Bradley James had a brief respite from the army to celebrate his 22nd birthday, with his sis and best mate John Hōri, father of baby Ezra (also pictured). Here’s that photo on Bradley James 22nd B’day as a Kiwi soldier. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 14.7.11~
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SUPER MAORI BIRTHDAYS – BRADLEY JAMES TURNS 22
Posted: July 14, 2011 in Aotearoa New Zealand, Birthdays, Bradley James, Crystal Rachel, Ezra, John Hōri, Maori, New Zealand, New Zealand Army, Super heroes, Symbols, Whanau0
HANNAH TAMAKI MEETS HER HOLLYWOOD MAORI SAMUEL
Posted: July 14, 2011 in Asia-Pacific, DESTINY'S CHILD, Hannah Tamaki, LeadershipI said, “I’ll be your Hollywood Clerk Kent, aye? If you’ll be my Maori Marilyn. She said, “Love it. Let’s take the photo.” Hannah Tamaki is currently under a media ban. Why? No one knows. I heard her speak. I like her a lot. A very gracious lady. If you’ve had the chance to hear Hana [...]
EMMA WATSON’S NEW MOVIE PROJECTS – LIFE AFTER HARRY POTTER FILM FRANCHISE WORK
Posted: July 14, 2011 in Casting, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Harry Potter, Hollywood Entertainment News, Movie News, Rupert GrintEmma Watson ‘s next two movie projects include, My Week with Marilyn Monroe, the Marilyn Monroe biopic, and, The Perks of Being a Wall Flower. Love it! :) [Photo courtesy of E! Online] ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 14.7.11~
BRET McKENZIE WRITES THE SCORE FOR THE MUPPETS MOVIE
Posted: July 14, 2011 in Bret McKenzie, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Flight of The Concords, Hollywood Entertainment News, Humor, Kool KiwisYes, it’s true. One of New Zealand’s most trusted Top 100 people for 2011 is really writing the score of the new muppets movie. According to Indie Wire blog, “Perhaps more significant is the other music-related news. A few weeks back, EW premiered an alternative version of their first look at the film, seen above, [...]
JORDAN SAMUEL RETURNS FROM HAWAII, MOTIVATING YOUTH TO ACHIEVE IN KAITAIA
Posted: July 14, 2011 in America, Aotearoa New Zealand, Hawaii, Jordan Samuel, Kaitaia, Maori, Northland, Polynesian, Samoa, South Pacific, Te Tai Tokerau, Teenagers, WhanauHere’s Jordan Samuel, fresh from returning from Hawaii where he spent ten days, workshopping with Hawaiian youth. This day, Jordan has spoken to 1,000 kids in Te Tai Tokerau (the Top of New Zealand), doing exactly the same thing as in Hawaii with the young people of Kaitaia. Nice one Jordan! ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa [...]
JOHN MINTO – ADDRESSES RACISM AMONGST AN EXTREME MINORITY IN NEW ZEALAND
Posted: July 14, 2011 in Combating Racism, Combatting Racism, John Minto, Race Relations New ZealandSome of the few elite of New Zealand need an attitude tweak. John Minto is doing that this week, to address New Zealand’s escalating racism problem by a few people, getting way too much exposure than they should be allowed, with views that are disgusting towards Maori people. Such people should not even be allowed [...]
THE ADULTS AND LADI6 – NOTHING TO LOSE LYRICS ARE PRETTY BANGIN!
Posted: July 14, 2011 in John Toogood, Ladi6Most of New Zealand are listening to, Ladi6 & The Adults Nothing to Lose song as I write. Here’s the song lyrics, that reflect a vibe that’s increasingly rapidly with the people. Enjoy! ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 14.7.11~
DAME JUNE JACKSON GOES GUNNING FOR HANNAH TAMAKI’S MOCKERS
Posted: July 14, 2011 in Dame June Jackson, Hannah Tamaki, Leadership, Maori, Maori Women's Welfare League, WomenI’ve always loved Dame June Jackson. She’s straight up. She says it like it is, like the best Maori women and their legacy that has burned bright in Aotearoa for a thousand years. When Dame June grabs her gun, all of Maori society takes notice. This time she lept to the defense of Hannah Tamaki, [...]
ART – WONKY DONKEY ANIMATION IS KIWI FUNNY, TO TEACH KIDS!
Posted: July 14, 2011 in Animation, Country Music, Craig Smith, Derek Thunder, Education, HumorAnimation art by Derek Thunder. Music by Craig Smith. If you’re a country music fan. Watch this. This has been created as an educational resource to teach kids in New Zealand. Love it! ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 14.7.11~
WHEN NEWS OF THE WORLD COLLAPSED – RUPERT MURDOCH’S AUSSIE BACKLASH IN THE UK
Posted: July 14, 2011 in Australia, Police Corruption, Privacy, Rupert Murdoch, UK, World News[A demonstrator wearing a mask depicting News Corporation Chief Rupert Murdoch poses for pictures with puppets of Prime Minister David Cameron and Culture Minister Jeremy Hunt outside Murdoch's London home -AFP & Getty Images]. Over the past week, the world has been rather shocked by the news that Rupert Murdoch‘s News of The World newspaper [...]
STARSHIP LULLABY by TIKI TAANE
Posted: July 14, 2011 in Aotearoa New Zealand, Children, Te Reo Rangatira, Tiki TaaneChildren are a blessing from above and our ancestors – King Solomon, Horiwood & Maoridom’s ancient proverbs. Here’s Tiki Taane‘s song Starship Lullaby, penned especially for the Starship Hospital and their work with kids. All proceeds of the song, have been donated to charity. What a guy! :) ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia [...]
My namesake in the Bible, was named by a lady called Hannah. She was barren and alone due to her barreness. This song, reminds me of the kinds of prayers Hannah of old would pray, before her womb was opened and she was given a son. The song is titled Exceeding Joy and is penned by [...]
Recently, New Zealand’s Prime Minister, John Key went on record saying something like… “I can’t tell you what happens the moment you die but I don’t believe you go to another form.” And… “I do think you have a spirit that moves to the next – it’s part of you and it lives on in [...]
ON EUTHENASIA AND YOUTH-IN-ASIA
Posted: July 14, 2011 in Farrah Fawcett, Life, Michael York, ScienceI believe that youth in Asia, should be paid a fair minimum wage, for labor done. That way, Asian economies of the world are being fair and valuing life. I also believe that people who are aging deserve to be protected and kept alive with respect to their lives being honored. The one elderly person [...]
WHEN PINE TREE, COLIN MEADS VISITED MAUNGAKAHIA – RUGBY, FORESTRY AND THE NEW ZEALAND LAND SALES INDUSTRY
Posted: July 14, 2011 in Colin Meads, forestry, Graeme Hart, Maungakahia, New Zealand land sales, NorthlandDespite recent talks about Euthanasia, from New Zealand’s Prime Minister… it’s a fact, that in New Zealand… we honor and look after our aging and our elderly. That’s what this story is about too. Pine Tree (or Colin Meads) was a famous rugby football player once. He later became famous for floggin shares in his [...]
WILL MAORI APPEAR IN FRANCE’S FRENCH RUGBY TEAMS CALENDAR IN 2012 AND BEYOND?
Posted: July 14, 2011 in Alexis Palisson, France, Models, Sports, Sports Horiwood, Star System - The Art of Aotearoa New Zealand CelebrityWith Luke McAllister being signed as a rugby football star to France, it has to be said the Maori sports players could quite possibly make France’s tres famous, Rugby Football players calendar in 2012 and beyond. How will New Zealand cope with that? Too funny. Here’s this year’s Calendar pic. Everyone has one of these [...]
TOMMY KAPAI WILSON GOES FISHNG FOR THE FRENCH FORESTRY RUGBY TALENT DOLLAR
Posted: July 14, 2011 in Aotearoa New Zealand, Bay of Plenty, Cuisine, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, forestry, France, Iwi Biz Partners, Maori, Models, Rugby World Cup, Sports, Sports Horiwood, Sports Psychology, Sports Talent Management, Stephen Wilson, Tommy Kapai WilsonIn Hollywood, I posted a blog post about Yasmine Bidois, a young Maori-French girl with an aspiration to participate in the fashion world. I defined her as being “like Maori-French champagne.’ Here’s one of her family members, Tommy Kapai Wilson who recognizes that his Iwi (Maori Tribe) would be a perfect sports talent scouting agency, [...]
ART – BISHOP DESOND TUTU PLAYS HIS ROLE FOR THE UN’S INTERNATIONAL MANDELA DAY
Posted: July 13, 2011 in A Different View, Bishop Desmond Tutu, Cape Town, Damon Honsou, Human Rights, Kimora Lee Simmons, Nelson Mandela, Patricia de Lille, South Africa, United NationsDid you know that on July 18, the UN has declared it to be International Mandela Day? That’s awesome!!! I wonder if New Zealand’s Helen Clarke (ranked at No.3 in the SCHEME of things at the UN these days) came up with the idea? I hope so…. It’s brills. Here’s what South Africa’s ativist Bishop, [...]
BISHOP BRIAN TAMAKI MEETS HOLLYWOOD’S FIRST MAORI-KIWI BLOGGER
Posted: July 13, 2011 in A Different View, America, Anne Tamaki, Aotearoa New Zealand, Asia Pacific, Asia-Pacific, Australia, Brian Tamaki, China, Combating Racism, Combatting Racism, Democracy, Diversity, Elvis, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Fashion, Freedom of Expression, Freedom of Speech, Friends of Starship, Friendship, Gospel Music, Hair Trends, Hollywood Entertainment News, Hollywood Maori Kings, Hori = Maori, Human Rights, Iwi Biz Partners, Leadership, Maori, New Zealand, Polynesian, Tainui, Te Awamutu, Tee ShirtsI said, “Brian Tamaki, you still have cheek bones that could cut a swathe across any red carpet in Hollywood.” He said, “Let’s just focus on taking the [rugby] cup, aye?!.” Lol! ____ [Alrighty then... Here's that picture, of a Maori-Kiwi man, perhaps most misrepresented by New Zealand's media for his countless achievements in New [...]
RATING WELL – DWAYNE JOHNSON – THE ROCK of HOLLYWOOD AND RUGBY’S DAN CARTER
Posted: July 13, 2011 in Alessandro Zanni, Daniel Carter, Dwayne Johnson, Luke McAllister, Rugby, Sports, Sports Horiwood, Trends, WrestlingTwo blog posts read by a readership stemming from 50 nations (+) of the world, that have made the top ten (democratically voted) blog posts today are: TATAU – DWAYNE JOHNSON – THE ROCK of HOLLYWOOD (no.2) and rugby football’s,underwear/ heater model, DAN CARTER at no.9. [For the record, Luke McAllister's sporting/ cultural appeal in France, rates [...]
JAPAN NOTES OCEANS NATURAL ABUNDANCE OF RARE EARTH MINERALS
Posted: July 6, 2011 in Entrepreneurs, Iwi Biz Partners, Oceans, Pharmaceutical Companies, Rare Earth Minerals, Science, TechnologyThis week in New Zealand, a shipment of skincare products (the first part of an initial $1 million order by Japan retailers) began a shipment journey to Nippon. The products incorporated New Zealand flora and fauna elements in their ingredients. This week too, many stories in the news upped China’s dominance in the technology scene, [...]
MAX KEY GOES PLAN.KING – THE TOP SEARCH TERMS ON HORIWOOD.COM – 2.6.11 @ 4.45pm
Posted: July 6, 2011 in Max KeyRating well at this Kiwi-Hollywood minute is this blog post – MAX KEY GOES PLAN.KING – THE TOP SEARCH TERMS ON HORIWOOD.COM – 2.6.11 @ 4.45pm.
TIKI TAANE’S NEW SONG FREEDOM, GIVES HIS CAREER A BOOST
Posted: July 6, 2011 in Ai Weiwei, Art, artist, China, Culture, Kiwi Pop, Kool Kiwis, Maori, Music Industry News, New Zealand, Song Lyrics, Tiki Taane[Photograph by Allen Gibson] Who doesn’t love music artist Tiki Taane? Recently he had to deal with newspapers, politicians? and even the local popo (police) twisting his words as an artist? Very Ai Wei Wei, when you think about it?! Gosh… who would have thought? This guy is a locally grown Kiwi legend. Anyways, he’s [...]
JUSTIFIED’S TV SCRIPTING HAS TIMOTHY OLYPHANT EYEING UP AN EMMY HOPE
Posted: July 6, 2011 in Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Hollywood Entertainment News, Timothy OlyphantJustified is the new US drama, that sees Timothy Olyphant cast in a country, rednecked American town. Olyphant plays “a laconic Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens in Justified’s pitch-perfect second season.” Recently New Zealand newspaper (weekend) gossip insert rags, noted the clever scripting of the show. One asked, how can Marshal remain so cool calm [...]
HAVEN’T MET YOU YET by MICHAEL BUBLE
Posted: July 6, 2011 in Canada, Michael Buble, Music Industry NewsCatchy pop tunes is what we like listening to in Aotearoa New Zealand. Crooner Michael Buble‘s Haven’t Met You Yet, is a song that fuels New Zealand radio stations, lots at the minute. Meanwhile in the USA, Give Me Everything by Pitbull Featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer is no.1 on the US billboard music charts. Press play [...]
TE HANA, NEAR TAMAKI AND TAIAMAI WAKA TOURS ARE BOTH A MUST VISIT TRAVEL LOCATION, NEW ZEALAND
Posted: July 6, 2011 in Bay of Islands, Cross-Cultural Narratives, Hone Mihaka, Kool Kiwis, New Zealand, Northland, Robson Green, Te Hana, Te Tai Tokerau, Travel DestinationsNau Mai, Haere Mai ki te Tai Tokerau. If you’re planning on touring New Zealand, then the top of New Zealand is a perfect place to start. [Photo caption Hone [John] Mihaka, owner of Waka Tours is joined by Robson Green as Green experiences New Zealand’s unique culture of Maori and New Zealand history in Paihia, Bay of [...]
VINTAGE GRACE KELLY, OSCARS NIGHT HISTORY
Posted: July 5, 2011 in Grace Kelly, Hollywood Entertainment News, Hollywood History, Monaco, OscarsGrace Kelly was a Hollywood American treasure once as a movie star the world was fascinated by. She threw it all in and went to Monaco one year. I guess you could say she was a Hollywood defector. She defected to be more of a family minded person as well as being a movie star. [...]
