In scare mongering industry news, holding top billing on The Huffington Post website (the one I’m reading in NZ anyways) is this news story today: SUPER SECRET Super Congress Defends Holding Closed-Door Meetings One must ask: Are you scared yet? Is your curiosity peaked? Etc. Other insane headlines on the America Online [...]
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ARE YOU SCARED YET? “TOP SECRET” MEETINGS HELD IN WASHINGTON, US HEADLINES AMUSING AMERICA TODAY – 20.10.11
Posted: October 19, 2011 in America, Humor, News0
REGINA JETS TO AUSSIE
Posted: October 19, 2011 in Australia, Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Elizabeth II, UKR (Queen Elizabeth II) has jetted to Oz. Go here for The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh’s latest haps. Photo via Getty Images. Some say, this could be the Queen’s last trip. She looks remarkably in good nick at 85. What a trooper. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 20.10.11~
NAUGHTY BY NATURE CONCERT, AUCKLAND CITY – 19.10.11
Posted: October 19, 2011 in Auckland City, Hip Hop Community, Music Industry News, Naughty By NatureI must be getting ancient in the hori tooth. Last night at the Naughty By Nature concert in Auckland City, I thoroughly enjoyed the local hip hop artists. The crowd were awesome. A whole room full of Kiwis of all races, just getting down to cool Auckland hip hop music and vibing off a groovy [...]
DEREK CHENG GETS A QUIRCKE STORYLINE – ANDREW LITTLE’S CONTROVERSIAL “GUN” SOLUTION TO THE “OCCUPY” MOVEMENT
Posted: October 19, 2011 in Andrew Little, Auckland CityWell, Susan Sarandon isn’t the only person in hot water today, after controversial remarks made in Hollywood about the former Pope and something about the Nazi Youth Movement in the late Pope’s childhood years, this week in California. Susan was shocker! According to Derek Cheng‘s reporting, former Labour President Andrew Little and an ex-MP, ex-Mayor of Auckland, Christine Fletcher [...]
WHEN I GROW UP, PART 7
Posted: October 19, 2011 in Cartoons, Emmerson, Pop Art, Pop Cultural CommentaryDear God, I pray that New Zealand’s Prime Ministers? will persuade Emmerson to draw them a happier cartoon. Or Emmerson will draw one of The Williams Rugby Brothers joint rugby press conference, instead. Far more entertaining. [Artist - Emmerson responds to Moody's NZ economic downgrade. Thanks. Cartoon art of Maui via Wiki.] Kiwis actually care more about our [...]
Chur! ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 19.10.11~
At the moment in New Zealand we have 300,000 children going to school each day, without breakfast or lunch in the stomach. This story from China, reminds me a little, of these 300,000 Kiwi kids, plight: News Video of ignored dying toddler shocks China 12:28PM Tuesday Oct 18, 2011 By Herald Online staff … two-year-old [...]
CHRISTCHURCH’S REBUILD PLANS UPDATE – 19.10.11
Posted: October 19, 2011 in Christchurch, OrnithologyThere’s good architectural blueprints and then there’s… well… bad ones… or one’s showing a lot of room for improvement. Christchurch rebuild plans ‘unrealistic’ – A Californian scientist has warned that future buildings erected across New Zealand will never be earthquake-proof…To see Manukura, the rare All-White Kiwi… go here. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia [...]
THE WILLIAMS BROTHERS DO PRESS – ALI, SONNY BILL WITH STEPHEN McDONALD
Posted: October 19, 2011 in Ali Williams, HumorIt’s just a game… I know. However, rugby football interviews got quite inneresting today. You would have sworn you were watching a tennis doubles match interview, instead. Yesterday we had the Smith & Smith rugby interview show. Today we have the Williams et Williams show. “Sonny Bill Williams and Ali Williams acted as each [...]
My Maori momma brought me up to say karakia for leaders in authority. My Pakeha dad did too. As it feels like such a mission these days to do that, I’ll tackle that one, tonight. In the meantime here’s Emerson’s view on preying, not, praying. As hard as I tried, I never did get my [...]
Man Up gets its first TV reviews. According to The FresnoBeehive website: “Man Up!, 8;30 KFSN (Channel 30.1): Tim Allen has made a career out of showing how silly and juvenile men can act. He did that in “Home Improvement” and continues it with his new series, “Last Man Standing.” It makes sense the [...]
USA’S WAGE EARNING POVERTY DIVIDE
Posted: October 19, 2011 in America, Economy, Employment, New ZealandThe Washington Post reports that last year the top 1 percent had a minimum income of $516,633. By contrast the bottom 20 percent earned a maximum of only $16,961. Berloody awful! In USA’s last census, there were 3 million Americans missing than originally expected heading into the census. In New Zealand, we’re in election time. [...]
Ko nga raorao katoa ka whakarewaina ake, ko nga maunga katoa me nga pukepuke, ka whakapapakutia iho: ko nga wahi kopikopiko ka meinga kia tika, ko nga wahi taratara kia papatairite.–Kia Kaha! :) ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 19.10.11~
NGAI TE RANGI AND NGATI AWA SHINE ON COASTAL MANAGEMENT
Posted: October 19, 2011 in Iwi Biz Partners, Ngai Te Rangi, Ngati Awa, Scotty Morrison, Tauranga, World NewsThe Kiwis we’re most inspired by this week, are rugby great Zinzan Brooke and his whanau on a return visit home to New Zealand. We’re also a bit taken by Elizabeth Marvelly, the singer from Rotorua. And, the people managing the coastlines – like Ngati Awa and Ngai Te Rangi Iwi are freaking awesome. They put [...]
1% v 99% OF US – THE TEN TOP JOBS OF THE POOR RICHEST CITIZENS ON EARTH
Posted: October 18, 2011 in America, Employment, Inequality, Jon Stewart, oil, Politics, World NewsIf you’d asked me what the top jobs are today in the world, I would have to say oil barons, people in shipping, wastecare management, pharmaceuticals, minerals trading and precious metals (that includes IT companies) and security industries electronics people and weapons traders are the richest people at the moment in the world. Bankers maybe. [...]
400,000 immigrants in the US will not pledge allegiance to the American flag. Comments (2,529) | Latino Politics ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 19.10.11~
CANADA NEWS – FAUJA SINGH FINISHES HIS MARATHON
Posted: October 18, 2011 in Canada, Fauja Singh, Health & Beauty, Health Care, Marathon Running, Sports, Sports Horiwood, Sports PsychologyFauja Singh, 100, center, celebrates at the finish line after completing the Toronto Waterfront Marathon in Toronto on Sunday. I wonder if he takes fish oil tablets every day. That’s incredible. For a story that defies all odds, read up, here. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 19.10.11~
THE HORIWOOD TOP TEN – EDEN BROOKE MAKES HER DEBUT – 19.10.11
Posted: October 18, 2011 in Ali Brooke, Babies, Eden Brooke, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Family Vs Fame, Hollywood Entertainment News, Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Kool Kiwis, Leadership, Maori, Ngapuhi, Rugby, Rugby World Cup, Sports, Sports Horiwood, Sports Talent Management, Zinzan BrookeHoriwood’s Top Ten Today (it takes too long, too wait for this weekend’s rugby decider results) are: 1. Best Kiwi “Sir” – Zinzan Brooke: This is Your Life TV Show 2. Home page - 3. Olivia Wilde leaves nothing to the imagination 4. Jerome Kaino just is 5. Country hotties stay in shape 6. From Hollywood – 10 Rugby Football Stars – [...]
SIR FRED ALLEN REFLECTS ON A NATION’S RUGBY HEART – 19.10.11
Posted: October 18, 2011 in Grey Power, Sir Fred AllenGuest Commentary – James Lawton: “In formal competition there would be around 4.4 million contenders, most of them daubed in some form of war paint. So we have to be fairly arbitrary about the identity of New Zealand’s most passionate – and substantial – rugby fan. The nomination here is Fred Allen – or to [...]
NEW ZEALAND POLICE WANT MORE TOYS, INCLUDING A GUN ON EVERY HIP – WISE OR NOT?
Posted: October 18, 2011 in Police - New Zealand, Pussycat DollsA story that is conflicting for any Kiwi to read is that the New Zealand Police want to have guns now. They also want heaps of other toys in a culture where judges decided that Police attitudes of late, have been like a “Gimme, Gimme, More” Britney Spears song from her Blackout album days, rather [...]
CHRIS DOIG IS REMEMBERED IN CHRISTCHURCH TODAY
Posted: October 18, 2011 in Cancer Awareness, Chris Doig, Christchurch, CricketChristchurch City will remember Chris Doig‘s amazing legacy for sport and people today. Doig was a man who died too young from cancer. Here’s an important link. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 19.10.11~
THOUGHT FOR TODAY – HEALTHY KIWI BONES ARE US
Posted: October 18, 2011 in Aaron Cruden, Rugby, Spirit, Te Reo RangatiraKo nga kupu matareka ano kei te honikoma, he reka ki te wairua, he rongoa ki nga wheua. Pleasant words are as a honeycomb: sweet to the soul and health to the bones. [Photo via B.P] ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 19.10.11~
ISRAEL GILA SHALIT AND PALESTINE’S PRISONERS OF WAR, WILL BE HOME IN TIME FOR ROSH
Posted: October 18, 2011 in Gila Shalit, Israel, Palestine, World News, World PeaceI was feeling really sorry for Julia Gillard‘s polling results recently in the Ozzie news, when another story caught my attention. In one of the most moving stories seen on the news over the past few days – Israel and Palestine agreed to exchange prisoners of war. One Israeli lad will be home in time [...]
SUSAN SARANDON TALKS THE POPE’S SUBSCRIPTION INTO NAZI YOUTH!
Posted: October 18, 2011 in Susan Sarandon“Joseph Ratzinger (the pope) was conscripted into the Nazi Youth the way every other 14-year-old German boy was at the time. Unlike most others, he not only refused to go to the compulsory meetings — he actually deserted the Hitler Youth! Which is precisely why Jews today regard him as a friend, not as an [...]
HOPPIN JOHN – A SOUTHERN CLASSIC DISH
Posted: October 18, 2011 in Health & Beauty, Paula Dean, What's Cooking in Your Kitchen for The World?For a Hoppin John recipe created for Rosh Hashana by Chef Stuart Davis, go here. Thanks Stuart.Or read here, as well: Hoppin’ John 1 lb. kosher sausage (can be substituted with kielbasa or beef fry) 1 small onion, chopped ½ green pepper, chopped ½ red pepper, chopped 1 celery stalk, chopped 1 can black-eyed peas, [...]
GINETTE McDONALD’S “DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH” ADVICE IS A RIOT
Posted: October 18, 2011 in Comedians, Ginette McDonalds, Humor, Kool Kiwis, Talent ManagementFunniest TV – Ginette McDonald giving advice to Kiwis on romance, in her story on dating a “diamond in the rough.” Scandalous TV. Naturally! [Photo via Celebrity Speakers] ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 18.10.11~
MIRIAMA KAMO LIKES BHUTAN’S FOCUS ON HAPPINESS
Posted: October 18, 2011 in Bhutan, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment News, Jetsun Pema, Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck, World NewsNews buff, Miriama Kamo, promo-ed the Happiness-ecomony of Bhutan recently in a news bulletin. The story was all about rethinking the world outside of stuff acquistion and putting an emphasise more on people and their wellbeing. Here’s a clip of that via CNN. [Photo credit - Kevin Freyer- CBS - King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck, second [...]
BASICS – HEALTH. SAFE HOUSING. EDUCATION. WATER. FUEL. FOOD. EMPLOYMENT – USA NEEDS OUR LOVE – 18.10.11
Posted: October 18, 2011 in America, Greed, InequalityJust one more reason why America’s most wealthiest people, need to share more. Thousands expected at free health care clinic in Los Angeles These stories make any reader ask – what does America want? Actually need? In order to return to a nation that’s fair, just and sustainably attractive again? Come on USA! ~Posted [...]
