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BIRD IN A HOLLYWOOD TREE – PART III

01 Apr

As I write from Hollywood in this moment in time, a plane flies overhead.

I am reminded of a song in the Maori language of the Tuwharetoa and Ngati Maniapoto Maori tribes of Aotearoa New Zealand. It’s about a bird singing. Here’s the lyrics in Te Reo Rangatira, the language of Chiefs.

Ko te putake o tenei karanga kia koe E tuku aroha kia koe e taku whaiaipo e Kia ora nei koe kiki pio kiki pio pio pio pio Ano ra ko te kete tui.

You said you wouldn’t take the blame if I said goodbye. When I told you all my reasons then you started to cry

Chorus: I’d like to be like a bird whistling in the tree. All I’d like to be is like a bird singing in the trees.

You said you would always love me and would always be true.

Though you tried to make it happen I didn’t know what to do.

There’s a dark and empty space which lies so deep inside.

Presses down upon my spirit and I started to cry.

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Thanks Tuwharetoa and Ngati Maniapoto for the shared culture and strength. “Kia Kaha. Stay Strong.” Kia mau koe ki to mana whenua, mana moana, mana tangata, Mana Wairua a Te Atua o Nga Taangata tika tonu a Aotearoa me ona hoa tika, mo ake tonu.

For the children and great grandchildren of these tribes in the central North Island of Aotearoa New Zealand, I wept today.

~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 3.31.11~

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Posted by horiwood on April 1, 2011 in A Different View, Aotearoa New Zealand, Maori, New Zealand, Ngati Maniapoto, Ngati Tuwharetoa, Song Lyrics, Song Writers, Te Reo Rangatira, Wael Ghonim, Wairua

THE HORIWOOD TOP TEN – WED 3.23.1

24 Mar

Today was a sad day in Hollywood. My late grandmother Elizabeth Cruickshank‘s (Lil’s) favorite Hollywood actress, Elizabeth Taylor, passed away aged 79. She died of congestive heart failure. The full statement of this fine ambassador of humanitarian arts and culture was read by her son Michael Wilding Jr. It reads as follows via US Magazine:

The two-time Oscar winner and humanitarian “was an extraordinary woman who lived life to the fullest, with great passion, humor and love. Though her loss is devastating to those of us who held her so close and so dear, we will always be inspired by her enduring contribution to our world. Her remarkable body of work in film, her ongoing success as a businesswoman and her brave and relentless advocacy in the fight against HIV/AIDS all make us all incredibly proud of what she accomplished. We know, quite simply, that the world is a better place for Mom having lived in it. Her legacy will never fade, her spirit will always be with us, and her love will live forever in our hearts.”

What a nice way to remember one’s mother. Elizabeth Taylor was a Hollywood Queen. In Hollywood entertainment news you voted today, here’s our top ten on Horiwood.Com. Thanks people.

1. Elizabeth Taylor‘s Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Homage – 9.17.10

2. Danielle Spencer & Russell Crowe buy ‘Te Puke’ a home in Rose Bay

3. Gabriel Byrne writes about the Richard Burton – Elizabeth Taylor biopic

4. Christina Hendricks photo shop humor

5. Windsor - Beckham brands unite – South Africa

6. Supermodel Rachel Hunter‘s message for Christchurch City

7. The Legend of Whakatane by Shiloh Jolie-Pitt

8. Teen mom Jenelle Evans is a reality TV star making choices

9. Soulja Boy mourns his 14 year-old brothers death

10. Stephen Moyer talks racing car training

Bonus Bust – Special Spirit – Christchurch earthquake words by Russ

She was once the center of Hollywood. Photograph, Oscars night archives courtesy of Vanity Fair archives.

Her last text was: “Every breath you take today, should be with someone else in mind.”

Because these words are true. Here’s a pic as a reminder of Elizabeth Taylor’s great legacy.

Mourners gathered for a mass burial on Wednesday in the coastal city of Higashi Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture.

Let’s think of Japan and also every nation that needs to consider green energy that’s better, as Japan is teaching us in their loss. Photograph – New York Times.

Poroporoake words from Aotearoa New Zealand for Dame Elizabeth Taylor. Haere ra te Tupuna Whaea o nga Whakaata ataahua. Haere ra Te Kuini o Rangatira a Te Kura o Nga Whakaata Tumeke. Haere, Haere, Haere.

Coat of Arms, photograph taken five minutes ago, West Hollywood, California.

~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 3.23.11~

SPECIAL SPIRIT RISING FROM THE RUBBLE – RUSSELL CROWE FOR CHRISTCHURCH CITY

23 Mar

כִּֽי־יָ֭דַע דֶּ֣רֶךְ עִמָּדִ֑י בְּ֝חָנַ֗נִי כַּזָּהָ֥ב אֵצֵֽא׃

Otiia e mohio ana ia ki te ara e anga atu ai ahau: kia oti ahau te titiro iho e ia, ano he koura ahau i toku putanga mai.

But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I shall come forth like gold.–Job, The Mystik – being refined under pressure.

Not to be outdone, by supermodel of the world, Rachel Hunter, Oscar winner Russell Crowe is sounding the trumpet too, for the special city of Christchurch.

the part Maori actor in this YouTube video message, ”At 12.51 on February the 22nd, Christchurch, a city that my family’s called home in the past, was ripped apart by a violent earthquake.”

“Christchurch continues to hurt,” Crowe’s message says.

Christchurch is a city that reflects us all in duress and crises. May this special spirit rise to achieve the full potential of purpose that it’s been gifted in the fire of adversities, tested greater than the purest gold or the strongest iron, to lead the world with new things.

In case you missed it, Rachel Hunter‘s message is a real pearla too. She glows… adding to this special spirit rising from the Garden City’s rubble that Russell rightly notes, fosters and ignites in this video.

This spirit is brave, noble, big-hearted, proven and above all resiliently strong and compassionate. Go Christchurch. Thanks Russ.

Russell Crowe’s Hollywood Star, (The Maori version featuring The Legend of Maui motif), via this post. This news report via The New Zealand Herald.

~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 3.22.11~

DANIELLE SPENCER AND RUSSELL CROWE BUY A HOME IN ROSE BAY, SYDNEY

21 Mar

Jonathan Chancellor of The Sydney Morning Herald reports that ‘after a four-year search, Russell Crowe and his wife, Danielle Spencer, have spent $10 million on a Rose Bay property.

The purchase of Te Puke, a 1909 house updated with a 1927 Arts and Crafts-styled second floor, ends the entertainment industry couple’s search for a family home for their two children, now aged seven and four.

Along the way they inspected the $50 million-plus Altona on the harbour in Point Piper in 2007, as well as unsuccessfully seeking pricey inland residence Le Manoir at Bellevue Hill, which fetched $23 million in 2009.

Spencer was keen to spend more, while Crowe, preferring to keep his Woolloomooloo apartment as a bolthole, only wanted to spend a modest amount. The six-bedroom house is set on 1200 square metres overlooking the fairways of the Royal Sydney Golf Club. Te Puke, pronounced ”teh-pook-eh”, is Maori for hill, and last traded at $5.5 million in 2001. Crowe and Spencer snapped it up before its forthcoming auction through Ben Collier and James Dack at McGrath Estate Agents. ”Kent Road properties are among the finest non-waterfronts in the eastern suburbs,” one agent said.

Nice one. Te Puke is also a place name where legendary Indigenous peoples filmmaker, Merata Mita (wife of director Geoff Murphy – Young Guns II) was born and raised. My dad was raised their too. The Hill. How befitting for a Kiwi gladiator of Maori lineage of the South Pacific and his beautiful Aussie wife and family.

Photo - WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND – MARCH 13:Russell Crowe salutes the crowd during the Christchurch Earthquake Relief Charity Twenty20 match at Basin Reserve on March 13, 2011 in Wellington, New Zealand. Courtesy of Daylife. Photo take by Hayden Hopkins for Getty Images.

Rabbitohs co-owner Russell and his wife Danielle Spencer celebrate a Rabbitohs try during the round one NRL match between the Sydney Roosters and the South Sydney Rabbitohs at the Sydney Football Stadium on March 15, 2009 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) via Zimbio.

Maori steel fish hook denoting the legend of Maui fishing up Aotearoa New Zealand on Russell Crowe’s Hollywood Star, Walk of Fame, California.

~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 3.21.11~

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Posted by horiwood on March 21, 2011 in Entertainment Celebrity News, Hollywood Entertainment News, Maori, Entertainment News, Te Reo Rangatira, Hollywood Today, Awesome Aussies, Hori = Maori, Entertainment Distribution, Hollywood Maori Kings, Richie McCaw, Real Estate, Russell Crowe, Australia, Danielle Spencer

KOROWAI KOHAKE – PRINCE WILLIAM WEARING A MAORI CLOAK

19 Mar

Members of the Ngai Tahu Maori tribe, cloak Prince William in a korowai (cloak of Chiefs) on his visit to the people of Otautahi/ Christchurch City of Aotearoa/ New Zealand.

Prince William marveled at the strength of Canterbury region’s resilience as a community in the face of earthquake grief, devastation and loss. The Prince also sent a heartfelt message of condolences to Japan.

Today Libya, Bahrain, and Yemen all experienced unrest to varying degrees, while our eyes are fixed fast on Fukushima’s people in their moment that is like a hiroshima tragedy for this country. They’re moving on, with new skills in this all.

~Presented by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 3.18.11~

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Posted by horiwood on March 19, 2011 in A Different View, Aotearoa New Zealand, Bahrain, Canterbury, Japan, Libya, Prince William, Te Reo Rangatira, Yemen

PRINCE WILLIAM URGES CHRISTCHURCH AND JAPAN’S EARTHQUAKE SURVIVORS TO STAY STRONG

18 Mar

“Grief is the price we pay for love”–Prince William quoting his paternal grandmother in Christchurch City today.

His speech is about fortitude and strength through kindness.

Courage and understated determination are the hallmarks of New Zealanders and Cantabrians.

From the reflected strength of Christchurch’s resilience of spirit as a community, the Prince sends his well wishes to Japan.

Click on Wiremu’s pic to view video footage of his adress to Christchurch City, brave survivors of a devastating quake.

He opens and closes his speech in Te Reo Rangatira – The Language of Chiefs, ending on “Kia Kaha, Be Strong.”

What a guy! What a speech delivered with resounding humility! Well done.

~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 3.17.11~

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Posted by horiwood on March 18, 2011 in Christchurch, Commonwealth, Communism, Community, Cross-Cultural Narratives, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Hollywood Entertainment News, Japan, Kindness, Life, Light, Maori, Prince William, Recovery, Te Reo Rangatira

MAORI POP CLASSIC – POI E by THE PATEA MAORI CLUB

14 Mar

Cute is the Patea Maori Club singing and swinging the Maori poi via Taranaki.

Poi E is one of those classic Kiwi songs that always brings a smile, when you watch it.

The song is like a gift of authentic culture, uniquely created in Aotearoa New Zealand and loved by the people of Hawaii, USA, that keeps on giving.

Enjoy. Let’s go Maoris! :)

Maori – Kiwi Star Power tribute as Hollywood Art Today – Russell Crowe‘s Hollywood star, Walk of Fame, Hollywood California USA. Photographed by Horiwood.Com.

~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 3.13.11~

AARIA HIP HOP MUSIC AS HOLLYWOOD ART

10 Mar

Te Reo Rangatira (the Language of Chiefs) is set to hip hop rhyming techniques in this song by the group Aaria.

Being posted in Hollywood today as ART. So beautiful. So poetic. So clever.

Mauri ‘Ola. Stay edgy.

~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 3.9.11~

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Posted by horiwood on March 10, 2011 in Aaria, Aotearoa New Zealand, Art, Maori, Poetry, Politics, Polynesian, Pop Art, Pop Cultural Commentary, Te Reo Rangatira

SOME WITI IHIMAERA POETRY – OH NUMI TUTELAR – FROM HOLLYWOOD 2.23.11

24 Feb

Oh Numi Tutelar

(At the British Museum, London, 25 June 1998)

3 in the morning
The streets deserted I had forgotten
only derelicts & prostitutes are abroad in the night
forsaken lovers locked out
(and Maori attending dawn ceremonies)

Make way, Britannia, Albion, Victoria Imperatrix,
make way our putatara are braying to bring down
your walls The dawn is coming and with it
Magi, gift bearers from the South

Piki mai, kake mai, homai te wai ora
ki ahau

We have come
from the utmost ends of the earth a tribe of travellers
with our own Queen, ministers & warrior escort
to the land of our Treaty partner where
our treasures have been plundered
(and Roma & I halfway round the world
to read in a stairwell)

Make way, O Egypt, ancient Assyria, Greece, Rome
make way our own Cleopatra comes amid you
Semiramis, Te Arikinui, Imperatrix of Aotearoa
Maori women, gift bearers from the South

Haramai te toki, hui e, haumi e, taiki e

So here we are
climbing upward the Museum opening unwilling
to the dawn, the kai karanga calling, the warriors
pulling us in & Maramena asks, ìHow can our
culture so small survive in this treasure house
of many cultures?î
(The answer is simple: Godzilla was wrong
size does not matter)

Oh antiquities of Asia, make way, lions of Judah
bow down, Babylon, stela of Islam make way
give space, Oh Nimrod, Horus, Mahomet
we are iwi Maori, gift bearers from the South

E taonga tū mai, tū mai, tū mai

And in the great hall
for the first time we see the past before us
the treasures of our ancestors a Pharaonic ransom
of immense psychic power, indeed we live
with our past the ghosts among us
(How can I explain? We have always walked
backwards into our future)

Oh, ancestors, stand forever! Stand for yesterday!
Stand for today! Stand for tomorrow! Stand
for always! Stand! Stand! Stand!

Take heed, O Gods of all other worlds, numi tutelar
We come chanting, we come singing, we come
proudly from Rangiātea, there our seed was sown
We come, still voyaging by star canoes
by aurora australis

We are from savage islands, far to the south
we move through your constellations
make way and where there is one
oh Gods, there are a thousand

We are Magi, bearing gifts
and our dawn is coming

Ka Ao, ka Ao, ka awatea

~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 2.22.11. First published in Whetu Moana (An Ocean of Stars) – Contemporary Polynesian Poetry in English. Auckland University Press, April 2003, editors Albert Wendt (editor), Reina Whaitiri (editor) and Robert Sullivan (editor). Keisha Castle Hughes appears courtesy of the Whalerider film, via Celebrity Wonder~

CHRISTCHURCH CITY – OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU – MAYOR LEN BROWN’S WORDS VIA HOLLYWOOD – 2.22.11

23 Feb

Whakina o koutou he tetahi ki tetahi, me inoi ano koutou tetahi mo tetahi, kia ora ai o koutou mate. Nui atu te mana o te inoi kaha a te tangata tika.

The effective fervent prayers of good people, avail much –James.

“We all have friends and family in Canterbury and we feel for you at this time,” he said in a message to Christchurch mayor Bob Parker.

“Auckland Council will do everything it can to help as the people of Christchurch pick up the pieces. In the meantime, our thoughts and our prayers are with you,” said Auckland City’s new mayor, Len Brown. Via New Zealand Herald. Photograph Greg Bowker.

~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 2.22.11~

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Posted by horiwood on February 23, 2011 in Auckland City, Canterbury, Christchurch, Community, Compassion, iPray, Karakia, Leadership, Len Brown, New Zealand, Te Reo Rangatira, World News, World Peace

CHRISTCHURCH GETS HIT BY FATAL QUAKES KILLING SOME – KIA KAHA – 2.21.11

22 Feb

Mo konei kia mau ki nga mea whawhai katoa a te Atua, kia taea ai e koutou te tu atu ki te riri i te ra kino, a ka poto i a koutou nga mea katoa te mahi, kia tu.

Be strong in the Lord and the Power of His Might. Put on the whole armor of God so you may be able to stand and withstand–Wrestling Wisdom & Spirit Armor. Tongues.

New Zealand Herald -The elderly weep as they see the dead, lying in the streets. Heartbreaking. “A total warzone,” is a comment.

(CNN) – A 6.3-magnitude earthquake ripped through Christchurch, New Zealand, on Tuesday afternoon, causing multiple fatalities as it toppled buildings onto buses, buckled streets and damaged cathedrals, authorities said.

New Zealand Police announced a large-scale evacuation of the central city was under way on the agency’s website. According to the news release, the earthquake killed an undetermined number of people at various locations around the city, including passengers on two buses crushed by buildings that had fallen on them.

Laura Campbell told CNN she was at work at the bottom of a six-story building when the earthquake struck. She described seeing “windows blowing out, bricks falling down, people screaming, the whole nine yards.”

“It was bloody serious,” said Campbell, Read the rest of this entry »

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Posted by horiwood on February 22, 2011 in Alaska, Canterbury, Chile, Christchurch, Hollywood Maori Kings, Karakia, Life, Ngai Tahu, South Pacific, Spirit, Te Reo Rangatira, World Peace, Wrestling

INCLUSION IS THE ESSENCE OF DEMOCRACY by CLIFF CURTIS with TEN POP CULTURE POSTS – 2.20.11

21 Feb

Ko au, ko koe. Koe koe, ko au. I am you. You are me.–Cliff Curtis, Maori Hollywood 3D action film, actor.

Ten pop cultural posts you’re sharing worldwide via social media in this Hollywood momento. Love the shared love. Peace!

1. Political leaders making billions while in government office – Revolution news. Whose next?

2. Michelle Rodriguez shines in Hollywood

3. Saris worn as colorful tattoos amongst Indian women

4. Maori as super heroes of Taiaha Art are selected to entertain USA’s children

5. Malili Muliaina is a rugby football star

6. Doug Pitt‘s philanthropic profile – Like Water for Africa

7. Marlon Brando, on the set of Missouri Breaks, 1976

8. Bar Refaeli covers Esquire Magazine

9. Getting Stronger - Why we should sing

10. Elizabeth Taylor‘s Hollywood Walk of Fame Star

[Movie still of Cliffie via Hot Flick.Net]

~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 2.20.11~

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Posted by horiwood on February 21, 2011 in 10 Hot Posts Right Now, 3D, A Different View, Cliff Curtis, Democracy, Entertainment Distribution, Hollywood Maori Kings, Poetry, Social Media, Social Networking, Te Reo Rangatira

‘OHANA – JENNIFER ANISTON DOES ARCHITECTURAL POETRY THIS WEEKEND

20 Feb

Jennifer Aniston is architecturally inclined, apparently. Look at these pics. Although it’s a little bit cruel to be flaunting a home of this calibre, when many Americans homes have been in foreclosure, I guess someone has to do the American dream this week, California styles.

So no harm meant, I’m sure by a movie star’s display of good taste today.

I like the royal blue/ purple taffeta curtains, the royal blue/ purple velvet arm chair and the Chinese O aute lantern effect, lighting up a fire lit bar area room set against slated rock to house Aniston’s vino collection. California like New Zealand has some very good wines, so it’s good to see Aniston celebrating regionality of produce and place in this design aesthetic.

It reads like architectural poetry. The deep blue, gives you a feeling of the ocean, without even being anywhere near one. Somehow your brain thinks you’re near the Ocean of Hawaii, without even being anywhere near it. The trickery of color therapy boggles the mind toggles to think we possess the sea in an interior space whenever the color of deep blue is used dominantly.

Yes this is really one girl whose famous for a love triangle fit for Hollywood tabloids and feel good movies – abode, whose price she’s tripled during recession years to make bank. Not bad. I do believe that’s called smart. Architecturally the home is very poetic.

Reports Richard Lawson of Gawker— “Jennifer Aniston bought the Beverly Hills home she calls “Ohana” (named after a Hawaiian concept of extended family) for $13.5 million back in 2006, spent some $15 million turning it into a Zen palace that feels “like a hug,” put it in Architectural Digest, and is now selling it. Priced at $42 million.

[House pics via Splash News]

Incidentally in the Kanaka Maoli language of Hawaii ‘Ohana means family in an extended sense of the term including blood-related, adoptive or intentional. It emphasizes that family are bound together (community ties, serving the best in and for each others’ unique gifts like a colored diverse korowai or cloak of colors on display in family) and members must cooperate with and remember one another.

The term is cognate to my own people – the Maori of New Zealand’s concept of the term whānau. That word, is too rich to even begin to describe it –is the building block of nationhood and is so expansive and inclusive of others that to describe whanau would be a whole thesis. Many have been written on this fascinating topic.

Whanau is spiritual and love knits it together from the heart. Mana atua (Spiritual guidance), Mana Whenua and Mana Moana (our links to landscape, place and the ocean) also define family, and Mana Tangata (the art of family) are three key concepts in understanding what ‘Ohana and family mean. A cute and very unexpected reference today from Aniston.

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Posted by horiwood on February 20, 2011 in A Different View, Aotearoa New Zealand, Architectural Design, Aroha, California, Community, Family Vs Fame, Hawaii, Hollywood Today, Maori, Te Reo Rangatira

TERI MAREE KOPA – SINGS LIVE IN THE MAORI LANGUAGE, AGE 10

19 Feb

Born this way to sing and entertainment. Teri Maree Kopa of New Zealand is big on talent and lite on ego, as a singer. At ten, she was born this way to sing and entertain with humility, spirit and grace, naturally.

Go kid!

He reka te Waiata Aroha. Mauri ‘Ola! :)

~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 2.18.11~

HOLLYWOOD TIKANGA – THE WAY OF THE WISE BRINGS PEACE – THE BRONAAKI OF US – 2.17.11

18 Feb

אַף־אַ֭תָּה תָּפֵ֣ר יִרְאָ֑ה וְתִגְרַ֥ע שִׂ֝יחָ֗ה לִפְנֵי־אֵֽל׃

Ko te arero reka he rakau no te ora; tena ki te wanoke a roto he wawahi wairua.

The tongue that brings healing is a tree of life, don’t crush the spirit.

He tangata ano ko ana korero maka noa, me te mea ko nga werohanga a te hoari;

he rongoa ia te arero o te hunga whakaaro nui.

מוּסַ֣ר מְלָכִ֣ים פִּתֵּ֑חַ וַיֶּאְסֹ֥ר אֵ֝זֹ֗ור בְּמָתְנֵיהֶֽם׃

Reckless words are as the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

~Bronaaki is the collective brotherhood of Manaakitanga’s rich cultural values as epitomized in the prayerful and mindful spirit of Bronagh Key of Helensville and her people of Aotearoa New Zealand.

The words of King Solomon – son of King David – The Psalmist Warrior King, history’s wisest King on Earth as posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 2.17.11~

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Posted by horiwood on February 18, 2011 in America, Art, artist, Bronaaki, Bronagh Key, Culture, English, Health Care, Hebrew, Helensville, Heritage Arts & Culture, Hollywood Maori Kings, Hollywood Today, King Solomon, New Zealand, Pop Art, Pop Cultural Commentary, Spirit, Superpowers discourse and direction, Te Reo Rangatira, Tui of Helensville, Tukutuku panel, Wisdom, Wisdoms Buffet, Women, Words, World History, World News, World Peace, Writers

SIR PETER BUCK, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, SIR APIRANA NGATA FOR MAORIDOM’S BRIGHT STARS DESTINY VIA HOLLYWOOD TODAY

18 Feb

On birthing a new generation reflecting the best intertwining of the greats: Ka pu te ruha ka hao te rangatahi. The old net is cast aside, but where is the new net?–Te Rangihiroa, or, Sir Peter Buck, Man of Two Worlds.

On unity in tikanga: A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.–Abraham Lincoln.

On mobility of the people, housing and health care towards life: “A canoe may be repaired; a house may be fashioned by hand; a man whom death claims, can never be restored to life by human hands.”–Sir Apirana Ngata in Te Ao Hou, quoting Canon Paora Te Muera, on the death of Princess Te Puea Hererangi, quoting King Tawhio when refusing Governor Browne‘s shark-like request to reconsider the government’s request for a major portion of the lands of the Tainui tribe.

On unity in tikanga – part II: A house divided against itself cannot stand.–Abraham Lincoln

On girding yourself in the transparent qualities of the *aute – or, be Chinese friendly – demonstrating good cultural match–Te pai o Hauraki, he aute te awhea. The peace of Hauraki, undisturbed by the slightest breath (of trouble). He rongo whakamau, me he aute te awhea. An enduring peace, as the aute undisturbed. Te aute te whawhea. He manu aute e taea te whakahoro. A paper mulberry kite can be made to fly fast. Haeremai ki Hauraki, te aute te awhea. Come hither to Hauraki, where the prepared aute bark cannot be blown away. (i.e., where the people cannot be dispersed by the storms of war.)–Sir Peter Buck quoting Colenso and George Graham and the sayings of the Chiefs of the Hokianga and the Otakanini Pa of Southern Kaipara, Helensville.–Journal of the Polynesian Society.

*note - “After this they showed us a great rarity, six plants of what they called aouto (aute), from whence they make cloth like that of Otaheiti. The plant proved exactly the same, as the name is the same, Morus papyrifera, Linn (the paper mulberry) The same plant is used by the Chinese to make paper.

On being gardeners of good and better things: All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind. –Abraham Lincoln

On Education with traditional Maori and nonMaori worldviews taught: “E tipu e rea, mo nga ra o tou ao, ko to ringa ki nga rakau a te Pakeha hei ara mo to tinana: ko to ngakau ki nga taonga a o tipuna Maori hei tikitiki mo to mahuna: ko to wairua ki te Atua nana nei nga mea katoa – Grow up, little one, in the way of your day and age, your hands grasping the tools of the Pakeha for your physical well-being, remembering in your heart the works of your ancestors which are worthy of being worn as a diadem upon your brow; your soul ever turned toward God, Who is the creator of all things.’”–Child educator Chris Whaanga quoting Sir Apirana Ngata as quoted via Spasifika Magazine.

On courage to create new pathways: As our case is new, we must think and act anew.–Abraham Lincoln

Sir Peter Buck authored the works known as his principal scientific monographs that were: The Evolution of Maori Clothing, 1926; The Material Culture of the Cook Islands, 1927; Samoan Material Culture, 1930; Ethnology of Tongareva, 1932; Ethnology of Manakiki and Rakahanga, 1932; Mangaian Society, 1934; Ethnology of Mangareva, 1934; Arts and Crafts of the Cook Islands, 1944;Introduction to Polynesian Anthropology, 1945; Material Culture of Kapingamarangi, 1950; Arts and Crafts of Hawaii, 1957. In addition, he published for the general reader a survey of Polynesian life entitled Vikings of the Sunrise, 1938; an account of Polynesian religion, Anthropology and Religion, 1939; and his final thoughts on Maori life published under the title of The Coming of the Maori, 1949.

Let’s go Kiwis of Aotearoa New Zealand in the World! :)

~Top photograph – Sir Peter Buck. Destiny’s Child’s Hollywood star, Walk of Fame as photographed by Horiwood. Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 2.17.11 for Ngai Tahu, Ngai Tuhoe tikanga purposes and Maori children’s bright Kiwi future in the World. For Metiria Turei, Shane Jones, Hekia Parata, Tau Henare, Joseph Hawke, Metiria Turei of Orakei, Kelvin Davis, Paula Bennet, and Tukuroirangi Morgan of Tainui, Tariana Turia, Sir Pita Sharples et al. Maori Whale’s Tale Key as Kiwi Oscar nominated Pop Art Motif via Hollywood. In memory of Sir Hugh Kawharu~

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Posted by horiwood on February 18, 2011 in A Different View, Abraham Lincoln, Amerika, Aotearoa New Zealand, Art, artist, China, Colenso, Education, George Graham, Hollywood Today, Hori = Maori, Leadership, Maori, Ngai Tahu, Ngai Tuhoe, Ngapuhi, Ngati Porou, Ngati Toa, Ngati Tuwharetoa, Ngati Whatua, Pop Art, Pop Cultural Commentary, Sir Apirana Ngata, Sir Hugh Kawharu, Sir Peter Buck, Tainui, Te Rangi Hiroa, Te Reo Rangatira, Tikanga Maori, Wisdom, Wisdoms Buffet, World History, World Peace

YODA MAORI NEWS – API MAHUIKA TALKS THE DIRECTION OF THE NGATI POROU MAORI TRIBE

18 Feb

One Maori leaders words resound from Hollywood today. Api Mahuika, known affectionately to inside tribal members of the Ngati Porou Maori iwi (tribe of Aotearoa), New Zealand, as Yoda, comments on his tribe’s $110 million settlement. Says Api in wise words that many global leaders could take a note from:

“I don’t believe that growing the bank balance at the expense of our people is the way to go.What you have to do while you’re looking at investments is consider where your people sit and where the employment opportunities sit.”

“You are growing your economic wealth on one hand and growing the employability of your people to look after those assets that you are growing.”

“We have many sharks going round and round and you’re in the middle watching the fins. It makes me sick.”

Mr Mahuika says that Ngati Porou, the second largest Maori tribe in New Zealand after Nga Puhi in the far north of New Zealand, are likely to favor these tribally focussed programs:

~ A science of technology and innovation unit, to work with universities to find more efficient and profitable ways of managing farms, aquaculture and fisheries

~A school of excellence focused on tikanga (tribal truth principles of cultural lore) and Te Reo Rangatra (the Maori language of Chiefs). An associated sporting academy would call on the expertise of elite sportspeople from the iwi such as Rico Gear, Rua Tipoki.

~Housing and alternative education.

~Working with schools to develop a science syllabus which would prepare students to work for the tribe in the future.

It’s good to see Maori and the sciences develop along with cultural lore, the best known ideological framework known to best support Maori excellence and top level achievement in the world. Put simply, the knowledge of this tribe’s Maori ancestors, but with the tools of science aligning Ngati Porou with its destiny in the world.

As yet, Nga Puhi, the largest Maori tribe in New Zealand has yet to be compensated for their tribe’s settlement. Although all New Zealanders are one and a very tight community of people as a nation, Ngati Porou’s ‘dodging greedy sharks’ news, gives Ngapuhi and other tribes hope today.

Go Natis! :)

~That’s Maori news from Hollywood today. Sourced via the New Zealand Herald and posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 2.17.11. Sports pic San Jose Sharks Ice Hockey Team, Rock Jocks Sports Wear as a reminder to skate forward carefully.~

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Posted by horiwood on February 18, 2011 in A Different View, Aotearoa New Zealand, Grey Power, Hori = Maori, Leadership, Maori, New Zealand, Ngati Porou, Rico Gear, Rua Tipoki, Science, South Pacific, Te Reo Rangatira, Technology, Wisdom, Wisdoms Buffet

HOLLYWOOD HUIA PROVERBS FOR CHINA – 2.16.11

17 Feb

Maori proverb/ Aotearoa New Zealand lore – Unuhia te rito o te harakeke, kei hea te kōmako e kō? Whakatairangitia – rere ki uta, rere ki tai. Nau i ki mai. He aha te mea nui i te ao. Māku e kī atu, he tangata, he tangata, he tangata!

Huia Bird Art – Sam Farquhar

Chinois – 作真见证的，救人性命；吐出谎言的，施行诡诈。

~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 12.16.11~

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Posted by horiwood on February 17, 2011 in Aotearoa New Zealand, Art, Art Galleries, artist, China, Hollywood Entertainment News, Human Rights, Life, Te Reo Rangatira, Wisdom, Wisdoms Buffet

IRINA SHAYK IS SPORTS ILLUSTRATED HOT

16 Feb

Have you caught a glimpse of Irina Shayk‘s hotness yet. Her last name is similar to Sheik (oil barons of the world)- and she has curves like Shakira too. In addition, Irina also happens to date a guy who kicks a soccer ball around for a living, while he father’s mystery love children too. Yes, Irina really does date Cristiano Ronaldo while holding her own on the cover of the iconic 2011 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue cover.

Nice job!

Irina’s latest press sees her acting a cheer leader for Kanye West too, calling his music videos “moving art” instead of well… a music video. That news can be read via Atlanta, Georgia today. Go here for that. Whenever Kanye’s name is mentioned with Irina’s that can only mean one thing, Kim Kardashian is so done with being the bikini girl for America, it’s Irina’s turn this year.

Incidentally in the Maori language – the word “iri” means “to hang suspended upon” and “to rest upon.” Quite cute really as Cristiano Ronaldo let’s this mega-babe of the world hang upon his own star. A good star pairing if ever there was one seen this year.

Irina’s name is Greek and used in English and Russian speaking nations. It means “Peace.” Beautiful.

~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 2.15.11~

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Posted by horiwood on February 16, 2011 in Bikini Bodies, Irina Shayk, Models, Romance, Russia, Sports, Sports Horiwood, Star System - The Art of American Celebrity, Te Reo Rangatira, World News, World Peace

ANCIENT PROVERB – 1000 DAYS

14 Feb

כִּ֤י אֶ֪לֶף שָׁנִ֡ים בְּֽעֵינֶ֗יךָ כְּיֹ֣ום אֶ֭תְמֹול כִּ֣י יַעֲבֹ֑ר וְאַשְׁמוּרָ֥ה בַלָּֽיְלָה׃

Ki tau titiro hoki, he rite nga tau kotahi mano ki te ra onanahi, kua pahure atu nei, ki te mataaratanga hoki i te po.

For a thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night.

[Photograph - Oneone via National Geographic]

~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 2.14.11~

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Posted by horiwood on February 14, 2011 in English, Hebrew, Philosophy, Spirit, Te Reo Rangatira, Water, World History

TEN THINGS IN CELEBRATION OF UNIQUE PEOPLE WHO LIVE WAITANGI DAY 365 DAYS A YEAR

06 Feb

Photo caption: Dame Whina Cooper – a grandmother, who once cloaked herself in truth and became Waitangi Day’s meaning as a leader, and who took action so the Spirit of The Treaty of Waitangi would be visible and have hands and feet and voice, when some of US were growing up. Our future to express ourselves and be ourselves depended on this woman, to do this for us. This Waitangi Day I celebrate Dame Whina Cooper and my grandparents and their generation of her ilk, feisty spirit, strong heart and fearlessness to be uniquely themselves.

1. I am thankful that my Pakeha dad overcame government policy of the day fourty-six years ago, and saw through its slanted blind-sightedness to see the beauty of my Maori mom, to court her, marry her and honor the spirit of The Treaty of Waitangi, in a real and living way based on true love.

2. I am thankful that “Kia Ora” means hello in New Zealand – and everyone knows it and can say it. Kia ora also means “thank you” and “life be to you.” The Maori language is so beautiful and is upheld and protected by law under The Treaty of Waitangi.

3. I am thankful that early Pakeha descendants of New Zealand learned the Maori language fluently, like Scotsman Robert Graham, Auckland City’s first magistrate. He set an example of Treaty-honoring living in his thought processes, life and actions for all Kiwis to emulate his example. He also was the first New Zealander to promote New Zealand to the world as a high-quality tourism destination too. Not only did he believed that New Zealand’s thermal properties were healing, or New Zealand landscapes spiritual and stunning to be in, but he also believed that Maori people and Maori culture are unique wonders of the world to be in Maori’s presence.

4. Because of the Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealanders are some of the best kaitiaki (or guardians) of environmental protection and our role as people of the earth, through what has been learned and articulated by Maori scholars, thinkers and leaders in light of Maori peoples key role as kaitiaki of landscape, place, people.

5. Because of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, New Zealanders honoring the concept of ‘Tino Rangatiratanga’ or sovereignty in one’s unique humanness towards Indigenous Maori New Zealanders; all New Zealanders have been deepened to become aware of human rights in the world – and where people’s intrinsic uniqueness is being violated by multi-national corporations, corrupt governments, or, dictators in the world. As a nation, New Zealand excels at being aware of where human rights are being breached globally. We have ‘tino rangatiratanga’ to thank for this awareness perhaps in New Zealand culture.

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MAORI TELEVISION – EARLY CHILDCARE NEWS – A DIFFERENT VIEW

02 Feb

Here in the USA, Oscar hopeful Natalie Portman is heavily pregnant, teen parent mom reality TV stars are all the rage, often rating better than many A-List stars with blog and website hits and tabloid magazine cover stories that fly off super market shelves.

In fact, in the next 4-5 years in Hollywood, expect to see early childcare Hollywood tabloid story lines and child education stories dominate Hollywood celebrity news story lines in the near future. Kind of exciting really!

Back down in paradise in that nation known as Aotearoa New Zealand where Maori people and Kiwi’s love babies and children, here’s a different view with Scotty Morrison of the Te Arawa Maori tribe of New Zealand for Te Karere News breaking down the importance of quality early childcare centers importance.

Maori people are such groovy people aren’t they? Watch clip for a different view of Hollywood news today.

[Executive Producer - Tini Molyneux]

~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 2.1.11~

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Posted by horiwood on February 2, 2011 in A Different View, Aotearoa New Zealand, Aotearoa Television Service - Hollywood, Children, Education, Hori = Maori, Maori, Maori Television Service - Hollywood, New Zealand, Scotty Morrison, Te Arawa, Te Reo Rangatira

MAKING HOLLYWOOD BLOG HISTORY TOGETHER – HORIWOOD.COM REACHES THE 2.9 MILLION MILESTONE IN HOLLYWOOD

28 Jan

A few days ago, we reached the 2.9 million benchmark on Horiwood.Com. This is the first time in Hollywood history and New Zealand history too, that an entertainment media website has ever reached this small feat. For that, I have to thank you all the world wide audience. At the time of blogging, we’re heading into Oscars season and it seems to be Natalie Portman‘s Oscars moment, so let’s celebrate with these thoughts in Hebrew, Te Reo Rangatira and English as a symbolic thank you for many more achievements ahead together, from an Industry Town, we all share culture from in The City of Angels. If you know the words in Arabic please add in a comment if you like.

Many thanks for your support and your fun sense of humor each day with Hollywood news choices. It is a joy and privilege to blog your news and share other peoples achievements, work, photographs, words and hard work on this blog with you all.

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Posted by horiwood on January 28, 2011 in Hebrew, Horiwood Shout Outs, Natalie Portman, Oscars, Poetry, Song Writers, Te Reo Rangatira

FOR EZRA’S GENERATION – KEY AT SITE RAMSES II, ABU SIMBEL NUBIA, EGYPT WITH THE WORDS OF ISAIAH

26 Jan

KEY AT SITE RAMSES II, ABU SIMBEL NUBIA, EGYPT with Isaiah‘s prophetic and poetic, lyrical words, written originally in Hebrew, being posted in Hollywood today, especially for baby Ezra and Generation Ezra in the world.

Prophetic poetry – “I will give you the treasures of darkness – I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut; I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places… I call you by your name… though you have not known me.”

Words in Te Reo Rangatira, follow:

Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa ki tana i whakawahi ai, ki a Hairuha, he mea pupuri nei naku tona ringa matau, kia pehia ai e ia nga iwi ki raro i a ia; maku ano e wewete to nga hope o nga kingi; ko nga tatau ka whakapuaretia ki tona aroaro; e kore ano nga kuwaha e tutakina.

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Posted by horiwood on January 26, 2011 in Egypt, Isaiah, Poetry, Spirit, Te Reo Rangatira, World Peace

NATALIE PORTMAN’S OSCAR MOMENT, ABIGAIL OF CARMEL, RAHM EMANUEL, LEBANON HEZBOLLAH NEWS AND THE HORIWOOD TOP TEN – 1.25.11

26 Jan

The New York Times front page today contrasts Rahm Emmanuel‘s mayoralty hiccups in Chicago with Lebanon‘s new Prime Minister elect being picked by the Hezbolah. I grew up with a Lebanese family in New Zealand (5 generations of family friends now) who intermarried with Israeli people. Today was a significant day in Hollywood for me reading this front page.

What follows beneath our top ten is a story of an interesting woman. Her name was Abigail. As I go to The Abbey restaurant and bar sometimes in West Hollywood on Urban Sundays, I thought Abigail’s story as a key Peace keeper, was well worth a share today from the City of Angels.

Here we go, our top ten most interesting people of the celebrity entertainment news varietal today, as voted demoratically by you worldwide in Hollywood are:

1. One pic – When Chelsea Handler dated Ted Herbert

2. One pic – Before Natalie Portman was pregnant, engaged or Oscar nominated

3. Maori-Kiwi action star super heroes – taiaha art & kowhaiwhai prints appear in Hollywood

4. Lourdes Ciccone news

5. Justin Bieber & Selena Gomez

6. William Shakespeare, Megan Fox & Pink‘s Brit tattoo-ed poetry

7. Jamie Lynn Spears, Casey Aldrige + Twitter

8. Top Cooks – Padma Lakshmi & Caroline Artiss

9. Jenelle Evans - teen mom growing pains news

10. TIE A: Keith Obermann is being cellard from MSNBC – a la Conan O’Brien

10. TIE B: Layla Nurrudin shares a mohawked shout out to San Francisco via Cali

This day in Hollywood was quite significant. Oscar nominees were announced. Today I met an Abigail too via France. Her namesake is listed in the books of Samuel (the first judge of Israel who doubled as the kingmaker of King David – a psalmist shepherd King). Abigail of Carmel was spiritual and described as being “beautiful and intelligent.” Her story can be read here.

The original Abigail of old, was wise, had a spirit of humility (chalk it!) and was a Peace maker. She lived a life free from the perks she ruled over. She fought mean-spiritedness with kindness. In trying circumstances, Abigail was a noble woman in spirit. To King David who was intent on getting revenge on his enemies (he was a bit hoha, a Maori word for done with trying to be fair), Abigail rode out to meet him on a donkey. These were her words in Hebrew, translated into English (Hebrew and Maori words follow too):

“The Lord your God will certainly make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because you fight the Lord’s battles, and no wrongdoing will be found in you as long as you live… Even though someone is pursuing you to take your life, the life of my lord will be bound securely in the bundle of the living by the Lord your God, but the lives of your enemies he will hurl away as from the pocket of a sling… May you not have on your conscience the staggering burden of needless bloodshed or of having avenged yourself.”

I thought Abigail of Carmel’s story was timely for the world today. Peace over War for the right reasons, as yet another key to live by and consider in the world. Because the story impacted me as light, I share it with you from Aotearoa-New Zealand in Hollywood, California. Centuries later, Abigail of Carmel is a celebrity in Hollywood today on this blog. What a fine individual she was.

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BRETT’S CELEBRITY NEWS FROM HOLLYWOOD – 1.22.11

22 Jan

Photo caption – Brett’s Palm Tree – Melrose & Stanley.

Yesterday, when getting cigarettes at Chevron that are so bad for you, a guy said to the Indian Chevron owner, “Did you know if Mother Teresa was still alive today, she’d be 100 f*cking years old.”

Hearing this sentence strung together like that was so odd – yet the mention of a little old ladies name made everyone in the cue, better people, just thinking about what he said.

Mother Teresa is dead, yet we are not. That was his point. Very cool.

Hollywood entertainment news you love and are sharing via social media today from Hollywood are:

1. FACEBOOK CHINA – ROBIN LI MEETS MARK ZUCKERBERG NEWS

2. TEN CAKE QUOTES: ALICE IN WONDERLAND CAKE ART 8.19.10

3. BORN TO BE SOMEBODY – DIANNE WARREN WILL SONG WRITE FOR JUSTIN BIEBER?

4. RYAN GOSSLING ON UKELELE WITH JIMMY KIMMEL 1-20-11

5. JOSH HOLLOWAY’S NEW HAIR CUT

6. ROSSMORE ARE A ROCKING BAND OF FATHERS, CALIFORNIA LOVES

7. EMMA ROBERTS ON RED CARPET ARRIVALS IN HOLLYWOOD

8. KELLY CLARKSON IS CUTE IN HONG KONG

9. NBC’S BRIAN WILLIAMS AND BRAD PITT ROCK OUT FOR A NEW ORLEANS PRESS CONFERENCE

10. VINCENT CASSEL AND MILA KUNIS STRENGTHEN NATALIE PORTMAN’S OSCAR BID AT LONDON FILM FESTIVAL

One for Aunty Martha: TEN THINGS ABOUT UGANDA TO PONDER – WE ARE THE WORLD

Hollywood movies currently - FRONT PAGE – USA TODAY 1-21-11

Rugby Football Shout Out - MEET BRAD THORN RUGBY FOOTBALL STAR OF THE NEW ZEALAND ALL BLACKS TEAM

A Born This Way thought in Hebrew and Te Reo Rangatira today -

בְּטֶ֨רֶם בַבֶּ֙טֶן֙ יְדַעְתִּ֔יךָ וּבְטֶ֛רֶם תֵּצֵ֥א מֵרֶ֖חֶם הִקְדַּשְׁתִּ֑יךָ נָבִ֥יא לַגֹּויִ֖ם נְתַתִּֽיךָ׃

Kiano koe i hanga e ahau i roto i te kopu, kua mohio ahau ki a koe, a kiano koe i puta mai i te puku, kua whakatapua koe e ahau; kua whakaritea koe e ahau hei poropiti ki nga iwi.

To make a difference to Brett, visit him on Melrose & Stanley. You can’t miss his Palm Tree. And to help the homeless of Los Angeles, go here to learn more – check out Food On Foot. Cheers!

Teen mom’s champion celebrity image today via Our Journey Blog. This blog post written in the tradition of Jeremaiah – a scribe whose legacy is still being replicated today – even from Hollywood. Woot!

~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 1.22.11~

THE HORIWOOD TOP TEN – MON 1.17.11

18 Jan

וְקֹויֵ֤ יְהוָה֙ יַחֲלִ֣יפוּ כֹ֔חַ יַעֲל֥וּ אֵ֖בֶר כַּנְּשָׁרִ֑ים יָר֙וּצוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א יִיגָ֔עוּ יֵלְכ֖וּ וְלֹ֥א יִיעָֽפוּ׃

:Hebrew for a Natalie Portman Golden Globes win

Te Reo Rangatira (The Language of Chiefs) for Martin Luther King Day: Tena ko te hunga e tatari ana ki a Ihowa, puta hou ana he kaha mo ratou; kake ana ratou ki runga; ko nga parirau, koia ano kei o nga ekara; ka rere ratou, a e kore e mauiui; ka haere, a e kore e ngenge.

Hollywood entertainment news as voted worldwide today. Here’s our top ten. Thanks for being so diverse today.

1. Jane Fonda takes the no.1 spot – Golden Globes presenter 2011

2. A galaxy of stars – Marchesa & Olivia Wilde art, Golden Globes

3. Ryan Seacrest & Julianne Hough – Romance pic

4. Cathartic stream of consciousness – Put Yo Afro’s Up floetry

5. Natalie Portman‘s Golden Globes acceptance speech was so gracious

6. Megan Fox & Brian Austin Green – Golden Globes 2011

7. Katey Sagal – Golden Globes win – Horiwood Top Ten 1.16.11

8. Faith Margaret‘s arrival is announced.

9. Abe Lincoln‘s words

10. Art – Red Rose Ink

If you haven’t done so already, read Toni Morrison‘s Nobel Peace Prize Winning novel, Jazz.

It’s an American masterpiece of literature. Beautiful writing.

[Artwork - Sammy Davis Jr. painting, exterior store, American Vintage, Melrose & Spaulding, West Hollywood. MJ tee shirt with hat, Melrose Ave - Timeless label, West Hollywood].

~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 1.17.11~

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Posted by horiwood on January 18, 2011 in Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Hebrew, Hollywood Entertainment News, Hollywood History, Horiwood Top 10, Michael Jackson, Pop Cultural Commentary, Sammy Davis Jr., Te Reo Rangatira, Tee Shirts, Toni Morrison

SHOUT OUT TO RANDOM MAORI FULLAS ON FACEBOOK

14 Jan

Random Maori Fullas are two Maori bros who have a Facebook following. They’re very funny guns. Now progressing to merchandizing. I love their tee shirt.

They’re also doing Hollywood shout outs too. I love how the bros have never been to L.A but they know all about it. Lol! Maori are perceptive as a rule, so perhaps they already do. Who knows?!

This one’s for them on their first visit as a warm welcome. They can be found here on ! :)

If my knowledge of Hollywood serves me correctly, this view of the Hollywood sign is taken from below Beachwood Canyon. Definitely snapped on the tourist traps trail well blazed. Love the photo. Black cotton on denim. How could you go wrong? That’s the attire of over half of L.A running errands right there.

I am very excited there are Maori in the Hollywood Hood creating and sharing ‘Hollywood Maori’ culture with the world. Chaa!

Nau mai, Haere Mai ki Te Whenua o nga Toa Waha Nui… Right backatchu! :)

~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 1.13.11~

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Posted by horiwood on January 14, 2011 in A Different View, Aotearoa New Zealand, California, Cross-Cultural Narratives, Culture, Denim, Hollywood Maori Kings, Hollywood Today, Hori = Maori, Horiwood Shout Outs, Humor, Maori, Random Maori Fullahs, Te Reo Rangatira, Tee Shirts

PALM TREES AND GOOD PEOPLE – 1.11.11

12 Jan

Spirit thought for today on a very significant date 1.1.11:

וַתַּבֵּ֥ט עֵינִ֗י בְּשׁ֫וּרָ֥י בַּקָּמִ֖ים עָלַ֥י מְרֵעִ֗ים תִּשְׁמַ֥עְנָה אָזְנָֽי׃ :Hebrew

Te Reo Rangatira: Ka rite te tupu o te tangata tika ki to te nikau; ka rite tona nui ki to te hita i Repanona

English: The good-hearted person will flourish like a palm tree. They will grow like a cedar of Lebanon.

~This one going up in Hollywood in the ‘Nikau’ key of rugby football legend of the world, Mr Michael Jones on 1.11.11. Peace. Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA.~

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Posted by horiwood on January 12, 2011 in A Different View, Aotearoa New Zealand, Hebrew, Israel, Kalani Jones, Leadership, Lebanon, Polynesian, Samoa, Song Lyrics, Spirit, Te Reo Rangatira, World Peace

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THE HORIWOOD TOP TEN – WED 3.23.1

SPECIAL SPIRIT RISING FROM THE RUBBLE – RUSSELL CROWE FOR CHRISTCHURCH CITY

DANIELLE SPENCER AND RUSSELL CROWE BUY A HOME IN ROSE BAY, SYDNEY

KOROWAI KOHAKE – PRINCE WILLIAM WEARING A MAORI CLOAK

PRINCE WILLIAM URGES CHRISTCHURCH AND JAPAN’S EARTHQUAKE SURVIVORS TO STAY STRONG

MAORI POP CLASSIC – POI E by THE PATEA MAORI CLUB

AARIA HIP HOP MUSIC AS HOLLYWOOD ART

SOME WITI IHIMAERA POETRY – OH NUMI TUTELAR – FROM HOLLYWOOD 2.23.11

CHRISTCHURCH CITY – OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU – MAYOR LEN BROWN’S WORDS VIA HOLLYWOOD – 2.22.11

CHRISTCHURCH GETS HIT BY FATAL QUAKES KILLING SOME – KIA KAHA – 2.21.11

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TERI MAREE KOPA – SINGS LIVE IN THE MAORI LANGUAGE, AGE 10

HOLLYWOOD TIKANGA – THE WAY OF THE WISE BRINGS PEACE – THE BRONAAKI OF US – 2.17.11

SIR PETER BUCK, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, SIR APIRANA NGATA FOR MAORIDOM’S BRIGHT STARS DESTINY VIA HOLLYWOOD TODAY

YODA MAORI NEWS – API MAHUIKA TALKS THE DIRECTION OF THE NGATI POROU MAORI TRIBE

HOLLYWOOD HUIA PROVERBS FOR CHINA – 2.16.11

IRINA SHAYK IS SPORTS ILLUSTRATED HOT

ANCIENT PROVERB – 1000 DAYS

TEN THINGS IN CELEBRATION OF UNIQUE PEOPLE WHO LIVE WAITANGI DAY 365 DAYS A YEAR

MAORI TELEVISION – EARLY CHILDCARE NEWS – A DIFFERENT VIEW

MAKING HOLLYWOOD BLOG HISTORY TOGETHER – HORIWOOD.COM REACHES THE 2.9 MILLION MILESTONE IN HOLLYWOOD

FOR EZRA’S GENERATION – KEY AT SITE RAMSES II, ABU SIMBEL NUBIA, EGYPT WITH THE WORDS OF ISAIAH

NATALIE PORTMAN’S OSCAR MOMENT, ABIGAIL OF CARMEL, RAHM EMANUEL, LEBANON HEZBOLLAH NEWS AND THE HORIWOOD TOP TEN – 1.25.11

BRETT’S CELEBRITY NEWS FROM HOLLYWOOD – 1.22.11

THE HORIWOOD TOP TEN – MON 1.17.11

SHOUT OUT TO RANDOM MAORI FULLAS ON FACEBOOK

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