SWISS COURT RULES AGAINST NESTLE’S CORPORATE GREED & BULLYING AGAINST ANTI-GLOBALISATION ACTIVISTS
(Financial Times) — Nestlé discovered that the secret infiltration of a non-governmental organisation is illegal. The company also learned that child labor is illegal too. Private companies monitoring activists activities is also illegal. Attac an anti-globalisation organisation that won the case against Nestlé says: ”we are continuing to critically observe the worldwide activities of multinational corporations.”
–cnn.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, polynesia Asia-Pacific. 31.1.13~
TRY AGAIN… HONESTY
try again: true freedom is when you are not afraid to tell the truth.
Aotearoa NZ’s story.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 18.1.13~
FREEDOM IS A CULTURE OF EMPOWERMENT, COURAGE, GENEROSITY OF SPIRIT – TE PIRINGA MAORI CULTURAL CLUB’S SONG ANTHEMS DEPICT IT NICELY
True freedom is when you have gratitude of expression in being empowered and seeking to empower others. Here’s a song that sings of that in New Zealand. Te Piringa with a song of thanksgiving in letting the weak say I am strong. I love it.
A very beautiful song with deep Kiwi meaning.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 10.1.13~
WHAT IS FREEDOM? GERMAN, CANADIAN, US THINKERS OF THE FRASER INSTITUTE’S STUDY – TOWARDS A WORLDWIDE INDEX OF HUMAN FREEDOM
German, Canadian and American researchers quite fancy New Zealand as a beautiful whenua (land) reports marketwire website, especially in offering an idea of new starts. That being an idea of freedom. Yahoo Finance also ran the story.
Last year, the Cato Institute listed New Zealand as having “high economic freedom” ranking third in the world after Hong Kong and Singapore in the yearly Economic Freedom of The World report. An interesting finding as the average wage in New Zealand is US$36k. Yet New Zealand is perceived as having high financial freedom by Cato.
This year, the Germans and Canadians of The Fraser Institute list why they feel New Zealand has high freedom levels. The Insitute claims to have, “the most complete index of human freedom” and is Canada’s leading public policy think-tank. It worked with Germany’s Liberales Institut to collate its thoughts. A summary of main points follows:
The authors of the book say the intention was to measure the degree to which people were free to enjoy classic civil liberties-freedom of speech, religion, individual economic choice, and association and assembly-in each country surveyed.
The nations in their study they like as being perceived as free are: New Zealand, Netherlands, Hong Kong, Australia, Canada, Ireland, US, Denmark, Japan, Estonia. The UK was listed at 18 and France at 33. (more…)
CHINA WANTS INTERNET USERS TO REGISTER THEIR NAME
“Their intention is very clear: It is to take back that bit of space for public opinion, that freedom of speech hundreds of millions of Chinese Internet users have strived for,” said Murong Xuecun, a prominent Chinese writer.
–responding to news that all Chinese are required to register their names for the internet. Read Flora Ji‘s report.
I just think China’s government is more honest than other governments about it. I mean, it’s not look every government isn’t looking at what their citizens are doing online. How else do politicians look like gurus (or worse, when they do not – heaven forbid! We all look dumb, when that happens)… every time they turn up at a press conference. They need relevant stuff to say. This is often how they get their best ideas. (more…)
LIFE AFTER ABDUCTION – REGAINING PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSONAL AWAKENING OF FREEDOM – 3 REPORTERS STORY
For five days, news crew (journalists) were abducted in Syria. Abductions are always scary to get through. Richard Engel, Aziz Akyavas and John Kooistra share their remarkable story of escape via The Holllywood Reporter. (more…)
“IF YOU SPEAK CHINESE, YOU KNOW WHO I AM” HAN HAN OF CHINA
“If you speak Chinese… you know who I am… Faith is a fine thing, no doubt, but what matters most is where faith leads us. If faith simply drives us into the ditch, then we’d do better to stay put on solid ground and watch the clouds go by.”
–Han Han of China, blogger, author and sportsman questions where China’s youth are at today.
Photo: The Times.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 15.12.12~
HOSEA GEAR DECEMBER 2012 PRESS
A lot of readers are requesting Hosea Gear All Blacks News.
To find out the latest, click on the rugby star’s pic. Hosea is the All Blacks brotha leading the All Blacks rugby team’s Maori haka.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 13.12.12~
WE ARE WHAT WE THINK – THE GLOBAL BATTLE FOR INTERNET FREEDOM ON THE TABLE
Google on it’s home page raises the question of: Love the free and open Internet? Tell the world’s governments to keep it that way.
Thankfully a journalist has already given good thoughts on this.
The Global Battle For Internet Freedom is examined in detail by Chris Barton.
“It’s a familiar narrative. People make decisions behind closed doors. Other people don’t like it. The secrets get leaked. All hell breaks loose. Think Wikileaks, the Trans Pacific Partnership and now the WCIT leak site. That’s the World Conference on International Telecommunications which is being held by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) in Dubai this week.” (more…)
FREEDOM LEADERS 2012
Celebrating freedom more: Medal of Freedom Recipients 2012 – USA
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 1.11.12~
FREE LAND TRUISMS SPIRIT LEADERSHIP
This is a hard place and we’re not angels or saints: the big things are never easy and we don’t get everything right.
But we stand today, a proud people in a free land.
–Julia Gillard showing realistic leadership. 28.10.12~
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 30.10.12~
PRECIOUS RESPECT – YEARS ON FROM JEWS SURVIVING RACISM – HARRY GLAZER’S WORDS
Humanitarians of us all: Harry Glazer‘s life and work is always going to be important.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 19.10.12~
MO YAN WINS NOBEL LITERATURE PRIZE – THE FIRST CHINESE ARTIST TO DO SO
Mo Yan, became the first Chinese writer to win the literature Nobel. The artist was awarded the Peace Prize while serving a prison sentence for opposing single-party rule. Photo: AP. Reporting Christopher Bodeen, Toronto Star.
Mo Yan’s Bo Xilai poem follows:
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 13.10.12~
SALMAN RUSHDIE ON COURAGE
‘The only way you can defeat [terrorism] is by deciding not to be afraid.’
–writer Salman Rushdie on taking heart in courage. NZ Herald.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 19.9.12~
NEW JERSEY, USA AFFIRMS COPTIC CHRISTIANS
The city of New Jersey USA, is going all out to affirm Coptic Christians says Reuters.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 16.9.12~
DMETRY MEDVEDEV & PUSSY RIOT NEWS
Pussy. Riot. Freedom–source: Pitchfork.com.
News: “Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday called for three members of the punk band Pussy Riot to be freed, a sign that the women’s release could be imminent since their case comes up for appeal on Oct. 1.”–words: Lyn Berry-ABNews.go.
[Photo caption: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. The girls of punk band Pussy Riot are Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Yekaterina Samutsevich and Maria Alyokhina sit in a glass-walled cage after a court hearing in Moscow].
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 14.9.121~
FREEDOM. LIBERTY CULTURE – UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS 2012 REMINDER
Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
Preamble: Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,
Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people,
Whereas it is essential, if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression, that human rights should be protected by the rule of law,
Whereas it is essential to promote the development of friendly relations between nations,
Whereas the peoples of the United Nations have in the Charter reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person and in the equal rights of men and women and have determined to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,
Whereas Member States have pledged themselves to achieve, in co-operation with the United Nations, the promotion of universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms,
Whereas a common understanding of these rights and freedoms is of the greatest importance for the full realization of this pledge,
Now, Therefore THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY proclaims THIS UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, to the end that every individual and every organ of society, keeping this Declaration constantly in mind, shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universal and effective recognition and observance, both among the peoples of Member States themselves and among the peoples of territories under their jurisdiction.
Article 1: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Article 2: Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty. (more…)
BEHAVE FILMS: “LITTLE HOUSE NIGG*RS ON THE REMAINING PRAIRIE” – HONE HARAWIRA IS A COMEDIC SCREENWRITER WAITING TO HAPPEN
Semi-True Hollywood script ideas penned by New Zealand politicians combatting racist censoring and design:
If New Zealand politicians in The Beehive were to form a film production company and write comedy films, we would send the few Maori-Kiwi MP’s into bat first, to really loosen the economic gridlock up. The production house could be called “Behave Films.”
We’d probably choose Hone Harawira to write the first script, because he’s always controversial, has no fear, doesn’t lie and doesn’t care what people think of what he says. Always a good basis for social justice as well as comedic appeal too. Laughing at ourselves is good.
Hone’s film would probably tackle the unacceptable poverty divide that exists. The divide is incredibly racist. Banking flows, via political wingmen have been the cause of this gross scouge of NZ society in it’s current form. So, we probably do need Hone Harawira’s magic to bring attention to this greedy disease that has crippled NZ society’s economic growth being more common place as well as wealth being more evenly distributed in the form of adequate job creation too.
What would Hone’s film be though? Well, the newspaper suggests the idea could involve Facebook marketing. Hone’s movie idea could be titled: Little House Nigg*rs on the Remaining Prairie.
Good Lord, and it’s only Thursday in NZ, not even the weekend. The political scene in Wellywood is like, totally on fire today. Too funny.
Other H2 news can be read: Here & Hia. Never dull. Always entertaining.
[If you look at farming flows or where banking system flows of the economy have gone to in the last 7-10 years, metaphorically Hone is absolutely right in raising concerns about censoring Maori in the political system in the way current politics has been designed and rigged at this moment of writing. He makes me laugh in pointing out the illegaity of what is going on! Too honest! What Hone indicates is illegal and unconstitutional political practice that needs a good flushing out to be frank. It's certainly a refreshing change to dishing out the tin in rehashed movie roles like All Quiet on The Western Front. Geez! It's 2012!].
[Photo: Hone Harwira portrait by Don Scott].
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 6.9.12~
MEDIA CENSORSHIP IS ALMOST OVER IN MYANMAR
Myanmar is changing: Myanmar government ends most media censorship.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 21.8.12~
EN VOGUE RETRO HITS
Free your mind and the rest will follow.
Thought for today–En Vogue.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 15.8.12~
USA DROUGHT – AGRICULTURAL NEW ZEALAND NEWS & NZX WATCH REPORT – 10.8.12
[Music - Stan Walker's music video is a beauty as it shows acres of land, as a concept raising the idea of where agricultural crops could be growing - for our baby panda nations populations of the world].
New Zealand Citizens World News From Aotearoa New Zealand: In New Zealand, we are most concerned about USA’s drought problems, driving up food prices worldwide.
This means that people who live in concrete jungle cities, with no access to a backyard to grow a garden, are very disadvantaged by this news. Held ransom, by the US drought on this issue when shopping.
As too, are the famine stricken nations of the world, we need to be more mindful of.
New Zealand needs to get stuck into agriculture more. We also need a new distribution supply firm (separate to the now German-owned Turners & Growers) to create new supply distribution chains from NZ. Grains, wheat, maybe even maize are what NZ should get more into. Alongwith growing some good stodgey potatoes and kumara (yummy sweet potatoes) to boot. We need to stockpile these crops. The produce should belong to NZ citizens, (our youth should own them), to mediate Peace in the world’s future and reduce wars and blood shed too. It is our children’s futures we all serve, if we are humble enough to actually view it with eyes wide open, looking out to a brighter world where there are dark clouds on our horizons we need to bring light to in our humble yet pivotal New Zealand future, destined to be world-changing people.
Anway, for the latest on the news: Melissa Stokes 12 o’clock news report gives some of our news views in NZ. We’re are a little bit Vincent Ward today with a tragic: vigil watch in New Plymouth. A bit rattled in Hawke’s Bay too. A plume bubbly at Tongariro as well. Busy.
Andrew Allison gives a rough NZX report too. (We’re pretending that NZ is still worried about the Eurozone, when really the bank is in our backyard to grow. We need to be less lazy, do some real work and feed the world). If every politician was allowed out of ‘school’ to spend two days a week in their own provinces, encouraging their home electorate folks to begin this work, NZ would be 100% wealthier in a years time. Kind of, be a cheerleader (or a top coach) of the real people in each province, is what our politicians redeeming qualities are, ahead.
I have a Generation Joseph section on this blog, (created as a blueprint for youth of NZ’s strong future), that addresses that situation from NZ for the world. I like Melissa and Andrew’s reports today. Also of interest is the story of schizophrenia and medical science. In the GFC years or world re-engineering, people wearing ties at banks developed schizophrenic economies. The economies looked like: One for them and another for everyone else. The rise of this disease with suits (that is still prevalent) was best summed up in the American pop anthem, Poker Face many chart hits ago now. So I love that story too. A fav.
And: you can’t go past the world’s “oldest” flash mob dancers either today. Age is nothing but a number, so I admire the humor of our Kiwi grey-power set actors rocking out in this clip too. In their own special way, these outrageous silver hori headed people are creating world history too. Ye-ah!
Live life each day to the fullest is their very groovy message at our 100th medal milestone for NZ. Always have fun is the Auckland City’s Lifemark Homes team‘s inspiring crazy message. “Give it death” they reckon!!! I love them! JH Peace!
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 10.8.12~
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…)
WE BRAVE: THE ELEMENTS – FIRST CROSSINGS REALITY TV SHOW CELEBRATES NEW ZEALAND’S FOUNDING FATHER’S ADVENTUROUS TEAMWORK SPIRIT
John Mulgan‘s famous novel, Man Alone gets an update; finding a twin to depict the art of original (Indiana Jones-styled) adventurous Kiwi spirit. A hallmark of Aotearoa New Zealand’s founding fathers. Must watch TV.
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Lately, the morning television production on the Good Morning television show has been so good. It’s relevant cultural television from the heart of New Zealand’s cultural values. Some of it is so deep, I’ve been staying write away from blogging about it. However, Jeanette Thomas is ever a shape-shifting magician as a TV talent, sharing the limelight with cohosts Matai Rangi Smith and Aster and guests. The team have been doing an amazing job at turning on the Arohatia Te Reo: Love the Maori Language theme of the show this week.
One of the upcoming TV shows the team have promo-ed is First Crossings, a show that celebrates the adventurous indomitable spirit of our early Pakeha settlers to New Zealand (eg: Sir Peter Jackson‘s people for example and many Kiwis’ founding fathers, my own too – and Kiwi moms). First Crossings is a reality TV concept, featuring adventurer record holders, Jamie Fitzgerald and Kevin Biggar, that takes audiences across the wilds of New Zealand’s vast whenua, fiordland rivers and diverse landscapes. The show is very Sir Edmund Hillary in spirit.
Already, I can tell it’s my favorite new TV show to hit the air soon, as in New Zealand, what we want is to see ourselves, our people, our stories, our identity onscreen at this time, more than anything else the world can offer us. First Crossing takes us back in time and does that. To be Kiwi cool you have to reinterpret what our icons of culture gave us in the past, switch it up and play it forward in a modern and relevant manner, imbued with new levels of meaning. It’s just what we Kiwis do. Our sense of fun, play, humor being shared.
On that note, we are extremely proud of our Pakeha culture in Aotearoa New Zealand. Most of it anyways.
It’s fact: New Zealand is defined by adventurous people who know how to navigate change. That trait, brought us all on the trail to Aotearoa in different waves and stages. (more…)
A JOHN WRITES A DEAR JOHN LETTER ON MAORI WATER RIGHTS ISSUES – 13.9.12
At the time of writing many Maori leaders are meeting with The Maori King as one, to discuss the issue of water rights in New Zealand.
The coverage begins with an open letter by a politician named John to another man named John, NZ’s PM. The letter goes:
Kia ora, John
I’m down at Turangawaewae for the water hui, and I just wanted to clear up a few things before I go in. You see John, there’s quite a bit of confusion about how Maori are being pushed to help you with your asset sales problem, but there doesn’t seem to be much of a push from your side to help Maori with any of our problems – like poverty, low wages, massive unemployment, poor housing, benefit cuts … you know the rest.
We know things are hard for your Government right now, what with trying to sell off power companies when you don’t own the water that drives them – but really John, that’s something your officials should have sorted out a long time ago.
The consultation hui earlier this year showed clearly that Maori don’t support asset sales, there was that huge march on Parliament against it, and there’s that petition on the street right now with 250,000 signatures and growing, opposing asset sales as well. (more…)
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