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TE RERENGA WAIRUA

Posted: November 25, 2011 in New Zealand, Northland, Te Tai Tokerau

Te Rerenga Wairua, Te Taitokerau Northland, North Island, Aotearoa New Zealand. The wiriwiri of timeless sacred waters, ripple with sunlit beauty. –Jet here, to visit. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 25.11.11~

It’s the day before a New Zealand election. As every Kiwi 18+ should get out and cast a vote towards the future you best see New Zealand having, I guess it’s time to get LOUD. For your community, go with what you feel! Here’s Mr Stan Walker, New Zealand’s Australian Idol. Todays poetic words are: [...]

All we have is words–writer, Samuel Beckett. The internet is always about technology put to use by a team effort. Samuel Barclay Beckett (13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) is loved all over the world as an Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director, and poet. He penned in the English and French languages. The [...]

Check your frequencies New Zealand. :) It was the combination of Polynesian-Kiwi boy band, Nesian Mystik (who have a Hawaii friendly pop-sound, authentically created from the hood of Grey Lyn, Auckland), combined with Sonny Bill Williams of the New Zealand All Blacks rugby football team that gave these lads the 35th most voted spot on our [...]

[Sienna Miller arrives to testify at the Leveson inquiry at the Royal Courts of Justice in central London. Photo / AP] Fame is a catch-22. If you don’t have it, no one goes to buy your books or watch your movies. You also don’t win elections or bank your millions. However, when peoples hones are [...]

I like Erakah. I met her briefly when Joe performed in Auckland City and Erakah was his opening act. The Fiji-born Kiwi and r n’ b music artist also doubles as South Pacific music superstar, Stan Walker‘s back up vocalist sometimes. She’s winner! Here’s Infatuation by Erakah. Recently Erakah shaved her head for CanTeen (Teen [...]

Days after getting dumped by the Denver Broncos, Kyle Orton has signed with the Kansas City Chiefs. It has been a roller coaster week of football reshuffling for Orton. The Washington Post/ AP reports: “ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Kyle Orton’s departure now includes a return trip to Denver. A day after the Broncos waived their former [...]

On the 6th April 1983, rugby football star, Jerome Kaino was born in Western Samoa. He began a football career playing the code of rugby league football. At the age of 21, he was rewarded by being named the IRB’s International Under-21 player of the year. This year, the team Jerome now plays for, the [...]

I always know when the stock markets suck, or when America is staging yet another war with a Mid-East country to line up some more oil… because everyone reads this blog more then they would. The goal on such days, seems to be, to pick the most random eclectic posts. Here’s a view of that [...]

Staying fit in a competitive world – Girls Who Are Prepared To Box trends ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific.

JEWELERS DIAMONDS

Posted: November 24, 2011 in Diamonds, Jewellry, Jewelry

Jewelers Diamonds. Click above. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 24.11.11~

Clocking in at no.37 as this years most voted stars is the Jolie-Pitt family. We all know their names. There’s Brad, Angelina, Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh and twins Vivian and Knox. Their lives are about travel (the world as a text book of learning), Hollywood movies, exotic locations, humanitarian projects on a large scale, the [...]

Mr David Dallas -Have ya heard him yet? ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 24.11.11~

MILFORD SOUNDS NEW ZEALAND

Posted: November 24, 2011 in Milford Sounds, Mountains

Don’t hate us because we’re beautiful–Milford Sounds, New Zealand. To jet there, click here. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 24.11.11~

If You Wanna Save The World … Be A Banker? Will Crouch makes the case: First, as a banker, you could earn well over £6million.  By donating 50% of those earnings, you could pay for several charity workers. So you’d do several times as much good than if you were a charity worker yourself.  Read On [...]

Face Of The Day: An Egyptian protester protects his face and head from tear gas during clashes with riot police along a road which leads to the Interior Ministry, near Tahrir Square, in Cairo on November 23, 2011. Several thousand Egyptians rallied in Tahrir Square demanding an end to military rule. By Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images. [...]

Today I was told “Did you know that employment recruiting agencies are getting a lot of requests from people from Chili and Argentina, to find employment in New Zealand.” Then, “As a Maori, how do you feel about that?” I think: “Let’s teach people from Chili and Argentina the Treaty of Waitangi then and what [...]

People I admire who are community-minded, would have to be people like the team at the Salvation Army. Teenagers and families in communities are on their mind 24-7. In these times where the greed of a few is like rust, that never sleeps – you have to respect what The Salvation Army do. They’re about [...]

What doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger–November, 2011. In the science of life, always think divine, then have the courage to experiment to save the world–November 2011 Today Horiwood.Com has reached the 4.3 million summit. Once, an American from California who married a Kiwi from Christchurch, emailed me and said “why don’t you start a [...]

Music – beautiful Artist Maisey Rika. Featuring the scenic beauty of the Ngati Whatua o Kaipara rohe of Piha Surf Beach. Artsy gratitude seems to be the vibe of the day. The Horiwood Top Ten today are: 1. Are Sikorsky rescue helicopters too high maintenance? 2. Richard Kahui 45th most voted star 2011 3. Gratitude [...]

“Building the Books” are buzzwords heard during an election campaign. Go here to see one artists view on how that is being done. Like real estate all hanging on thin wires. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 24.11.11~

Once upon a time, a young African-American music artist, broke boundaries as an artist. She was asked to perform for Nelson Mandela‘s at a concert. Her song was once a US pop anthem, that reminded the American people how important children are. Here’s that one-out-of-the-box, vintage pop performance from Whitney Houston. Happy Turkey Day, USA! [...]

In the debate (or interviews) last night with two politicians of New Zealand’s main 2 parties it came up that in the last 3 years the youth unemployment rate has increased by 700%. That was 700%. Okay, 700%. Clearly, young people have not been thought about enough in global politics or economic ‘restructuring’ exercises. This [...]

So, two turkeys get pardoned at the White House for Thanksgiving. Here’s this years and last years turkey pardoning ceremonies. This year’s turkeys are called Liberty & Peace. lol! Thanksgiving Stories – Holiday Cheat Sheet: Food & Football.; Thanksgiving travel rush is under way across US; Thanksgiving goes gourmet with high-end turkeys; Thanksgiving FAILS (PHOTOS/VIDEO); [...]

It was the photo of Israel Dagg playing in the snow after his team‘s Rugby World Cup win of 2011, that propelled Israel Dagg‘s already strong athletic performance on the rugby field into a new league of international headlines. Photo caption – Sulekha. Photo AP: New Zealand All Blacks Cory Jane and Israel Dagg, right, [...]

November 22, 2011 / 8 Comment .View the Gallery / 13 Photos » There’s something about families who do business together, play together, star together.In New Zealand, we call this aesthetic the art of whakawhanaungatanga. In America, the Kardashians do this art of family, ‘the best’ via the reality TV genre of entertainment. On that note, [...]

Looking at our top ten today, you’d never know that New Zealand was days away from a general election (nobody really cares!); that Egypt’s people are in revolt against a temporary military governance model, that Syria’s leader is being an Adolph diva, that America doesn’t want China to be as best buddies with Australia as [...]

It’s hard to believe that journalist, author, mother and Kiwi personality Kerre Woodham was voted the 40th most popular star of 2011 on Horiwood.Com, but Kerre was. I admire many Kiwi journalists like, Paul Holmes, Hilary Barry, Brian Edwards, Yvonne Tahana, Julian Wilcox, Miriama Kamo, Guyon Espiner, Tini Molyneux, Judy Bailey, Tapu Misa, Nadine Chalmers-Ross to [...]

Journalist Deborah Coddington recently went for dinner to the Wellington home of Tariana Turia. Here’s what she observed. “Born in 1944, Tariana Turia has already announced this will be her last parliamentary term. She’ll be 70 when she leaves. Before Tariana entered Parliament as a list MP for Labour in 1996, she was already active [...]