TREE CREST – CRUICKSHANK MONTROSE, NGA PUHI, TE AUPOURI, TE RARAWA, NGATI WHATUA, TAINUI
The tree of life,
crest of whakapapa tūturu.
E i toto, vis fortibus armas.
Ne oublie, mauri ora.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 9.2.13~
TUWHARE MURU ART
art: when mr muru met mr tuwhare. artwork of nz’s no.1 city.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 8.2.13~
PHONING IT IN: COPS & LAWYERS NEWS
Forgetting his manners, Craig admits he’s right into his phone. The latest news on craig’s city can be viewed at a news bulletin link. both resilient + naughty is craig’s city her serves in community.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 5.2.13~
MATH’S FORMULAS, CRICKET, FUNDING ALLOCATIONS PR, WIRED TOYS & THE BUILDING INDUSTRY POWERING AHEAD
They are the only city in NZ to have a $30b rebuild budget continously hounded and pitched for investment funds allocation to their citizens and residents whims and needs. The effects of the city’s misfortunes two years ago, had devastating consequences for regional development of all New Zealanders, as it turned out.
Yes, the Southern City of Christchurch’s rebuild project, had unceasing press over 2012 and using graphic models video, a $30b rebuild was the city’s one main story in 2012.
So, what have they come up with in 2013? Some plastic, a few wires, in a robot design. The three scientists (pictured) claim, the building industry will benefit as a result of the new.
[let's hope that works for them then in the city's clever use of math and creative electronics crafts].
In other geek news: a new mathmatical formula was developed to predict cricket match final scores recently in Auckland City. (more…)
IN THIS CANOE, A VIBRANT NZ CULTURE IN CONSTANT PROGRESS
—that extremely talented writer guy who lives in Wendyl Nissen‘s NZ and NZ home, explains how quickly NZ is evolving and changing to be a more dynamic nation. :)
It’s an exciting world. Photo: A National Geographic photo winner 2013. The 2000 year-old traditions of Guangdong Province’s poetic boating culture on display. (more…)
DAME SIAN ELIAS, RUGBY SEVENS NEW STARS & WORLD NEWS LINKS – 2ND FEBRUARY 2012
world news:
usa: gas prices up + the situation. jobs dip. elect-cars hiccups. auto-rev: self-driving autos news.
new zealand: dame sian (pictured top). sir paul’s family ‘touched.’ wellington sevens is all on + updates. beauty regimes. alaskans discover the sun + reuters news loves northland news.
canada: rail needed.
gillies kaka plays rugby sevens football. credit: h.b news.
australia: going bush in the highlands. how heat changes families mindsets. canberra shuffles + peter crisp‘s oz.
germany: audi beijing. “chinamy auto” - daimler + baic motor buddy up. iran residents. a german e.u tourists’ facebook? the ‘oft insecure have met in munich (+ news). a graying population.
mr ben lamb is a rugby sevens star who’d like to try swimming as a sport. credit: irb sevens.
russia: enviro: photo. the cost of exciting law needs serious consideration. russian bullies need a word.
israel: israel shocked iran + argentina. egyptians + jews.
egypt: women’s equality rights.
sam dickson of w. melton. credit: www.irbs.
united kingdom: the week in pictures. royals period tv. sports + six nations. welsh investment always needed. swiss-brits.
mr rocky kahn plays rugby football. credit: auckland rugby.
france: france 24. russia on france – harsh.
mexico: oil safety ethics. Brazil’s footballers to play Switzerland in Basel.
switzerland: employers i.t ethics (clic pic). jobs. geneva-hollywood. smucks news.nuclear lobby. local cinema production news.
global warming: + the sun. shanghai smog watch. ocean watch: ocean care.
bonus sports: rugby sevens: Day 1 Feb1 + Day 2 Feb 2. kenya’s emotional win… amazing. scott dickson + gillies kaka‘s team’s amazing too. (more…)
POPCORN FRIDAYS AT THE MOVIES, NEW ZEALAND MOVIE THEATRES
A new movie buddy was made today.
I plan on going to the movies more in 2013.
It will be surreal to see what the talented Hollywood kids are up to 2013… a big ask to be unbiased… while viewing the silver screen…
this side of heaven… in New Zealand at the flicks.
Oh well… I’ll try. :)
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And: To see what the fun Kiwi kids are up2 to: hone in.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 30.1.13~
GRITTY EDGE & TOTZ CHILL SUSTAINABLE CITIES – PENNY HULSE TALKS CITY ARCHITECTURAL PLANNING – BALANCING BUILDING WITH COMMUNITY’S CULTURE
diversity is on show in New Zealand in the way property development should find the balance in preserving cultural heritage says Penny Hulse. ”To develop in a sustainable way in keeping with its alternative values and gritty edge… [New Zealand communities can appreciate] fine-grained details and [governments sometimes] certainly don’t understand the passion which communities have for overseeing and being involved in the way their communities develop… a greater focus and protection of heritage [can be helpful]…
In new areas of development there is more scope to create a “new” modern cityplan structure. Government’s can’t always use law to re-engineer entire cities of existing citizens under a property guise. (more…)
BUZZ WORDS – METIRIA TUREI ON LISTENING
buzz words: rail link. everyday citizens. political process engagement. picnic for the planet. desire more than business as usual, above lazy thinking. modern political thought into action. be in for the future. listen for: the anticipated actions. help. interests people want. be on-the-ground. grassroots. [be in touch with real] networks of people taking action. retain assets if nz can. support local council. fear [only freezes an economy] and [it's the love of] money [that can leave people hollow in an over-printed currency world. Recognise it, yet don't worship money].
–Metiria Turei‘s words for NZ’s green party.
thoughts: We live in times where scare tactics bind up the economy, or people’s mindsets. NZ can’t afford to have that happen in 2013. Start ups require encouragement and an encouraging environment. (more…)
LEN BROWN’S SPATIAL PLAN FOR AUCKLAND IS HOT PROPERTY
property development + construction talk:
“The government will intervene to free up land for housing unless local governments, especially Auckland, plan to do so themselves, Prime Minister John Key said today in his state of the nation speech in Auckland.
“We want to work co-operatively with local councils and I believe our goals in the end are the same,” said Key. “In particular we are keenly awaiting the Auckland Council’s spatial plan, and I’m expecting it to include multiple options for both greenfields and brownfields residential property developments. (more…)
BALANCE SHEET VIOLENCE BUDGETS STRUCTURING & COMMUNITY WELL BEING – A STUDY 2013
how does economic violence (balance sheet violence of govt budgets allocations) play out in community well being? economic structure is a societal script played out in society. how does that look, casting wise in nz?
what nz needs is to examine why economic abuse has been allowed to happen in racist economic cluster games, new zealand plays. often the ecnomic games cause inquality, they go largely unquestioned in nz. when you do question them, you experience the wrath of the wealthy in very militant invasive ways. media is used to taser people back into line. it is not a good use of media, as the behavior only causes anger to arise in society. the backlash will be severe unless nz decision makers get real.
the effects of some of the worst economic data (high unemployment, sexist discrimination, racist unequal disrcimination too in wealth distribution figures) has meant that certain commuities of nz citizens has been rotton. It is also believed that the environment created on an uneven playing field, caused domestic violence to increase in some communities. Leading psychologists in the USA are also writing articles on debt and how that affects Americans to act recklessly too. NZ is not alone in forcing the wealthy to create economies that are just.
people commissioned in nz to offer their opinion on the effects of the economic structure, post (or mid… whatever!) the gfc structured years are: dame catherine tizard, carol hirschfeld, sir owen glenn. 21 other people including academics, educators, international human rights advocates are set to be in the mix. (more…)
HOME ABUSE & PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT FRONT COMPANIES – THE CHEN FAMILIES NZ STORY 2012
Louis Chen invested in a property development venture to have a home in Auckland city. He got done over. 124 townhouses were promised in a new development. Chen put down good money for the Albany Heights home. The project is said to be a year behind. Resource consent and timing is said to be the issue. Chen, his wife and kid are kinda nada muchos happy about it.
Not cool. What can be done so that Chen and people like him and their time, the money, their life in NZ is not being stolen, frustrated or misled?
For example, if one of my iwi (Maori tribes) decided to go into property development, how could we learn not to treat people like Mr Chen and his family in this way?
[Photo: Doug Sherring].
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 20.1.13~
CULTURAL MOTIVATION & BELIEF SYSTEM – EDUCATION, MEDICINE & DR. HINEMOA ELDER
“Your belief system, your commitment to medicine and your cultural motivation,” are factors that make good New Zealand doctors today.
–Hinemoa Elder is the no.1 most requested New Zealand person on the website today. That’s amazing! Hinemoa was a well known TV talent who went to Med School later in life than most younger students she studied with. She graduated.
Today, New Zealand still needs more Maori and Pasifika Med Students enrolling at most universities in NZ.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 17.1.13~
PROBLEM SOLVING TICKLISH – BILL RALSTON’S CREATIVE WRITING TUTORIALS
A toga party and a surfeit of savvy make for a ticklish problem.
–Bill Ralston writes up the selfishness of our indvidual consumer society in a land of plenty.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 14.1.13~
NEWS – SATURDAY 5th JANUARY 2012
New Zealand’s news bulletin @6pm Saturday, featured sports news that was tennis and cricket led. The rest of the news was about beaut weather and all about push backs. In one story, the Anglican Church still will not allow woman Bishops. Why? Who knows.
The UK has taken to running stories in 2013 of how illegal America’s wealthy have been over the years. ‘Moral integrity’ seems to be lacking in the news tale of corruption. A swiss bank is closing down as a result of laundering (hiding) US millionaire’s wealth. US law has fined the bank, causing it to close. In local news, the South Island of New Zealand pushes back against the North’s population’s dominance.
Insurance is not just and right for some Christchurch City property owners we learn. While Aucklanders in the North want to socialize people to build up and live in apartments, the South want NZ to keep believing in and funding the South’s $30b plus rebuild of Christchurch City’s construction plans. (more…)
HOLLYWOOD FILM STUDENTS STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS STAR PROSE
On Hobson street as students we sung melodies to the stars, trekking as twinkling lucky comets suspended bright as jewels of the night.
High above geogentric racial wars, we acknowledge the witness of those great bearers of light. Galaxies of pearl systems, strung in sky over the cliffs as gentle reminders we are immortal mortals of Te Whetu Marama.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 4.1.13~
SUMMER OF TENNIS
Agnieszka Radwanska is in New Zealand for a spot of summer tennis. Photo: NZH.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 1.1.13~
A $2.86 MILLION RAIL LINK IN TAMAKI MAKAURAU?
… watch the bombers in the future… yet a NZ mayor wants to rock a new infrastructure idea to create a cosmopolitan city vibe?
In particular a new rail loop in Tamaki Makaurau.
DANCE 101 BASICS – PRESTIGE DANCE CREW
Step it up.
Hip hop crews.
Get ya dance on. :)
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 19.12.12~
DANIEL CARTER ON SOCIAL MEDIA – DECEMBER 2012
Dan Carter decided to spread some end of year cheer, giving away his Adidas and AIG sponsored sports gear to tribe rugby on twitter. A fun story. Find out what dude’s up to on TwitterLand. Those cheesy cheeky Kiwi grins. Funny.
I love the tee shirt too. Woah!
[Photo: Twitter].
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 18.12.12~
GOOD MORNING BABY – BIC RUNGA SONGS
Ah! She’s so good. Bic Runga on guitar.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 17.12.12~
CHERRY PICKING – WHERE WENDYL NISSEN GETS HER CHERRIES, WHEN NOT FAMILY BAKING
Cherry Season in New Zealand:
Writes Wendyl Nissen: “My preference for Christmas cherries would always be a box of fresh ones from Central Otago, but I’m not sure how they would go in baking. So if you need to resort to a glace cherry for your Christmas cake, white Christmas or cocktail go for the Homebrand because they have more cherry per packet, less sugar and no artificial flavours or colours.
I totally forgot central Otago has fresh cherries until Wendyl shared that. Pays to read the newspaper. Always so good in New Zealand.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 15.12.12~
A GUY FAMILY MEMBER STARTS A JOB IN RADIO IN NEW ZEALAND’S BIG SMOKE CITY
She is the Kiwi mother of four who resembles Charlize Theron in facial structure looks. She was married to a farmer bloke called Ewan once. Her bro Scott was a farmer once too. She was in New Zealand news lots when Ridley Scott was heavily promoting his film in Hollywood that starred Charlize in it. A NZ film company helped work on that film. Looking at NZ news and US news during those months was like seeing double. Now a single parent of four she is moving from the country to NZ’s big smoke city to start a career in radio.
To find out who she is or what she has to offer as a new entertainment talent of NZ, listen to NZ Radio, read NZ magazines and watch NZ TV online when you can. 2013 is going to be a big year for this young lady. She is set to be the Kiwi rural farmer’s wife’s NZ star.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 12.12.12~
DEMOCRACY IS ABOUT THE PEOPLE NOT JUST YOUR OWN POCKETS – WENDYL NISSEN TURNS ON A SHOW, NZ TV – DECEMBER PRESS 2012
“It’s become obvious to me that most (New Zealand) politicians have just been in it to make the handshakes and cut the deals, rather than actually do any work for the people.”
–respected journalist with a family bent, Wendyl Nissen commented on Good Morning TV today.
As a viewer, I listened to a Kiwi mother and thought… “yeah, we hear ya sista!”
She wasn’t controversial, she was just showing what democratic TV looks like. (more…)
