ANCESTRAL NATIONS.
REEXAMINE THE HISTORICAL ORIGINS
OF OUR ANCESTRAL
NATIONS AND TO REWRITE HISTORY BOOKS USING THE RIGHT
HISTORICAL FACTS IN THE LIGHT OF
NEW INFORMATION
EMERGING FROM DNA AND ARCHEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE AND
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH STUDIES.
12. TO CONDUCT RESEARCH AND
PROMOTE TRADITIONAL MUSIC,TRADITIONAL
ARTS AND CRAFTS AND TRADITIONAL CULTURA VALUES OF THE 33 ANCESTRAL NATIONS.
13. TO ESTABLISH A MAORI MELAYU POLYNIESIAN UNIVERSIT VILLAGE ADJACENT TO THE PROPOSED ESTABLISHMENT OF MAOR NUSA POLYNESIA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY ON THE 320 ACRE SITE AT BOMBAY, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND.
ARTS AND CRAFTS AND TRADITIONAL CULTURA VALUES OF THE 33 ANCESTRAL NATIONS.
13. TO ESTABLISH A MAORI MELAYU POLYNIESIAN UNIVERSIT VILLAGE ADJACENT TO THE PROPOSED ESTABLISHMENT OF MAOR NUSA POLYNESIA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY ON THE 320 ACRE SITE AT BOMBAY, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND.
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| The Hon Dr. Pita Sharples, the Minister of Maori Affairs, officiating the Conference |
The Conference poster and the Master of Ceremony at the
Opening Ceremony
Delegated participating at the Conference
Reading the paper on Social Business on behalf of
Dato' Ghazali Dato' Yusoff
One of the papers presented 'Kupe - The
Polynesian Explorer'
A special Maori Indigenous Elders' Forum
Panel discussion to formulate the Waitangi Declaration
The modelling of Malaysian batik at the Conference Dinner
The post-conference tour was a cruise to pass through the many islands in the Bay of Islands. The main attractions on the cruise was viewing dolphins, sea-gulls, going through the famous Hole in the Rock, stop-over on one of the islands.
The cruise route in the Bay of Islands
Photographing of the Hole in the Rock
A pose on the cruise ship
Photo with the Philippine and Malaysian delegates at the Dinner
on the Floating Restaurant in the Auckland Harbour
The cultural show performed by the Maori hhigh school students
With Chief Matu (right) at the Dinner
With Terry Crawford at the Dinner
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