NEW ZEALAND, April 14, 2011 (Press Release via the Indian Weekender): The second Wellington Region Hindu Conference was held at the Waiwhetu Marae, Lower Hutt, on April 9. The theme of the conference was “Hindu-Maori Perspectives on Holistic Health: From Individual and Whanau to Community”.
The two ancient cultures discussed the great amount of similarity in their worldview towards humankind, nature and environment. Based on these deliberations, it was decided to follow up the Ministry of Health to get official recognition for the Hindu system of Yoga as an alternative therapy.
The conference was organized by the Wellington chapter of the Hindu Council of New Zealand, Inc (HCNZ) in co-operation with the Waiwhetu Marae. Maori hosts and Hindu manuhiri got together at the conference at the Marae.
AROGYA (a division of HCNZ) has been offering yoga and pranayam classes in various suburbs of Wellington, and now has plans to train instructors to address the growing popularity of these classes.