Interesting searches trending on Horiwood.Com’s search engine today at 11am KiwiTime can be viewed as follows. Here’s From the Hat: Malibu CA little league 1960 -1970 (this image from the club’s website). lady gaga new boyfriend tyler perry american airlines maori books mccaw rugby brandon flowers james stunt john key daniel craig owl in tree [...]
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FROM THE HAT – TRENDING TOPICS ON HORIWOOD.COM SEARCH ENGINE – 9.12.11
Posted: December 8, 2011 in Entertainment Celebrity News0
New Zealand reporters are covering this tragic story today of a tragic shooting on a student campus. In such economic times where youth are volatile, guns and youth (people) aren’t exactly a good combo. They’re also not a good combo, in the age of pharmaceutical drugs addiction either! 9&10 News brings this very sad report: [...]
OF INTEREST TODAY IS IRAN’S NUCLEAR CAPABILITY PROGRAM
Posted: December 8, 2011 in Iran, World PeaceFear is a driver that fuels much of the world’s future leadership plans – and of course, the world’s super power nations.Super power nations are concerned about one thing – the most consumption of the earth’s natural resources, mainly. When it comes to Iran, the interest in this one nation is off the richter scale [...]
BASKETBALL NEWS – BREAKERS 105, GOLD COAST 85
Posted: December 8, 2011 in Asia Pacific, Asia-Pacific, Australia, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, New Zealand, Pero Cameron, South Pacific, Sports, Sports Horiwood, Sports Psychology, Sports Talent Management, The BreakersBasketball News, South Pacific – Asia-Pacific: They were the team that everyone was watching concurrently during the wedding proceedings of the wedding of the year 2011. There’s no stopping the New Zealand breakers basketball potential. News Basketball: Pledger leads the way as Breakers douse Blaze 5:30AM Friday Dec 09, 2011Breakers 106 beat Gold Coast 85. [...]
SAD NEWS – OREGAN STATE BASKETBALLER FRED THOMPSON, DIES AT 20
Posted: December 8, 2011 in basketball, Fred Thompson, Oregon. CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State defensive tackle Fred Thompson died Wednesday night after he collapsed while playing basketball at a campus recreation center. Thompson, just four days shy of his 20th birthday, was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in Corvallis, where he was pronounced dead. Thompson, 6-foot-4 and 317 pounds, was a true freshman [...]
WAITAKERE CITY ELECTION RESULTS – CARMEL SEPULONI AND PAULA BENNETT ARE NECK AND NECK
Posted: December 8, 2011 in Carmel Sepuloni, Leadership, Paula Bennett, Politics, West AucklandWhat do you do, when two really good Kiwi women standing in the same electorate of Waitakere are neck and neck in the count of special votes? You wait and see what happens. Bennett on verge of losing the West Cabinet minister Paula Bennett is on the verge of losing her Waitakere electorate seat. Sources report [...]
OLIVIA WILDE 15th MOST VOTED STAR 2011
Posted: December 8, 2011 in 50 Starz 2011, Action Stars, Actors, America, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Hollywood Entertainment News, Ireland, Olivia WildeOlivia Wilde, The Hollywood beauty who got her start playing in the medical drama House, has been voted the 15th most popular star for 2011. The cheeky post that got Olivia there, was this this one. In Movie star news, Hollywood tabloids and tabloid shows are spinning these headlines about Ms Wilde: Are Olivia Wilde and [...]
BLACK STICKS NEW ZEALAND MEN’S HOCKEY TEAM ARE ON THE RISE
Posted: December 8, 2011 in Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Hollywood Entertainment News, Monaco, New Zealand, Nick Wilson, Owen G Glen, Sports, Sports Horiwood, Sports Psychology, Sports Talent ManagementIn Hockey News: “As if the stunning draw against the Netherlands wasn’t sweet enough for Black Sticks’ forward Nick Wilson, he also had the pleasure of putting one over four of his clubmates. New Zealand’s 3-3 draw against the Netherlands was enough for them to progress alongside the Dutch to the top-four play-offs of [...]
As sent in to post, here’s Mainfreight‘s maps of territories that matter to this company. x ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 8.12.11~
WISE PROVERB OF THE DAY
Posted: December 8, 2011 in Environment, Te Reo Rangatira, Wisdom, Wisdoms BuffetNaku te rourou nau te rourou ka ora ai te iwi With your basket and my basket the people will live (Conserve. Share. Conserve and share with those who conserve – sustainability wisdom). ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 8.12.11~
AROHANUI -PART 2 – MAORI CULTURE STAGE SHOW
Posted: December 8, 2011 in A Different View, Aotearoa New Zealand, Aotearoa Television Service - Hollywood, Aroha, Kapa Haka, Maori, Maori Television Service - Hollywood, New Zealand, South Pacific, South Pacific Television Hollywood, Te Reo Rangatira, TheaterPart Two of the artists bringing you traditional Maori culture, adapted in the form of a stage show, Arohanui, can be viewed above. So creative, unique and awesome! There’s no other culture quite like it. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 8.12.11~
CLINT EASTWOOD GOSSIP REQUESTS – LOL! – 8.12.11
Posted: December 8, 2011 in Clint Eastwood, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Hats, Hollywood Entertainment News, I'm 2 Sexy For My Job!!! Too Sexy for My Life... To Sexy... Of Course!, TrendsOf all the intelligent, weird, always humorous and wonderfully strange requests you get fed everyday when you maintain a website, none made me laugh louder today than this one: “Clint Eastwood girlfriends and wives” Would the cheeky monkey who sent it in, like to expound. Cheers. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aoteaora New Zealand, Polyensia Asia-Pacific. 8.12.11~ [...]
Pearl Harbor: 5 top books on the attack Recommended reading. (Thanks KC for link). ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 8.12.11~
Live Music by Stereo Hearts feat Mr Adam Levine. Ten Songs you’re listening to right now on Horiwood.Com are: 1. Rock Star by Pink 2. Two hits – Kody Nielson & Bic Runga 3. Hollar back – Gwen Stefani 4. Girls Like You – The Naked & Famous 5. Turn Your Lights Down Low – [...]
New York obsesses about Lindsay Lohan’s latest magazine cover for Hugh Hefner. Poor Lindsay Lohan. Ten picks you chose at 5.20pm KiwiTime today are: 1. The Black Eyed Peas in Japan 2. Richie McCaw 3. Janet Frame 4. How to steal a Power Station – Take a Photo 5. Delilah Genoveva Stewart Del Toro 6. [...]
SHOT PUTTER JACKO GILL, 16, COVERS WELLINGTON’S DOM POST NEWSPAPER TODAY
Posted: December 8, 2011 in Athletes, Jacko Gill, New Zealand, Sports, Sports Talent Management, TeenagersFor the life of me, I was confused as to what a 16 year-old teen giant athlete was doing covering the front page of The Dom Post, New Zealand’s Capitol’s local rag, today. Anyway, the opening story goes like this: “Sixteen-tear-old Jacko Gill is proving what can be done through sport’s holy trinity of talent, [...]
3 POEMS – BUTCHERY, CELLOS, FLUTE by JANET FRAME
Posted: December 7, 2011 in Asia Pacific, Asia-Pacific, Cake Art, Janet Frame, Poetry, Pop Cultural Commentary, South PacificAnd The Sound of The Cellos And the sound of the cellos. And the sound of the cellos was heard in all the land. And the faces of the dead were covered with white cloth, with lawn, as of lawn handkerchiefs of olden times, and the olden times came home to the dead, as they [...]
JULIA GILLARD, 16th MOST VOTED STAR 2011
Posted: December 7, 2011 in 50 Starz 2011, Asia Pacific, Asia-Pacific, Australia, Commonwealth, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Hollywood Entertainment News, Leadership, Politics, Tamati Patuwai, Wales, WomenShe came to my attention while living in Hollywood. Who was this redheaded Welsh-born girl with a thick Aussie Union lobby girl’s ocker accent? I do believe that this non-Australian born immigrant rose to the Aussie throne (a privilege that America does not, yet, allow). So, Gillard from the outset was walking on a carpet [...]
JANET FRAME’S A SIMPLE MEMORY OF A POET, A MEMORY SHUFFLED FACE FORWARD
Posted: December 7, 2011 in Art, artist, Asia Pacific, Asia-Pacific, Janet Frame, New Zealand, PoetryWearing my golden secondhand clothes I think of Mary Ellen Blair who was partially blind sitting among the kowhai blossoms. She work dark glasses like eclipses of the moon on the verandah at Tulliallan. Her poems were privately collected on slippery paper that, having no printhold, allowed the words to slide downhill into the ravine [...]
… robs from the poor. Discuss. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 8.12.11~
THE HORIWOOD TOP TEN – 8.12.11
Posted: December 7, 2011 in Angelina Jolie, Asia Pacific, Asia-Pacific, Cake Art, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Hollywood Entertainment News, Horiwood Top 10, Industry Town News, Ireland Baldwin, Lil Wayne, Mother Teresa, Richard Kahui, Robin Li, Western Samoa, World NewsIn looking at today’s news, I think Mother Teresa had a balancing perspective on it all (the real Mother Teresa and her legacy, that is) The Horiwood Top Ten today are: 1. Richard Kahui‘s mystery blonde, rugby awards 2011 2. Angelina Jolie + Japan + Children + Movie Premiere 3. Robin Li of China 4. [...]
GOOGLE’S SNAPSHOT OF THE KIWI BRAIN, MOST SEARCHED ITEMS LIST 2011
Posted: December 7, 2011 in New Zealand, Rugby, TrendsThe most searched for image that defined New Zealand’s year of googling is apparently, Sonny Bill changing his torn shirt during a rugby footie match. Gosh! We’re so predictable in Kiwland. Anyway, Googles List of Most Searched for items in Aotearoa New Zealand for 2011, provide an interesting snapshot at an aspect of the New [...]
AROHANUI MUSICAL THEATER SHOWCASE PUTS MAORI CULTURE ON DISPLAY
Posted: December 7, 2011 in Art, artist, Asia Pacific, Asia-Pacific, Kapa Haka, Maori, Performing Arts, South Pacific, TheaterAnnette Wehi shines in this stage production of Arohanui. Take a look at the wonders of traditional Maori theater, adapted to the stage. Totally otherworldy! ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 7.12.11~
PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES BRIBERY STORIES – A TREND?
Posted: December 7, 2011 in Pharmaceutical Companies, Politics, TrendsA request: Can you write more stories like this one? “THE STATE OF SHOCK TREATMENT, BASKETBALL BRIBING DRUG COMPANY BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CO, LA TIMES – SUNDAY MARCH 20, 2011″ (Well… I can’t do it all! :) ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 7.12.11~
THE HORIWOOD TOP TEN – WEDNESDAY 7.12.11
Posted: December 7, 2011 in Entertainment Celebrity News, Horiwood Top 10, Hollywood Entertainment News, World News, Russia, Entertainment News, Taranaki, Hilary Swank, Entertainment Distribution, Mountain Climbing, Mountains, Asia Pacific, Asia-PacificMaunga Taranaki – at the summit – in New Zealand. To get there click here. To be there, jet here. The Horiwood Top Ten today are: 1. Billionaire Philanthropist Christopher Chandler 2. Lady Gaga – Portrait of an Inequality Distraction 3. Poet – Hone Tuwhare 4. Aung San Suu Kyi meets Hillary Clinton 5. Angelina [...]
REIGN AGAIN by HONE TUWHARE
Posted: December 7, 2011 in Aotearoa New Zealand, Hone Tuwhare, Kool Kiwis, Maori, New Zealand, PoetryNeither juggernaut man nor crawling thing can bring a mountain weeping to its knees quicker than rain that demure leveller ocean-blessed cloud-sent maker of plains. ~for James. Poetry by Hone Tuwhare, Piggy Back Moon, Te Mata Estate Poet Laureate ’02. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 7.12.11~
EXREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE @3.20pm KIWITIME – TEN PEOPLE PICKS
Posted: December 7, 2011 in 10 Hot Posts Right Now, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Eric Roth, Hollywood Entertainment News, James Blake, Jonathan Safran Foer, Max Von Sydow, Movie News, Movie Trailers, Sandra Bullock, Stephen Daldry, Thomas Horn, Tom HanksDeadline Hollywood shares Hot Trailer: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close: “New trailer for director Stephen Daldry and screenwriter Eric Roth’s adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel reveals a bit more of Tom Hanks, Thomas Horn, Sandra Bullock and Max Von Sydow. The Warner Bros movie opens in limited release Christmas Day and expands January 20.” [...]
SIR PETER BLAKES SPIRIT LIVES ON – PIPPA BLAKE EXPLAINS HOW
Posted: December 7, 2011 in James Blake, Pippa Blake, Sir Peter Blake, YachtingNatasha Burling of NewsTalkZB reports: “Pippa Blake thinks her husband would approve of a new venture set up in his name. It’s 10 years since America’s Cup legend and Kiwi yachtsman and leader, Sir Peter Blake was killed by pirates in Brazil. To mark the anniversary, the Sir Peter Blake Trust has announced that 30 [...]
