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Because science, innovation, education are New Zealand peoples spirit - of our strong outrigger canoe culture of navigatable adventurous and creative discoveries into new horizons of destiny and change too:
In investing R&D capital into our future innovative inventors of sustainability and peace news:
In my mind I see, children all throughout the South Pacific, even up to the Marshall Islands into even the island of Guam, maybe Vietnam too. They each have a laptop and tablet each. On the internet they are taught curriculum subjects from New Zealand.
Their learning is accelerated and a generation of Polynesian (and Asian?) children arise, supported by their New Zealand friends nearby and afar, to allow the potential of Polynesia’s youth to be all they will be, for the gifts in their lives the world will need to be stronger, smarter, more creative – in the years to come. If we all do this for them that’s so going to happen.
This is the burden that sits very strongly on me today. I really want to see our groovy and unique white, Pakeha New Zealanders do it, just to teach the world what cool New Zealand citizens look like as architects of the world – and to push back the powers of greed, on our Island dwelling Polynesian friends.
Although we admire the braun of Polynesian peoples natural dna (Jonah Lomu storms to mind) - it is their Peaceful spirit (most days), their respect for their elderly, their creativity so rich yet largely untapped, their spiritual gifts, the notable and noble warmth of heart, a trusting innocence in the good of the wider world and their unique thoughts that dwell within their minds; that we will need to see more of in the world, twenty years out from this point. We need to invest more in it.
Photo: Namua Island, Aleipata Upolu, Samoa–Real Adventures. (more…)
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OUR OUTRIGGER CANOES OF SCIENCE, EDUCATION, INNOVATION FOR POLYNESIAN & PASIFIKA YOUTH POPULATIONS OF THE WORLD – NEW ZEALAND SPIRIT RISING & INVESTING IN PI YOUTH
Because science, innovation, education are New Zealand peoples spirit - of our strong outrigger canoe culture of navigatable adventurous and creative discoveries into new horizons of destiny and change too:
In investing R&D capital into our future innovative inventors of sustainability and peace news:
In my mind I see, children all throughout the South Pacific, even up to the Marshall Islands into even the island of Guam, maybe Vietnam too. They each have a laptop and tablet each. On the internet they are taught curriculum subjects from New Zealand.
Their learning is accelerated and a generation of Polynesian (and Asian?) children arise, supported by their New Zealand friends nearby and afar, to allow the potential of Polynesia’s youth to be all they will be, for the gifts in their lives the world will need to be stronger, smarter, more creative – in the years to come. If we all do this for them that’s so going to happen.
This is the burden that sits very strongly on me today. I really want to see our groovy and unique white, Pakeha New Zealanders do it, just to teach the world what cool New Zealand citizens look like as architects of the world – and to push back the powers of greed, on our Island dwelling Polynesian friends.
Although we admire the braun of Polynesian peoples natural dna (Jonah Lomu storms to mind) - it is their Peaceful spirit (most days), their respect for their elderly, their creativity so rich yet largely untapped, their spiritual gifts, the notable and noble warmth of heart, a trusting innocence in the good of the wider world and their unique thoughts that dwell within their minds; that we will need to see more of in the world, twenty years out from this point. We need to invest more in it.
Photo: Namua Island, Aleipata Upolu, Samoa–Real Adventures. (more…)
August 1, 2012 | Categories: New Zealand, Samoa, Leadership, Maori, Humor, Hip Hop Community, Sports, Babies, Health Care, Parenting, Health & Beauty, Human Rights, Rugby, Freedom, Polynesian, Wings, Science, global warming, Education, I have a Dream, Star Trek, Fiji, Tonga, Freedom of Speech, Innovation, Novels, Heat, Imagination, Florida, Entourage, Star Wars, Community, Culture, Teenagers, Michael Jones, Whangarei City, Northland, Joy, Pop Art, Foreign Affairs, Journalists, Young Royals, Kool Kiwis, Krazy Kiwis, Compassion, New Zealand All Blacks, Sports Horiwood, Humanitarian Angels on Horiwood.Com, Teen Moms, Football, Christchurch, Maori Rose of Sharon, Aotearoa New Zealand, Pop Cultural Commentary, humility, Cross-Cultural Narratives, Bodyguards, Social Media, Canoes, Superpowers discourse and direction, Indigenous Thinking, Child Support, forestry, Technology, Freedom of Expression, Entrepreneurs, South Pacific, Immigrants, Kaitiaki - The Action Movie Film Franchise, horticulture, Investors, Heritage Arts & Culture, Encouragement, Children, Sound Engineering, Kaitiakitanga, Human Trafficking, Wrestling, Sci-Fi, Architectural Design, Mark Solomon, West Auckland, Teamwork, Maori Volcanics, Marshall Islands, Asia Pacific, Sports Psychology, Te Tai Tokerau, Whales, Ocean Paddlers, Arctic, Investments for Future Generations of Majorities, Social Engineering, Surfing, Strategic Interest, Children's Books, Childhood Fairy Tales, Star System - The Art of Aotearoa New Zealand Celebrity, Maina Werne-Jones, Kiwi Heroes, Marine Biology, Asia-Pacific, Inventors, Iwi Biz Partners, Building, Cook Islands, Niue, Engineers, Oceans, Intellectual Property, Sports Talent Management, Founding Fathers - Aotearoa New Zealand, Jonah Lomu, Seeing Through Uniforms, Frachising Aotearoa Ideas, Martha Farmer, Telecom, Social Justice, Inequality, Cultural Capital Economic Access Tests - New Zealand Inequality Tests, Infrastructure Technology, Climate Change, Environment, Solomon Islands, Grey Lyn, Youth Workers, Fish Farming, Irony, Fathers of America, Shipping, Kermadec Islands, Tokelau, Maori All Blacks - New Zealand, Youth, South Island, Rarotonga, Child Abuse, Fascinating, Freight, Science Teachers, Ponsonby, Maps, Arctic Monkeys, iwi, Child Poverty, Oceania, Young Kiwi Romance, Endurance, New Zealand Citizens, In Good Faith, Antarctica, Water New Zealand, Fisheries, Marine Biovidersity, Ocean Governance, Sustainable Development of the Ocean, Starship, Strength, Teachers, Child Protection Rights, Immigration, Super Yachts, Nutrition Life Planning, Science-Fantasy, Housing, Sustainable Prosperity, packaging, high tech electronics, Guam, Kiribati Islands, Immigration Tsunami Impacts, Environmental Crimes, Nuku'alofa, Child Rehab Programs, Bold Ideas, Young Adults Culture, Island Peoples, Healing The Land, Human Resources Management, Vision, Building Construction Companies, High protein foods, Ironsands Drilling, Oceanography, Miracles, Sustainable Living, Compliance - Quality Assurance, Vitamins, Cultural Cringe - How We Got Over It, Building Safety, Rowing, Pasifika, Science & Innovation, Visual Arts, Children's Rights, Marine Science, Environmental Impact Assessments, Found Mothers - Aotearoa New Zealand, Founding Mothers - Aotearoa New Zealand, Marine Surveillance, Food Production - New Zealand Exports, Teen Suicide Watch, Teen Dads, Self Defense Skills, Teenagers Self Defense, Fathers, Asylum Seekers, Boat Building, Concrete, Young Kiwis, Structuralists, Hippies, Telecommunications, Social Workers, Superyachts Culture, Superyachts, Sports Sponsorship, Confidence, Founding Father's South Pacific, Founding Mothers South Pacific, Star System - The Art of South Pacific Celebrity, balance, North Island, Iwi Development, Navigation, Star System - The Art of Global Celebrity, First Crossings, Islands, Ross Sea, Whaleology, Island Peoples Stalking Syndrome for Economic Profit Exploitation, Sid Going, Polynesian Minors, Stuart Dodd, Navy South Pacific, Blue Prints Aotearoa New Zealand, Wesley College | 2 Comments »