Archive for January, 2012

Again, rating hot via the USA, right here in New Zealand is the blog post: FROM HOLLYWOOD: 10 RUGBY FOOTBALL STARS FROM NEW ZEALAND’S ALL BLACKS TEAM 2009. Kick off apathy and enjoy this sport then!

  It’s Los Angeles Thursday, or, New Zealand friday (we ahead of the US). My body clock is wired to ask, what’s on at the movies this weekend? Here’s Company Town with the scoop: “Conan the Barbarian,” a reworking of the 1982 film that starred Arnold Schwarzenegger, is hoping to vanquish the competition at the [...]

Recession fears surge around globe By Walter Hamilton | 7:18 p.m. According to today’s LA TImes: “A barrage of economic reports point to rising unemployment, declining home sales and a pullback in manufacturing. The Dow plunges 419 points after foreign markets dive.” More of same old, the past two years then. I think L.A should [...]

TOO CUTE

Posted: August 19, 2011 in Babies, Ezra, New Zealand

  I swear baby Ezra just keeps getting cuter by the day. Too cute. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 19.8.11~

Te Atiawa, Waiapu and New York were all in the hues of his korowai today. Stately, the dignified holy man named “Darkie,” lay at the Maori Mission’s chapel, a Holy Trinity Church moment, for sure. His words echoed through our thoughts: “I was born and bred in the suburb of Newtown, so I lack some [...]

At 39 Paul Reeves made New Zealand history. Today, I’m viewing the UK’s video coverage of this great Maori-Kiwi legend. A clip like the one above remembers this man’s legacy towards better human rights in the world. “New Zealand has lost one of its greatest statespeople. His tenure was one of inclusiveness and compassion. His [...]

Last night, sitting behind Mt Taranaki’s feathered women, I observed in the beautiful wooden church, the family of Sir Paul Reeves sharing their warm whanau words of faith, their waiata so gentle in peaceful expression of their priest and great rangatira’s passing. Cousin Kito was speaking words of comfort, always with a smile. More on Sir Paul’s [...]

Before Maori people and Maori tribes can effectively manage oil quotas profitably and fairly in the future, Maori Kiwis are in the position of getting fishing quota management practices right. Unless we are prepared to address the ugliness of greed that can enslave others in bad biz practices, we deny human rights full expression of being [...]

THE KAIWAKA HEREFORD ROAD

Posted: August 18, 2011 in Kaiwaka

When you’re a wordpress community blogger, like Horiwood.Com is, when you post a blog post, the blog software provider company asks you three questions, recommending what your next blog posts could be based on as a theme. The recommends are often inane or quite funny. Here’s one: Describe the longest road trip you’ve ever taken. [...]

What’s driving most web surfers to a Maori-Kiwi Hollywood blog today? With the help of google, the term “Maori ethnic Fish” is. Weird! Lol! Welcome…. anyways. Ten websites also being targeted under this term are:  kedgley.school.nz;  Fishing;  NZ Fishing;   Pakeha, its origin and meaning;  Squidoo;  Statistics New Zealand; Bo-Co;  Maori Symbols on Buzzle and Britannica Online. Why this blog attracts fisher people, [...]

MEMO TO OVERCOMERS

Posted: August 17, 2011 in Song Lyrics

In his name, we overcome for the Lord our God is able. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, HIllsong Song Lyrics 2011, Aotearoa New Zealand Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 17.8.11~

To be free and remain free, is having the courage by not being afraid to address enslaving systems from a nation’s colonial past, in order to ensure that a nation learns from past mistakes and is not reproducing enslaving systems in new ways, over again. According to Perez Hilton‘s website that his sister now writes [...]

Today, Horiwood.Com has reached the 3.8 million blog summit benchmark. Not bad at all. Thanks for all your support. Let’s continue to grow together. Stand outs this month as a blog audience, were your amazing and generous support for the people of Somalia. I saw you giving at the links. What stars you are for [...]

She believes that it takes a whole village to raise a child well. On my last visit back home, my sister Sharon Davis, looked so cute in a Japanese jacket sent from her friend Tracey, whose a Kiwi girl educating ambassadors’ children in Japan. Asian women want to touch her jacket every time she wears [...]

A farmer builds a giant high tech fresian cow incorporating curved glass, that all visitors can tour to learn how the best milk is made on earth. The new headquarters is set to attract a lot of Chinese, Indian and African interests–New Zealand’s future tourism technology status towards enhancing the world’s nutrition by architectural Taj Mahal [...]

Sharks are always sharks, market chomping the more established players media markets in the world of “News” sharing. Today AOL and The HuffPo, run with this story, on page 1 of their AOL owned USA blog. Smoking Gun Letter Reveals Huge Hacking Cover-Up At Murdoch Paper. The story reads: “A former News of the World reporter [...]

Truism of the day - “Don’t always put your heart and soul in a blog’s content. It’s often the silliest things that rate the best in cyberspace.” [Photo via Splash]. Blog Trivia Observations. Internet Properties Growers:  Millions of Milkshakes humorous nod to Jon Gosselin is the no.8 top voted blog post today. Funny weird stuff! Meanwhile [...]

A few days ago, I noticed on my Twitter account, that I’d blogged about growing PeroshKiwi bakeries into the Russian market. Ask.Com confirmed that the Twitter link was searchable on the world wide web registering Peroshky ideas in the search engines, 1st page hits. A few days later in the New Zealand Herad while the nations was dusted [...]

One of my brother-in-laws brought an old green holden to fix up as a hobby. It comes complete (unlike cars you buy off the lot today new) with a complete manual with instructions of how to fix your own holden yourself, with your own two hands, if you’re prepared to get them dirty. Another brother-in-law [...]

I know that the Chinese (namely Jack Chen) are claiming rugby football great, Michael Jones as their own today as a political candidate in New Zealand. As previously reported, Michael is the dude bringing America’s Carl’s Jr. burgers franchise into New Zealand. I can’t help but say that’s not a bad idea, in light of McDonalds reporting [...]

  According to the Billboard Top 100, Party Rock Anthem by LMAO feat Lauren Bennett & Goon Rock, is currently the no.1 song on the US Billboard charts. Most Americans have this pumping on iPods and on their car stereo at this moment in Los Angeles. It’s also a hit in Paihia, the Bay of [...]

According to Dan Frookim via the Huffington Post today, bribery in the political system is all of the rage. Dan writes: “WASHINGTON — More than three decades after the United States Congress passed the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act — striking a major blow against international corruption by criminalizing bribes to foreign officials — the U.S. [...]

The view of prosperity from New Zealand is shaping up to look as follows – Pay for Christchurch’s rebuild, build irrigation dams to ensure the South Island can farm all year round, and Auckland gets new roads. That’s all cool, and we are all aware that we are locked in for the next 20 years [...]

There’s nothing quite like a Dave Dobbyn anthem. Here’s Welcome Home. It’s a beauty! To download more, go here. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 13.8.11~

Many good business ideas have happened in New Zealand, because the innovative, indomitable and surprising creative Kiwi spirit dares to ask the two words… What if? People from Gisborne are very good at asking this innovative question. However, today this “what if” example of expanding business from New Zealand, is brought to you by Northland. [...]

New Zealand’s Iwi tribes are proving to be some of New Zealand’s best long term investing entrepreneurial partners for both government and other investors to partner with. Ngai Tahu tribe for example are exemplary models of smart biz development. Tainui tribe are beginning to make valuable inroads into geothermal energy investments too. Now it’s Ngapuhi [...]

It’s weird being based in New Zealand and having so many Kim Kardashian fans looking for news about Kim on this Maori-Kiwi Hollywood blog daily. Yet, due to the reach of the internet, this is a common occurrence in New Zealand for some bloggers. According to People Magazine‘s website, the no.1 celebrity site in the [...]

I notice today that Horiwood.Com fans from Florida Rugby Union are clocking in to check out the blog news. Welcome. Here’s the latest going on in Florida is sports development. I love it. REFEREE COURSE – TOMORROW August 12th, 2011 by Gerry FitzGerald FRRA will be holding a Level1 Referee course at UCF Wellness & [...]

In order to build nations up, we must first dig deep. May our soul be awakened. Photo – Northland sunrise, New Zealand – where the sky moves like a painting, morning by morning. Music & Lyrics – Awakening [Awake My Soul] by Hillsong. It’s been quite a week. We saw youth riot and looting in [...]