Hindu Council of New Zealand Incorporated

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Wellington Regional Hindu Conference to focus on Community Development

The Hindu Council of New Zealand Inc. (HCNZ) is organising the Wellington Regional Hindu Conference on Saturday, 27th February 2010, in Lower Hutt, Wellington. The theme of the conference is “Community Development – A Hindu Perspective”.

HCNZ believes in the ideal of “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” (the world is one big family). Hindu New Zealanders have come from Fiji, India, South Africa, United Kingdom, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Caribbean, Mauritius and more countries. HCNZ has always worked to bring together people from different geographical and cultural backgrounds, community groups, like minded Hindu organisations, Tangata Whenua, Government agencies and Non-Government Organisations (NGO) together, to discuss concerns of community and find out and set pathways for working towards the betterment of the community. This conference aims to discuss successes in community development from Hindu perspectives, based on the principles of Hindu Dharma.

The conference will discuss initiatives that government agencies have shown in community development, role of volunteers in community development, development of community based health, wellbeing and social services, involvement of youth for community development and youth perspectives of community development. It will be of interest to members of the community, government agencies who work in the area of community wellbeing, academics, students, and NGO’s.

Hindu Conferences over the past few years have only taken place in Auckland. This is a great opportunity to share the work done by HCNZ with the community in Wellington region and strengthen the network between volunteers from Auckland, Wellington, Hamilton, Rotorua and other regions of New Zealand.

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