Last week, Horiwood.Com hit the 3.7 million summit. It’s the first time a blog that began in Hollywood by a Maori-Kiwi blogger with an entertainment focus has achieved this in New Zealand’s history. As this is a summit reached in the fleeting world of cyberspace, and I believe that at the top of a summit [...]
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HORIWOOD.COM REACHES THE 3.7 MILLION SUMMIT
Posted: July 29, 2011 in Australia, Ben Fielding, Gospel Music, Gratitude, Guitar, Joel Houston, Reuben Morgan, Somalia, Tyler Hicks0
Every year, my two favs on New Zealand’s Rich List, have got to be the Chandler brothers. Simply because, their education projects in third world nations… kinda rocks! Here’s the new list of the richest (disclosed) peeps in NZ. Via the NZ Herald: “The fortunes of the country’s 150 richest people have grown by almost [...]
SUNDANCE ANNOUNCES STREAMING DEALS WITH NETFLIX, YOUTUBE, iTUNES AND AMAZON
Posted: July 29, 2011 in America, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Hollywood Entertainment News, Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Movie News, Peru, Q'orianka Kilcher, Robert Redford, Sundance Film FestivalArthouse movies via Robert Redford‘s Sundance Film Festival selection panel, are now more available to wider audiences to view. The Sundance streaming deals with Netflix, YouTube, iTunes and Amazon have all of America buzzing right now. It’s a good thing the net is accessible to all worldwide. Indie films just got better, with a wider [...]
SWIM WITH DOLPHINS IN THE BEAUTIFUL BAY OF ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND
Posted: July 29, 2011 in Travel DestinationsSWIM WITH DOLPHINS IN THE BEAUTIFUL BAY OF ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND.
BLUE SMOKE WINS A LITERARY AWARD
Posted: July 29, 2011 in Books, Chris Bourke, Literary, Pop Cultural CommentaryKiwi Music History Takes Top Literary Prize Blue Smoke by Chris Bourke wins 2011 New Zealand Post Book of the Year Christopher Finlayson, Minister of Arts, Culture and Heritage, tonight awarded music historian Chris Bourke the New Zealand Post Book of the Year, for his work Blue Smoke: The Lost Dawn of New Zealand Popular [...]
POUNAMU MERE – WAITANGI TREATY HOUSE, BAY OF ISLANDS
Posted: July 29, 2011 in Bay of Islands, Governor Grey, New Zealand, Patuone, Tamati Waka Nene, WaitangiWhen the founding fathers of New Zealand signed the founding document of New Zealand, with British settlers, two mere pounamu were presented by Paramount chiefs to Governor Grey. The gifts were symbolic, symbolizng a fair parternship. Here’s that moment of rare New Zealand history, for your viewing pleasuere today. The mere pounamu are on display [...]
HOKITIKA’S WAHAIKA GIFT FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
Posted: July 29, 2011 in Aden Hoglund, America, Amerika, Aotearoa New Zealand, Hokitika, New ZealandRecently, the American people were gifted a special gift via New Zealand. More specifically the gift came in the form of a wahaika pounamu (greenstone) mere, as carved by Aden Hoglund of Hokitika. For more on this artist, go here. The gift was gifted by John Key to Barack Obama for the American people. A [...]
THE STRENGTH OF WATER IS A THEME – HOKIANGA FILM FESTIVAL
Posted: July 29, 2011 in Hollywood Entertainment News, Hollywood Maori Kings, Kaitiakitanga, Maori, Maori Film School, New Zealand, WaterWater is so vital to our survival. As humans we are made up of 64% water. Water in New Zealand fuels the majority of electricity throughout the country. We can’t even have broadband computer access or watch TV, without water. Here’s a film celebrating the strength of water, that Maori-Kiwis have utilized in Kiwiland for [...]
WHETU TIRIKATENE SULLIVAN – NEW ZEALAND’S LONGEST SERVING MP, DIES 79
Posted: July 26, 2011 in Fashion, Karakia, Leadership, Maori, Ngai Tahu, Politics, Shavaughn Ruakere, Whetu Tirikatene Sullivan, WomenShe was a gracious and vibrant, peaceful and highly discerning spirit who prayed for her nation as a leader of it. Whetu Marama Tirikatane Sullivan was named by a great Maori spiritual healer and leader, Tahu Potiki Ratana on his pa (village of meeting), where she was born. She became synonymous with New Zealand glamour throughout all of [...]
TAMATI WAKA NENE – FOUNDING FATHER OF NEW ZEALAND – TOP OF THE NORTH
Posted: July 26, 2011 in Aotearoa New Zealand, Asia-Pacific, Eileen Parore, Founding Fathers - Aotearoa New Zealand, Maori, New Zealand, Nga Puhi, Ngapuhi, Ngatokimatawhaorua Waka, Northland, Polynesian, Sir Roger Kerr, Ta Moko, Tamati Waka Nene, Te Tai Tokerau, Thomas Walker, Waitangi, World HistoryWhen I was being schooled in New Zealand, many starring Ngapuhi nights ago, I had a teacher named Eileen Paraore. She taught her class the Maori language, took us on fun school trips, encouraged Maori lads to leave their tribal regions and go to Maori boys boarding schools and once thought I should take up [...]
KERRE WOODHAM HAS NO TIME FOR CREATING ISRAELI BACKPACKERS SPY CONSPIRACY STORIES
Posted: July 26, 2011 in Israel, Kerre Woodham, TrendsAfter discussing Apple tablets in one school’s wish list, a person who made Horiwood.Com’s top ten today, Kerre Woodham , shares her thoughts on people who make up stories about Israeli backpackers conspiring anything against New Zealand’s security industries, while dealing with the loss of a friend in a quake. Here’s Woodham’s sound thoughts on [...]
RUGBY WAKA – ALL RUGBY FOOTBALL FANS GET ABOARD @ AUCKLAND CITY
Posted: July 26, 2011 in Waka NathanWhen you get to New Zealand during Rugby World Cup, here’s the must see exhibit in Auckland City. Reports the NZ Herald: “A giant waka costing $2 million on Auckland’s waterfront for the Rugby World Cup will be open only for the last 11 days of the tournament. Maori leaders say they do not want [...]
OLIVIA WILDE ATTENDS COWBOYS AND ALIENS FILM PREMIERE
Posted: July 26, 2011 in Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Hollywood Entertainment News, Movie News, Olivia Wilde, TrendsI was really interested to see what would happen on this blog, when New Zealand’s Prime Minister John Key had his big meeting with Barack Obama. I was expecting exciting things. What happened was that Olivia Wilde ‘s name went throught the roof that blog day. 9,000 people clicked on her name. Here’s Wilde’s latest [...]
KIWIS ARE INFATUATED WITH WENDI DENG, IN THE NEWS OF THE WORLD HACKING, BREACH OF PRIVACY SCANDAL
Posted: July 26, 2011 in Hacking, Hollywood Entertainment News, Privacy, Wendi MurdochAs the local newspapers in New Zealand show today… Wendi Deng is on many a Kiwi’s mind. In the US, CNN is the latest to devote jounralist’s time towards painting Wendi’s emerging Murdoch Empire profile, in China and the USA. Read that here if interested. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 26.7.11~
ANGELINA JOLIE TALKS MIND FOOD, FROM A PAIHIA DAIRY
Posted: July 26, 2011 in Angelina Jolie, Bay of Islands, EducationIn New Zealand, a dairy is like a 7-11. Paihia is an amazing tourist resort at the very top of New Zealand. (You must visit. Fun!] When in Paihia for some r n’ r, I couldn’t help notice that Angelina Jolie, was placed on the front window of the dairy on the way to Saltys for [...]
SOMALIA SPOTLIGHT – PEOPLE IN CRISES NEED OUR LOVE
Posted: July 26, 2011 in Human Rights, Humanitarian Angels on Horiwood.Com, SomaliaSomali people are a nation who reflect us all. This story was very motivating today about the world’s kindness to the Somali people, that is beginning to flow their way. It reads: The UN World Food Programme is to airlift emergency rations to parts of drought-ravaged Somalia, in a desperate attempt to reach hungry refugees. [...]
NORWAY’S MASSACRE TRAGEDY HAS SHOCKED NEW ZEALAND
Posted: July 26, 2011 in Alfred Noble, Norway, Seeing Through Uniforms, TragediesDo people put too much trust in uniforms? When one deranged man in Norway, donned a police uniform, holidayers at a Summer Camp were not expecting a bombing, a massacre and for an entire crowd of innocent people to be gunned down by a maniac. Norman Lear of America looks at ‘rationality’ and this case, [...]
DO HARDWORKING LANGUAGE TEACHERS DESERVE EQUALITY OF PAY? YES!
Posted: July 26, 2011 in Dame Iritana Tewhiwhirangi, Early Childhood Education, Education, Human Rights, Maori, New Zealand, Pay Equality, Public Demonstrations News, Te Kohanga Reo, Te Reo RangatiraThis news has New Zealand buzzing with a good vibe of fairness. It cuts across ageism and exploitative educational practices – ignoring hardworking teachers being paid fairly, or, at all. I love it! The things about public demonstrations, is that when people show so much passion for something they believe in, and also in a [...]
SPENCER FALLS CLUBS WITH LINDSAY LOHAN AT CHATEAU MARMONT
Posted: July 26, 2011 in Lindsay Lohan, Pharmaceutical Companies, Spencer Falls, Young HollywoodIt’s a known fact, that Chateaux Marmont of West Hollywood has a Kiwi marketing person extraordinare at the hotel’s helm (hey, girl! ;). It’s also a known fact that America really wants to get its pharmaceutical drugs into New Zealand in the upcoming trading partnership deals, that NZ’s PM says would be “really good for [...]
About a week ago, I wrote a post, saying that Google doesn’t really create new products (Google Plus aside). Google just agregates other peoples creativity and content online… was the storyline I jokingly applied. Well… I take that back. The biggest search engines, directing traffic to Horiwood.Com today, down here in beautiful New Zealand are: [...]
MANNERS – “PLEASE” AND “THANK YOU” – NATALIE OLSON RETURNS HER HOLLYWOOD FAVOR
Posted: July 26, 2011 in Entertainment Celebrity News, Horiwood Shout Outs, Natalie Olson, Smile Club“Please” and “thank you” are two words that all cool kids need to learn, and never forget, in order to grow up and be nice people, who influence others. Natalie Olson is one such Kiwi girl, growing up with good manners, here in Aotearoa New Zealand. Many months ago, I did some free publicity in [...]
BEN QUALE SERVES UP THE BEST FISH ‘N’ CHIPS AT PAIHIA, BAY OF ISLANDS
Posted: July 21, 2011 in A Different View, Bay of Islands, Ben Quale, Jonah Lomu, New Zealand, Paihia, Rugby, Rugby World Cup, Smile ClubKiwi lad Ben Quale serves up some pretty good fish ‘n’ chips at Vinnies in Paihia. Thanks Ben! ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 21.7.11~
DAME WHINA COOPER’S KOROWAI AT WAITANGI
Posted: July 21, 2011 in Dame Whina Cooper, Hollywood Entertainment News, Indigenous Thinking, Justice, Kiwi Heroes, Maori, Movie Ideas, New Zealand, Nga Puhi, Ngapuhi, Northland, Te Tai Tokerau, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, WomenToday when I was mellowing out on a holiday, I noticed this korowai of Dame Whina Cooper, at the Copthorne Hotel in Waitangi. The sketch of Dame Whina is by the artist Jan McKenzie. The moment in this historic birth place of New Zealand society, gave me electric goose bumps. Here it is to share [...]
SHE’S A SURE RATER – HANNAH TAMAKI TRUMPS MANY HOLLYWOOD STARS IN BLOGGERSPHERE TODAY
Posted: July 21, 2011 in Hannah Tamaki, Ivanka Trump, Lynette Stewart, Maori, Max Key, Padma Lakshmi, Queen Rainier of Jordan, TrendsIt has to be said that New Zealand’s Hannah Tamaki is rating hot online right now. Hannah won the right in the High Court, to have a fair chance to stand as a candidate for the Maori Women’s Welfare League as President. Today on this Hollywood blog, Hannah Tamaki has rated higher than many leading Hollywood stars. [...]
WENDI DENG SPIKES PIE THROWER JONNIE MARBLES, DEFENDING RUPERT MURDOCH
Posted: July 21, 2011 in Adventure Tourism, Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, China, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Hannah Tamaki, Hollywood Entertainment News, Humor, James Murdoch, John Key, Leadership, Ngapuhi, Producers, Rupert Murdoch, Sir Jim Bolger, Sports, Sports Horiwood, Sports Psychology, Sports Talent Management, Te Tai Tokerau, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Teamwork, Tourism, Travel Destinations, UK, Volleyball, Women, World News, WrestlingWho can find a good woman? For her worth is that of a top volleyball spiker–Ancient Israeli Proverb, King Solomon, revised 2011. Today, I wanted to locate the top news story in New Zealand Media today. I was torn between, Ngapuhi’s tribal coastal waters get a reprieve from oil vampiring prospectors seeking the trillions of [...]
HENRY WILLIAMS – TEN THINGS, PART II
Posted: July 21, 2011 in Bay of Islands, Courage To Love, Cross-Cultural Narratives, Founding Fathers - Aotearoa New Zealand, Henry Williams, Missionaries New Zealand, Paihia, World HistoryAs previously blogged and tweeted about today, I’ve been on a Henry Williams remebrance day mission, here in the Bay of Islands – one of the most fun tourist coastal resorts in the Southern Hemisphere. Williams was a missionary and a founding father of New Zealand, who arrived about 800 years after Maori founding fathers [...]
SHANE CAMERON BOXING NEWS AND YOU MAKE ME FEEL by COBRA STARSHIP
Posted: July 21, 2011 in Boxing, Cobra Starship, Dance, Dominic Vea, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Music Videos, Shane Cameron, Sports, Sports HoriwoodAs I blog, the radio is blaring with Cobra Starship‘s youth/ travel/ dance anthem…. You Make Me Feel. For all the kids of the world, here’s that pop jingle. The song has a very ‘Young Hollywood’ friendly club vibe. Pumping track. Currently the song is no.2 on New Zealand’s Top 50 charting songs list. Enjoy! [...]
HENRY WILLIAMS – FOUNDING FATHER OF NEW ZEALAND – TEN THINGS
Posted: July 21, 2011 in Bay of Islands, Founding Fathers - Aotearoa New Zealand, Henry Williams, Paihia, World HistoryHenry Williams is one of the founding fathers of New Zealand, who as history tells us, joined Maori founding fathers, 800 years after we discovered New Zealand’s paradise green terrain. Williams was much loved by Ngapuhi Maori of New Zealand. Yesterday and today I have been drawn to Williams, life and legacy he left all [...]
