It started 70 years ago in Hawaii, the date having to be according to date of arrival of ships bringing the delegates. Now membership extends to 19 countries around the great Pacific Ocean. The best means of tying bonds of friendship, we were told, is by attending international conferences. Even in these days of advanced Information Technology, there is a need to actually meet. Meeting together has an unique role in enabling us to see ourselves in the context of others.
Light is made up of all the colours of the rainbow.
Kaylin concluded by quoting a PNG Poet, John Kasiapwalovia, speaking at the Festival of Pacific Arts in the Cook Islands. The waves wash the beach clean with every wave but the foot prints are not entirely washed away, the ocean keeps them. The Hon Helen Sham Ho. Australia is an island, therefore the ocean has an important role. Aborigines came across the ocean 40,000 years ago, others 200 years ago.