Archive for January, 2012

According to Yvonne Tahana‘s reporting, New Zealand’s longest serving member of Parliament Whetu Tirikatene was remembered by her family for her legacy as a Maori women who smashed all records in time on the block, serving New Zealanders as a member of Parliament. What a special lady. She was a 10 out of 10. Here’s [...]

History has taught us that whenever a Presidential hopeful arises from Texas for America, it’s all about “the oil.” Today on the New York Times website, Gov. Rick Perry of Texas, is creating a media furore, regarding Republican Presidential race candidates of the future. Read all about Rick, here, if you haven’t already. [Photo - [...]

The haka (Maori war dance) defines all people in New Zealand. The latest version of a rugby sporting haka is titled Kapa o Pango and is written by Ngati Porou tribe’s Derek Lardelli. The haka symbolizes the leading edge of sporting greatness. Love it! Watch above.

I notice that the cheapest place to purchase the new model of the New Zealand All Blacks rugby football jersey, just happens to be the USA. While some Kiwi rugby fans are outraged that New Zealanders have to pay almost double the price as America does for the adidas version of the team’s famous black [...]

Rating exceptionally well with American audiences today is this blog post: FROM HOLLYWOOD: 10 RUGBY FOOTBALL STARS FROM NEW ZEALAND’S ALL BLACKS TEAM 2009. Welcome America to rugby football, one of the greatest team sports in the world. With rugby, it’s always about T.E.A.M.

USA celebrity website, PopSugar brings coverage of rugby football player, Mike Tindall‘s wedding to young royal, Zara Phillips last week. Go Scotland via USA media! Congratulations to the happy newlyweds. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand. Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 5.8.11~

For all of those people worldwide who are fascinated by the authenticity of Maori culture of New Zealand, when visiting, ensure you are actually buying real Maori-made Kiwi products, and not cheap products made by imitators. The Christchurch Press brings this story today, on this issue: “REAL THING AND FAKE IMPORTS: Gallery owner Tia Kirk [...]

SYRIA – AUGUST 5th 2011

Posted: August 5, 2011 in Syria, World News

250 people were slaughtered in the streets of Syria today in what the Huffington Post describes as “state-sanctioned slaughter.” Eye witnesses say, in the city of Hama, “the city was suffering a severe shortage of food and medical supplies and that the military was stopping any aid deliveries.” What can be done for Syria’s civilians [...]

Today, a record 82 percent of Americans now disapprove of the way Congress is handling its job. The debate over raising the debt ceiling, which brought the nation to the brink of default, has sent disapproval of Congress to its highest level on record and left most Americans saying that creating jobs should now take [...]