Because it takes all kinds of people to make the world go round. Even glamorous kinds… I was flicking through the magazines today that 800,000+ NZ readers read each week (or almost 1 in 5 people) that are offered on news stands here) and I noticed this headline that read like it was a tad [...]
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RACHEL HUNTER IS TOO GLAMOROUS TO LEAD THE LEAGUE OF NEW ZEALANDS NEXT TOP MODELS, SHE DOESN’T HAVE THE RIGHT LOOK
Posted: July 5, 2011 in New Zealand, Rachel Hunter, Reality TV Stars0
NORTHLAND’S BRONZE HOCKEY BABES SHINE AS SPORTY ADVOCATE MODELS
Posted: July 5, 2011 in Anita Punt, Charlotte Harrison, Cross-Cultural Narratives, Samantha Harrison, Sports, Sports Horiwood, Te Tai TokerauIf you walk into any cornerstore dairy you will see that rugby football players have little cardboard demi-god cutouts made out in the sporting likeness selling icrecream… like hokey pokey trumpets, for example. Well… lads, step aside, because the girls of New Zealand hockey are about to take over the icecream sales market, Rachel Hunter [...]
LIKE GRACE KELLY, CHARLENE WITTSTOCK IS MONACO’S UNLIKELY PRINCESS ROYAL – BEAUTIFUL
Posted: July 5, 2011 in Charlene Wittstock, Hollywood Entertainment News, Monaco, South Africa, WeddingsRoyalists the world over are amping up their game this week. Will & Kate are in Canada. The King of Tonga is visiting New Zealand and Monaco takes the scoop on royal news with a story of an almost runaway bride. Celebitchy of the USA gives us her take on it. Here we go (incidentally [...]
Maisey Rika‘s sound as a Maori-Kiwi music artist sings of native New Zealand Tui birds calling. Cute. Take a listen. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific.~
JEFFREY LEE IS AN ABORIGINAL ROCKSTAR, LITERALLY! – HERITAGE NOT BILLIONS IS WHAT MATTERS
Posted: July 5, 2011 in A Different View, Aborigine Tribes - Australia, Australia, Awesome Aussies, Billionaire Philanthropy, Billionaires, Heritage Arts & Culture, iMinerels, Indigenous Thinking, LeadershipWe often admire people who make money, although often for every wealthy person in the world, 1000 are underpaid so they could be a ‘wealth creation’ countless numbers of people would even notice. Jeffrey Lee gives Australia a big reality check as to what actually is important. He lays down a gauntlet… is it the [...]
KAPA HAKA STREET – THE MAORI REALITY TV SERIES BOTH CHINA AND BOLLYWOOD WOULD LOVE
Posted: July 5, 2011 in A Different View, Aotearoa New Zealand, Asia Pacific, Asia-Pacific, Bollywood, China, Eruera Morgan, Hollywood Entertainment News, Kapa Haka, Maori, Reality TV Stars, Robert PouwhareThis past week, New Zealand and India entered into a Trade Agreement regarding Bollywood moviemakers, flying casts of actors down to New Zealand to film their big Bollywood musical numbers. This got me thinking of how Maori culture has it’s own form of musicals that tell a story that are expressed in kapa haka (or [...]
EVER SEEN A MAUI WHALE?
Posted: July 5, 2011 in Magazine Covers, Marine Biology, Wonders of The WorldNew Zealand’s oceans are the home of the Maui whale. Rare mammals of the sea. Like all resources in New Zealand’s ocean, these sea creatures need protection. In New Zealand, this role is referred to as Kaitiakitanga (or keeping guard) of our taonga (precious treasures). [Front cover - New Zealand Geographic, where today's top [...]
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AUNTY AWA HUDSON ARRIVES FOR A VISIT
Posted: July 4, 2011 in Awa Hudson, Leadership, Maori, Ngati WhatuaOn the day this Maori-Kiwi blog hit the 3.6 million summit, my Aunty Awa Hudson swung by for a whanau (family) visit. I have always been tremendously proud of Aunty Awa. Not only has she devoted her life to teaching Te Reo Maori (the Maori language) at Massey High School, she also was the Deputy [...]
MEGAN NICOL REED RECALLS THE DAY HER DAD WAS ARRESTED FOR PROTESTING AGAINST APARTHEID
Posted: July 4, 2011 in Guest Commentary, Megan Nicol ReedThis week, a Kiwi friend who works with South Africans in a New Zealand workplace, informed me that many white South Africans are not always safe in South Africa currently. This raised an air of concern with her, as apartheid (reversed apartheid, is apartheid). Many may not know this, but New Zealand, once were very [...]
FLORA AND FAUNA TREASURIES OF US – SAANA MURRAY AND HAAMI PIRIPI TALK WAI 262
Posted: July 4, 2011 in Flora and Fauna, Haami Piripi, Indigenous Thinking, Intellectual Property, Inventors, Kaitiakitanga, Ngati Kahungungu, Ngati Koata, Ngati Kuri, Ngati Porou, Ngati Wai, Saana Murray, Science, Te RarawaHow old do you have to be, before a government takes your requests seriously? How long do you have to wait, to have a legal case put forward and heard? Well… according to Saana Murray and her friends, when it comes to Indigenous Peoples of New Zealand and their links to indigenous flora and fauna [...]
I’LL SET YOU AS A SEAL UPON MY HEART by MISTY EDWARDS
Posted: July 4, 2011 in A Different View, Missouri, Misty Edwards, Poetry, SpiritToday I got asked, what song was going through my Maori-Kiwi head today. Well… it was a soaking song. :) Soaking music kinda rocks in a deeply spiritual way. This song is poetry that draws you in deeper, pass the shallow temporal things of this world, when the lyrics are sung to God. Total recharge, in a good [...]
WHEN MICHELLE OBAMA MET NELSON MANDELA
Posted: July 4, 2011 in America, Michelle Obama, Nelson Mandela, South KoreaI like this photo. :) Happy July 4th 2011. [Photo courtesy of Wall Street Journal Blog via EPA] ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 4.7.11~
WILL AND KATE COOK IN CANADA
Posted: July 4, 2011 in A Different View, Canada, Cuisine, Hot Chocolate, Kate Middleton, Prince William, What's Cooking in Your Kitchen for The World?The kitchen was where Will and Kate chose to spend part of their time in Quebec, Canada. US Magazine reports: “Bon appétit! Just prior to jetting off to their next tour stop Saturday, Prince William and Duchess Kate took in an intimate cooking class at the Quebec Tourism and Hotel Institute. Donning personalized chef’s whites [...]
What a journey Beyonce has had as a performer. She’s almost about to turn 30 and she’s combatting racism in the world in her lastest round of press she delivered in the UK. She’s also talking up her new album 4 and how the ocean always recharges her. Watch it here. Press play above. ~Posted by [...]
