In no particular order, here’s what New Zealand readers are reading as news today, for a bit of variety: Scientists crack genetic code of the Black Death Rena oil spill: Oil drifting to Motiti Island, Papamoa Beach Fall from grace complete for pharmacist Another Northland child contracts killer bug No jobs [...]
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NEWS BITES NEW ZEALANDERS ARE READING – 13.10.11
Posted: October 13, 2011 in Kaikohe, Northland, Pharmaceutical Companies, Quade Cooper0
BIOPHILIA – BJORK’S NEW ALBUM APP
Posted: October 13, 2011 in Bjork, Iceland, Music Industry News, Music VideosBjork‘s new album has everyone talking in the music world. Above is a clip segment of Virus of Bjork’s App. According to MacOn.Com: “ That’s the central question of Bjork’s latest effort, “Biophilia,” an intriguing work conceived and partly executed on and for Apple’s iPad and iPhone. The critically acclaimed Icelandic polymath, along with a [...]
KELLY DAVIS WRITES OF KELVIN DAVIS POLITICAL JOURNEY – EDUCATION NATION STAR
Posted: October 13, 2011 in Education, Kaitaia, Kelly Davis, Kelvin Davis, New Zealand, Northland, Politics, Te Tai TokerauThe thing about living in New Zealand, is that 12 year-olds can write better than many adults – me, included. It just goes to show how hard school teachers work in New Zealand in education. They’re pretty amazing people to produce young people that read and write so well. Kelly Davis is one such kid. Here Kelly writes [...]
BIC RUNGA FILMS ON MURIWAI BEACH AND PORT WAIKATO FOR NEW ALBUM, BELL
Posted: October 13, 2011 in Bic RungaExciting news for Bic Runga fans. Bics new music video for the album Bell, features the Kiwi folk-pop princess, filming on the beaches of Muriwai and Port Waikato. Album Coming Soon. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 13.10.11~
TWITTER PICK – MONROVIA LIBERIA APOLOGIZE TO TAURANGA
Posted: October 13, 2011 in Liberia, Shipping, Tauranganzheraldnzherald – The #Rena‘s owners have apologised to the people of Tauranga: http://nzh.tw/10758786 19 hours ago ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 13.10.11~
LARRY O’DONNELL AS AN UNDERCOVER BOSS IN WASTE MANAGEMENT SHINES
Posted: October 13, 2011 in America, Business Watch, Chris O'Donnell, Leadership, Reality TV Stars, Recovery, RecyclingWatching a segment of Oprah today, I couldn’t help notice that Larry O’Donnell – also known as the Undercover Boss – was showcased for being Wastcare Management’s CEO who went undercover to see what his employees do for a job. Larry signed on as a trainee. What he discovered was amazing. He learned his workers [...]
PHOTO OF THE DAY – HAMBURGER PATTIES LITTER THE BEACH WITHIN A BLACK WAVE WASTAGE CRISES
Posted: October 13, 2011 in Environment, Shipping, TaurangaIn this Getty Images – photo pick of the day: “TAURANGA, NEW ZEALAND – OCTOBER 13: local resident comes to look at a washed up container from the Rena with part cooked hamburgers littering the beach on October 13, 2011 in Tauranga, New Zealand. Up to 350 tonnes of oil has spilled from the ‘Rena’ [...]
SHIPPING POLITICS by GRAEME HART MARKETING A YACHT SALE
Posted: October 13, 2011 in America, Billionaires, Graeme Hart, Homer, Literary, New Zealand, New Zealand land sales, Shipping, YachtingHe is the man who sold 34,000 hectares of Central Plateau land in New Zealand, with a pine tree fringe on it to fit a “forrestry sales” tag, to Saudi Arabia, Denmark and Liechenstein interests. With some of the money, he entered into the freight packaging arena, particularly majoring in plastic bottles packaging for Coca-Cola. His [...]
BROOKE FRASER, LIVE PERFORMANCE – BEI RADIO HAMBURG
Posted: October 12, 2011 in Brooke Fraser, Folk Music, GermanyRight now I’m listening to a live performance of folksy pop singer, Brooke Fraser, performing on bei Radio Hamburg. It’s certainly a change for enduring TV commercials whistling the hokey tokey theme song on NZ telly! Press play to hear Brooke. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific.
Plot to kill Saudi ambassador thwarted ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 12.10.11~
SIMON POWER WOULD MAKE A GOOD PRIME MINISTER – HE JUST WANTS TO CARE FOR THE RICH
Posted: October 12, 2011 in Banking System Flows, Humor, Politics, Simon PowerHe’s leaving New Zealand Parliament to work for an Australian company. Photo via Michael Craig. Simon Power has left Parliament and is no longer a politician. His one crime, was that he overachieved and wanted to turn New Zealand into a reality TV spy show, where the police were producing his government’s version of a [...]
THE NAUGHTY TODDS GET OILY IN THE KAIPARA HARBOUR
Posted: October 12, 2011 in Billionaires, Environment, Ngati Whatua, Ngati Whatua o Kaipara, oil, The ToddsThe Todd family, who are billionaires are throwing money at political parties election campaigns in New Zealand. In particular, The Greens and The Mana party have both turned down the billionaire corporation’s cash, simply because Todd Energy has extensive involvement in gas and oil mining. The Todds also have their lusty eyes cast across the [...]
TWITTER TIME – KOREAN POP STAR RAIN, JOINS THE ARMY
Posted: October 12, 2011 in Korea, Military, South Korea, TwitterOnce upon a time in the USA, Elvis was compulsorarily conscripted into the USA army. It looks like Korea is ripping a page out of the USA’s marketing book: This via Time Magazine on Twitter: TIMETIME.com OMG! Korean pop star Rain is joining the army | http://ti.me/ouggFW (via @TIMENewsFeed) 19 hours ago ~Posted [...]
COUSIN RAEWYN VISITS TOWN FROM TAURANGA
Posted: October 12, 2011 in Bradley James, Diane, Morocco, New Zealand, Raewyn, Smile Club, Tauranga, WhanauCousin Raewyn – one of the most loving cousins ever, visited Auckland from Tauranga recently. We had a surprise 65th Birthday for Raewyn (pictured right with her best friend, Diane) at her brother Willbur’s place. Raewyn tells me, that she’s retiring from the business of importing phosphate from Morocco, so that farmers in New Zealand [...]
These are the two issues, Kiwis are thinking. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 12.10.11~
TE RAPPER NEWS – BET’s HIP HOP AWARD WINNERS 2011
Posted: October 12, 2011 in Busta Rhymes, Chris Brown, Hip Hop CommunityPress play on picture to watch Chris Brown & Busta Rhymes with Look at Me Now. They’re not The Grammys, yet BET has announced their hip hop musics awards.Hip hop music has that rare market presence of being the no.1 selling music on the planet. Asia, India love hip hop beats. According to The BoomBox, [...]
A WORD FOR EGYPT’S COPTIC CHRISTIANS BEING PERSECUTED
Posted: October 12, 2011 in Arabic, Coptic Christians, Egypt, Human Rights, Parachute Band, Te Reo RangatiraMusic: Glorified by The Parachute band. Nga Kupu Aroha: 91 1الْمُحْتَمِي بِقُدْسِ أَقْدَاسِ الْعَلِيِّ، فِي ظِلِّ الْقَدِيرِ يَبِيتُ، 2أَقُولُ لِلرَّبِّ: أَنْتَ مَلْجَإِي وَحِصْنِي، إِلَهِي الَّذِي بِهِ وَثِقْتُ 3لأَنَّهُ يُنْقِذُكَ حَقّاً مِنْ فَخِّ الصَّيَّادِ وَمِنَ الْوَبَاءِ الْمُهْلِكِ. 4بِرِيشِهِ النَّاعِمِ يُظَلِّلُكَ، وَتَحْتَ أَجْنِحَتِهِ تَحْتَمِي، فَتَكُونُ لَكَ وُعُودُهُ الأَمِينَةُ تُرْساً وَمِتْرَاساً، 5فَلاَ تَخَافُ مِنْ هَوْلِ اللَّيْلِ وَلاَ [...]
BOBBY, JOSEPH, PATU HAWKE AND AWA HUDSON AND MOM – TUKUTUKU PANEL LIVES OF LOVE – ORAKEI MARAE – TAMAKI MAKAURAU – 11.10.11
Posted: October 12, 2011 in A Different View, Alice Pihama, Aotearoa New Zealand, Apartheid, Aroha, Art, Art Galleries, artist, Awa Hudson, Combating Racism, Combatting Racism, Community, Compassion, Cross-Cultural Narratives, Democracy, Iwi Biz Partners, Joseph Hawke, Justice, Kool Kiwis, Leadership, Maori, Mom, New Zealand, Ngati Whatua, Ngati Whatua o Kaipara, Ngati Whatua o Orakei, Police - New Zealand, Police Corruption, Politics, Rangatahi, Rangitoto, Robert Muldoon, Spirit, Tamaki Makaurau, Te Arawa, Tino Rangatiratanga, Tui of Helensville, Tukutuku panel, World History, World News, World Peace, WrestlingSurrounded by friends at Orakei Marae, Joseph Hawke stood to speak, while his sibling Patu and cousin Bobby and distant cousins from Helensville marae, Awa Hudson and my mom, watched on. We had gathered at Orakei to celebrate Alice Ringa-Poto Rakena Pihama‘s colorful life, as an artist who wove tukutuku panels, that sold out at [...]
PAPAMOA’S OIL TIDES MANAGEMENT – LIKE A BLACK WAVE OF SLOW COMPLIANCE ALLIANCES
Posted: October 12, 2011 in Environment, Governance, New Zealand, oil, ShippingToday’s Kiwi news big story had every newspaper being sold out. Not only did the NZ Herald get nicked, from the letter box this morning (a rare thing to occur), but after three stores had sold out, a copy of the paper, could be found at Countdown Supermarket. The story everyone’s reading is this: Rena oil spill: crack seen [...]
WHY WE LIE – BLOGGER, MARTIN BRADBURY’S CENSORSHIP FROM RADIO WAVES
Posted: October 12, 2011 in Bloggers, Bomber, Censorship, Democracy, Greed, Helensville, Humor, Martin Bradbury, Security IndustriesLying – We lie, because we want our own way so much, that we don’t want to share truth with others. Truth is the evidence of Democracy, the hope of justice, the gracious hand of fairness on any dark hidden matter or series of hidden matters. If you look at the history of true leaders [...]
BILLBOARDS WOMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD 2011 – GOES TO TAYLOR SWIFT
Posted: October 12, 2011 in Country Music, Music Industry News, Taylor SwiftI know she’s not Precious Clarke, but rumor has it via The Hollywood Reporter that “Taylor Swift, the four-time Grammy winner and biggest selling albums artist in any genre for the past 12 months, has been chosen to receive the coveted Woman of the Year Award at the 2011 Billboard Women in Music event [...]
SHARON HAWKE LOOKS WELL WITH SMILES OF THE UNTOLD STORY
Posted: October 12, 2011 in Auckland City, Bastion Point, Democracy, Discernment, Ngati Whatua, Ngati Whatua o Kaipara, Ngati Whatua o Orakei, Sharon Hawke, Surveillance, Tamaki Makaurau[Video footage - news reel coverage - Bastion Point archives] I got to see Sharon Hawke yesterday. The wahine toa, who wielded camera eyed childhood memories of dictator led police brutality and racist exclusion from our peoples struggles at Orakei. Ngati Whatua endured land and asset confiscations and endured homelessness after police razed their homes [...]
FROM CHRISTCHURCH TO OIL SPILLAGE CLEAN UP – BRADLEY JAMES IS HEADING TO TAURANGA
Posted: October 10, 2011 in Bradley James, Environment, New Zealand Army, Ngapuhi, Ngati Tumatauenga, Ngati Whatua, Tauranga, Te Whanau-a-Apanui, The Yoots, Uncle Bert Eruera Sr.Bradley James, soldier in the New Zealand army, is now relieved of duties in Christchurch’s clean up and rebuild efforts and is now heading to Tauranga, Mt Maunganui to help clean up an oil spillage spectacle in between Tauranga’s coastline and Motiti Island the famed habitat of the rare tuatara. Brad’s plane tickets North, to the [...]
OUR AMPHIBIOUS ARMY – ALREADY HAS IT’S HAND OUT
Posted: October 10, 2011 in New Zealand, New Zealand ArmyI was going to get a photo opportunity at the Diwali festival of lights. Afterwards, I was going to open up a brand new account at bank of india in recognition that India, alongwith Australia supply all of the banking software to do all of the money flow systems via banks in New Zealand… but [...]
Countdown by Beyonce. What’s happening in your supermarket trolley, 2050? ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 10.10.11~
MILES OF SHINING SAND – ALISTAIR CAMPBELL WITH SAM HUNT – POETRY
Posted: October 10, 2011 in Alistair Campbell, Art, Cooks Islands, New Zealand, Poetry, Sam Hunt, South PacificThe spiders spread their nets and catch the sun, and by my foot in the dry grass ants rebuild a broken city. Butterflies pair in the wind, and the yellow bee, his holsters packed with bread, rides the blue air like a drunken cowboy. More and more I find myself talking to the sea. I [...]
SHIPPING HEIR NANCY SHEVELL AND PAUL McCARTNEY TIE THE KNOT
Posted: October 10, 2011 in Nancy Shevell, Sir Paul McCartneyNancy Shevell, shipping heiress tied the knot at a registry office in the UK, with Sir Paul McCartney. You just can’t keep an old dog, on the porch, can ya really?! :) For footage, click on pic. News Source – Herald Sun. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia Pacific. 10.10.11~
INSCRIPTION by JAMES K. BAXTER – TE WHITI-O-RONGOMAI
Posted: October 10, 2011 in Art, artist, James K Baxter, Maori, Poetry, Taranaki, Te Atiawa, Te Whiti, Te Whiti-o-Rongomai, W. F. R. GordonWithin that land there is a range And on that range there is a cone, And on that cone there is a rock, And on that rock there is a cave, And in that cave there is a stone, And on that stone I carved a name, And the cut letters will remain At length [...]
