Moana Nui Statement

Moana Nui 2011 was organized by a partnership between Pua Mohala I Ka Po and The International Forum on Globablization, with additional support from J*

App Attendees at the Moana Nui anti-APEC Confernece

Moana Nui Statement

We, the peoples of Moana Nui, connected by the currents of our ocean home, declare that we will not cooperate with the commodification of life and land as represented by APEC’s predatory capitalistic practices, distorted information and secret trade negotiations and agreements.

We invoke our rights to free, prior and informed consent. We choose cooperative trans-Pacific dialogue, action, advocacy, and solidarity between and amongst the peoples of the Pacific, rooted in traditional cultural practices and wisdom.

"E mau ke ea o ka aina i ka pono. A mama. Ua noa."

This statement was conjured at the Moana Nui 2011 conference, a gathering of peoples of the Pacific to connect and grow our relations with each other. We ask you to join us in shifting away from neoliberal, profit-driven relations and sign-on to this statement.

About

In 2011, international artists, activists, academics and practitioners convened to rise against the APEC meeting in Honolulu.

Organized by a partnership of scholars, community and political activists and Hawaiian and Pacific Islander cultural practitioners, Moana Nui is intended to provide a voice and possible direction for the economies of Pacific Islands in the era of powerful transnational corporations, global industrial expansion and global climate change.

This conference will issue a challenge to Pacific Island nations and communities to look for cooperative ways to strengthen subsistence and to protect cultural properties and natural resources.

App Moana Nui Conference Pannel

Panalist Info


PANEL 1 – NATIVE RIGHTS, ECONOMIES, GOVERNANCE–RESISTING GLOBAL POWERS.

Moderator: Jon Osorio (O‘ahu, Hawai‘i) Kamakak‘okalani Center for Hawaiian Studies

Nalani Minton (Kanaka Maoli Tribunal Komike, Hawai‘i)

Santi Hitorangi (Practitioner, Hitorangi Clan, Rapa Nui)

Joshua Cooper – (Hawai‘i) UN Human Rights

Mililani Trask – (Hawai‘i) Vice Chair, General Assembly of Nations, Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organizations (UNPO)

Victoria Tauli-Corpuz (Igorot, Tebtebba Foundation, UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, the Philippines)

Julian Aguan (Guahan, Guam) Indigenous Chamoru Activist, Attorney, and Author

PANEL 2 – MILITARIZATION & RESISTANCE IN THE PACIFIC

Moderator: Ikaika Hussey

Poetry: Craig Santos Perez: (Chamorro, poet, author, activist, Guahan, Guam)

Bruce Gagnon: (Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space)

Christine Ahn: (San Francisco, California) Executive Director, Korea Policy Institute; Policy Analyst, Global Fund for Women

Dr.Lisa Natividad: (Guahan Coalition for Peace and Justice)

Suzuyo Takazato: (Okinawa Women Act Against Military Violence)

Kyle Kajihiro: (O‘ahu, Hawai‘i) Hawai‘i Peace and Justice, DMZ Hawai‘i/Aloha ‘?ina

Mayumi Oda: (Japan/Hawai‘i) Artist/Activist

PANEL 3 – GLOBALIZATION, DEVELOPMENT; GEOPOLITICS

Moderator: Jerry Mander (Int’l Forum on Globalization);

Joseph Gerson (American Friends Service Committee);

Dale Wen (IFG China Scholar, Beijing-Hamburg)

Anuradha Mittal (Oakland Institute, India/US);

Adam Wolfenden (Pacific Network on Globalization, PANG, Australia);

Ray Catania (Labor organizer/Hawai‘i Gov’t. Employees Association, Kauai)

Yumi Kikuchi (Peace activist, author, Japan);

PANEL 4 – PACIFIC RESOURCES, LANDS, ECONOMIES

Moderator: Arnie Saiki (Coordinator, Moana Nui 2011, and ‘Imi Pono Projects, Hawai‘i);

Peter Apo (Office of Hawaiian Affairs);

Jamie Tanquay (Well-being indicators, Vanuatu )

Galina Angarova (Pacific Environment, Russia/Siberia/Mongolia);

Albie Miles (environmental indicators)

Walter Ritte (Anti GMO/Hawaiian Rights activist, Molokai);

Richard Heinberg (Post Carbon Institute, author The End of Growth)

PANEL 5 – APEC & TPP: WHAT WE MUST KNOW; WHAT SHOULD WE DO?

Moderator: Victor Menotti (Internat’l Forum on Globalization);

Jane Kelsey ((Aotearoa/New Zealand)?Prof. of Law, Univ. of Auckland; Author of “TPPA – No Ordinary Deal: Unmasking the Trans-Pacific partnership free Trade Agreement”;

Lori Wallach (Public Citizen, Wash. DC);

Yasuo Konda (People’s Action Against TPP, JAPAN);

Walden Bello (Philippine Legislature, Focus on Global South)

Blog Entries


Moana Nui wrap-up

All of the proceedings were documented by video and a published collection of the presentations is anticipated.


We thank everyone for the participation of all Pacific Island advocates and practitioners.


For further discussion and information, find us on facebook at Moana Nui 2011 or visit the International Forum on Globalization website

Moana Nui on Al Jazeera

Moana Nui video produced by Al Jazeera. Featuring Kekuni Blaisdell, Santi Hitorangi, Ikaika Hussey, Nalani Minton. Leaders from the Asia-Pacific region are to meet on in the US state of Hawaii. The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation group will discuss trade ties, against a backdrop of global economic gloom. However, indigenous activists are staging an alternative conference, focusing on food, rather than finances.

Moana Nui 2011

We are live! Watch the live stream video from moananui2011 at livestream.com.

The timing of this conference is intended to overlap the next meeting of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in Honolulu, and hopes to call public attention to the critical importance of maintaining sound and productive local economies in the Pacific Islands both for their own sake and food security in the world.