She may have the number 1 song in the USA right now, yet Adele shares her excitement with discovering other artists she loves. Adele writes, “Hello, I’m in Boston enjoying a glass of wine and looking at a woman trying to control her dogs opposite my hotel! getting back into the motion of touring after [...]
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RUGBY FOOTBALL STAR, SONNY BILL WILLIAMS IS AN LA LAKERS FAN
Posted: May 30, 2011 in America, basketball, Box Office Stars, Boxing, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Hollywood Entertainment News, LA Lakers, New Zealand, New Zealand All Blacks, Rugby, Rugby World Cup, Sonny Bill Williams, Sports, Sports HoriwoodHe’s a boxer for fun, a rugby football player for the game and a fan of the LA Lakers basketball team too. Sonny Bill Williams is a Kiwi sports star, the world can be proud of. He’s lethal in action in a boxing ring or on a football field. And on this blog, he’s always [...]
RUGBY METTLE TESTED – CRUSADERS FALL TO REDS
Posted: May 30, 2011 in Anthony Faingaa, Daniel Carter, Richie McCaw, Rugby, Sports, Sports HoriwoodRugby Football Snap Shot: “A last-minute penalty by Quade Cooper turned the mercurial Wallabies playmaker from potential villain to hero as the Reds underscored their Super rugby credentials with a pulsating 17-16 victory over the Crusaders before a record-breaking crowd at Suncorp Stadium. In this photograph, Anthony Faingaa of the Reds is tackled by Daniel [...]
INFAMOUS NORTHLAND COLLEGE GETS A VISIT FROM A GOVERNOR-GENERAL AND A LADY
Posted: May 30, 2011 in A Different View, Education, Jerry Mateparae, Kool Kiwis, Lady Susan Anand, Lady Susan Satyanand, Leadership, Ngapuhi, Sir Anand Satyanand, TeenagersHere’s a cute story, about Northland College, a school that is famous for fine actors like Northland Youth Theater’s talented Mele Takumoana, like fine orators and poets too of the ilk of Robert Sullivan. Recently this school got a visit from a Governor General and a Lady. Peter de Graaf brings a novel small town story and this photograph. [...]
MOVIE IDEAS – WALK THE DOG SPLITSVILLE POLITICS by THE KIWI EX-WIFE CLUB
Posted: May 30, 2011 in Jennifer Aniston, Movie Ideas, New ZealandLiving in New Zealand, you get to read all of the rather quirky news stories here. Many of them would make Hollywood movie script ideas. I kid you not. Here’s a movie Jennifer Aniston could star in, if it was adapted to an American neighborhood context. The movie premise scene? this quote from a politicians [...]
BUILDING NEWS, NOAH, THE NEW YORK TIMES AND THE DUTCH ADRESS GLOBAL WARMING
Posted: May 30, 2011 in Building, global warming, Holland, Netherlands, New YorkLead story on the New York Times website in this news nanosecond is, “A Dutch man has spent the past few years building a full-size replica of Noah’s ark, but it may be more in tune with global warming and tourism than great floods.” For a story on creative building in raising global warming awareness, [...]
CREATIVE WRITING, JOHN ROUGHAN EXTENDS HIMSELF TO SEE A KIWI FUTURE FOR KIWI KIDS LIKE KUNERE TIMOTI
Posted: May 30, 2011 in Children, Guest Commentary, John Roughan, Kuenre Timoti[Photo caption - Kunere Timoti shows his protest at the announcement his school would be closed down, expressing himself in the artform of the Kiwi haka. What spirit. Go kid!] It’s a true fact, that not all New Zealanders can write like Witi Ihimaera, the award winning author of the book that became the film, The [...]
HEINZ WATTIES TOMATO SAUCE aka KETCHUP COMPANY SAUCES UP NEW ZEALAND BIZ
Posted: May 30, 2011 in Business Watch, Hastings, LeadershipTomato… or tomato? Tomatoe Sauce or ketchup? For Hollywood Kiwis… you just know how to say both. Heinz Watties produces good ketchup. In a rather strategic move to be more quality biz effective, Heinz Watties is shifting production of its precious sauves (the best!) from three Australian plants to its hastings plants in New Zealand. [...]
Without a strong opposition candidate/ and candidates, the lead political actors of a reigning government in any country passing their policies through a Senate (or hamstrung, or hamster-like) aka, they can tend to look lame. Perhaps because of this one reason (about from celebrity endorsements too) Sarah Palin has begun her bike tour in the USA. For that [...]
BELLA KALOLO IS A SINGER OF SOUL – SEE WHAT LOVE CAN DO?
Posted: May 30, 2011 in Bella Kalolo, Hawaii, Kiwi Pop, Kool Kiwis, Music Industry NewsHave you heard of Bella Kalolo yet? As a singer of velvet Pasifika-Kiwi soul, she’s a beauty! Here’s See What Love can do! A coco-licious sound New Zealand music can be proud of. This one going out for Hawaii today. Enjoy. [Go Bella Kalolo! Shine on. :) ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. [...]
EYES ON EARLY CHILDCARE FOR PASIFIKA AND MAORI CHILDREN
Posted: May 30, 2011 in Children, Early Childhood Education, Education, Human Rights, Humanitarian Angels on Horiwood.Com, Leadership, Maori, New Zealand, PolynesianOn humanitarian watch today, are young children of Pacific Island and Maori knowledge banks. Here’s why, “As many as one in four Pasifika children and one in five Maori children in some parts of New Zealand are not getting any kind of formal early childhood education before they start school. Education Minister Anne Tolley [...]
ROCK STAR, ALECIA MOORE HAS BEEN PREGNANT FOR DONKEYS YEARS NOW!
Posted: May 30, 2011 in Alecia Moore, America, Carey Hart, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Hollywood Entertainment News, Music Industry NewsI saw Pink in concert in LA. She’s a rocker dynamo who can deliver live in concert. There are very few pop stars who can write good rock anthems, as well as perform them with grunt these days, like Alecia Moore can song-after song. She really is an American treasure of culture. However, in looking [...]
SINGER SONGWRITER GREG JOHNSON TALKS ACTIVE SELF-OWNERSHIP IN MUSIC MARKETING
Posted: May 30, 2011 in Greg JohnsonGreg Johnson is a singer songwriter. He’s touring New Zealand at the minute. I like Greg’s thoughts on active self-ownership is the only way to go when musicians set out to write, active market and own their music distribution and concert ticket sales strategies as well. Smart lad. The strategy is wining for Greg. [...]
PUHA ROMANCE – CULTURE AS A SHARED ORGANIC GARDEN
Posted: May 30, 2011 in Cross-Cultural Narratives, Culture, Gardening, RomanceSometimes, the Treaty of Waitangi as a living cultural aspect of Kiwi culture, looks like a Pakeha dad, growing tender puha greens in his garden, beside his perfect organic broccoli heads. The puha is for his Maori wife of 45 years, a Maori delicacy. In this bucket is what Kiwi romance can look like. Cute! :) [...]
PORTRAIT OF AN OIL ADDICT, REMEMBERING LADY GAGA’S BAD ROMANCE PORTRAIT
Posted: May 30, 2011 in Addiction, Fossil Fuels, Lady Gaga, oil, Politics, Pop Art, Pop Cultural Commentary, Star System - The Art of American Celebrity, TrendsWhat lengths would an ‘artist’ go to, in order to depict their nation’s obession (or addiction) to the world’s oil resources? There is no fame, without oil acquisition, in todays world. This is a hallmark of modern day celebrity. The most ‘powerful’ names in the world, are all a part of the oil wrangling game, in [...]
CHOCOLICIOUS LABELS MARKETING – NAOMI CAMPBELL, TAU HENARE, HONE HARAWIRA AND KERRE WOODHAM
Posted: May 30, 2011 in Charlie Sheen, Hone Harawira, Hot Chocolate, Kerre Woodham, Marketing and Branding, Naomi Campbell, Tau Henare, Trevor MallardHere’s a tale about chocolate. Photograph by David LaChapelle, News Talk ZB, Auckland Marathon] While Barack and Michelle Obama have been having many a cup of tea, scone and perhaps even a slice of Prince Williams favorite childhood chocolate biscuit cake (or two) over UK-USA catch up etiquette time recently, with Queen Elizabeth II and Prince [...]
THE JOLIE-PITTS GO SHOPPING
Posted: May 27, 2011 in Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Hollywood Entertainment NewsThat’s all. :) [Pic iva Lainey Gossip ] ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 27.5.11~
FRASER BENNET – THE SCHOOL KID WITH A LONG WALK HOME
Posted: May 27, 2011 in Economy, Education, Fossil Fuels, Fraser Bennett, Rosa ParksSometimes, when I look at the way economies are structured, and how they affect kids and families, I wonder what the mollywhopping heck is going on in the world. A story about Fraser Bennett, 12, who ran out of bus money on his bus card, and who was refused a ride by a bus driver [...]
Oprah has left Chicago and is now California based. Wrapping her show, Beyonce was on hand, to sing out America’s nationl treasure of TV talk show fame, into her new life in owning her own TV network. Many sweet things were said by her guests. Go here to read more. The highlight was perhaps when [...]
HOW MANY FRENCH POLICE DOES IT TAKE TO CHANGE A FRENCH LIGHT BULB? 12,000 AT THE G8 SUMMIT MEET
Posted: May 27, 2011 in France, G8Looking at this photo shared via the Associated press, accompanied by the caption, “More than 12,000 police and military personnel will provide security for the G8 forum” makes any reader ask the question… how many French police does it take to change a lightbulb in France? A lot…. apparently, to the tune of $1.4 billion [...]
MAORI IWI TRIBES SETTLEMENTS IN THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM’S CUE… EXPLAINED!
Posted: May 27, 2011 in A Different View, Cartoons, Humor, Indigenous Thinking, Judges, Ngai TuhoeThis cartoon is too funny. Lol! ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 27.5.11~
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU TALKS ISRAEL AND PALESTINE PEACE-DYNAMICS
Posted: May 27, 2011 in Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Palestine“What we all want is a peace that will be genuine, that will hold, that will endure,” said Mr. Netanyahu, who leads a right-of-center coalition. “The only peace that will endure is one that is based on reality, on unshakeable facts.” Washington Times has more here. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 27.5.11~
ANDRE de DIENES’S MEMORIES OF NORMA JEAN ARE SHARED IN A BOOK
Posted: May 27, 2011 in Andre de Dienes', Books, Hollywood Entertainment News, Hollywood History, Marilyn Monroe, PhotographyWhen I lived in California, on almost every block of your local neighborhood in Hollywood, there was a painting or vintage photograph of actress Marilyn Monroe. Not seeing these every day, reminds me, that hey… I’m into seeing green native trees now in New Zealand. :) Anyway, a new book has dropped about Marilyn Monroe, [...]
IN THE BONDS OF LOVE WE MEET – NEW ZEALAND’S STORY OF ENDURING FRIENDSHIP
Posted: May 27, 2011 in Christina Koutsimanis, Community, Crystal Rachel, Culture, Family Vs Fame, Friendship, Greece, Kool Kiwis, Maori, New Zealand, Samoa, Smile Club, Summer V, TongaThe best moments in life are often spent with lifelong friends and family. Here’s Christina Koutsimanis, Summer V, Aunty Martha and Crystal Rachel enjoying the gift of friendship recently. Priceless! [I have known Aunty Martha (pictured) for about 33 years. She's our Samoan-Kiwi gem who has known 5 generations of my Kiwi family and generations [...]
ARE SIKORSKY RESCUE HELICOPTERS, TOO HIGH MAINTENANCE? – MIKE DANIEL TALKS MORE FLYBUYS FOR NEST’S SUPER RESCUES BUCK
Posted: May 27, 2011 in Aviation, Community, Leadership, Mike Daniels, New Zealand, WastageTo be a leader in New Zealand, is often to find better solutions to get a job done well (efficiently and effectively) for community. Here’s an aviation story from Mike Daniels giving his view on rescue helicopters in an NZ community and high maintenance vs low maintenance alternatives Recently your paper questioned the need and [...]
