Featured rugby artist creating play in New Zealand’s most loved game of sport, Mr Shane Christie. Click on his pic to discover Crusaders Rugby‘s new look line up. Shane Christie is a “Maori Sports Star” playing for the South in 2013 in the forward pack.
Shane had a stellar year of rugby in 2012 playing well for Tasman and making the Maori All Blacks selection too on the European Tour. Shane has some pretty big shoes to fill in 2013 for the South.
It’s official. Ngati Toa get the rights that they authored the famous All Blacks haka, now a staple feature of rugby culture worldwise. Nice one! (more…)
The Maori All Blacks have beaten Canada 32-19 on their European Tour two tries to one. Twenty of MABs points were scored through the air above the grassy pitch from eight successful kicks.
Results: Maori All Blacks 32 (Andre Taylor, Charlie Ngatai tries; Willie Ripia 6 pens, 2 con) Canada 19 (Ray Barkwell try; James Pritchard 4 pens, Connor Braid con) HT: 19-9.
Rugby News: After a thumping in their first test in England, New Zealand’s Maori All Blacks have fared well in their second test match.
The New Zealand Herald reports: “Championship XV 52-21 in Doncaster: The Maori were well beaten by English club side Leicester in their first game but quickly found their rhythm today, scoring eight tries to two in the victory.
Coach Jamie Joseph had made seven changes to his team, who built on the two first-half tries scored by Kurt Baker and Hika Elliot to run in six more by Declan O’Donell, Trent Renata, Elliot Dixon, Frae Wilson, Romana Graham and Jackson Willison.
NZ Maori 52 (Declan O’Donnell; Kurt Baker, Hika Elliot, Trent Renata, Elliot Dixon, Frae Wilson, Romana Graham, Jackson Willison tries; Willie Ripia 5 con; Renata con) bt Championship XV 21 (Dante Mama, Rhys Cranetries tries; Tristan Roberts con, 3 pen”
A good effort. Pai rawe.
Video and latest All Blacks Italy test rugby commentary can be viewed @TheKickIt.
[Photo: The Blues:Jamieson Gibson-Park works it for NZ millionaires and rugby sponsors with the ball in hand at Doncaster. A Getty photo. Photo 2. Tristan Roberts].
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 18.11.12~
Matthew Tate is on the bust with ball in hand. Photo: Superxv.com.
Rugby News: The Maori All Blacks team in the debut match in England, clocked up 24 points. However it was not enough for a victory.
Stuff.Co reports: ”Maori All Blacks lost their UK tour opener against England club side Leicester today. The Tigers who regarded the win as epic, won 32-24 in a match played at their Welford Road ground.”
The last ten matches for the MAB’s side since 2007, the team had won. June, 2007 saw the MAB’s lose 13-17 to the England Saxons.
The MAB’s team coach Jamie Joseph‘s side paid the price in a lack of discipline under pressure, as Tigers first-five George Ford kicked six penalties which proved the difference.
This means that the MAB’s could improve with several speciliast kickers in the team while not giving away penalties too. The experience abroad is fantastic for the new Maori All Blacks side in England. Good on the Tigers for earning a win.
Photo: George Ford excels at kicking duties for the Leicester Tigers. Photo credit: Leicestershire.co.uk.
Results:Leicester Tigers 32 (Niall Morris, Adam Thompstone tries; George Ford 2 con, 6 pen.) Maori All Blacks 24 (Frae Wilson, Tim Bateman, Charlie Ngatai tries; Willie Ripia 3 con, pen.)
So, some joyous Maori bros arrived in England for a few games of rugby football and to compliment the All Blacks team already in Europe. Here’s Scotty & Te Karere Team’s news footage.
What Hika Elliott said: “To come here to heathrow and be welcomed by a haka, you know it just seems like we’re back at home. It was awesome to see that and hopefully we can build up some support around here and get some followers, it would be awesome.”
What Jamie Joseph said: “In terms of the rugby preparation we’ve done a couple of days in Auckland, but not nearly enough for a competition or an opposition like Leicester (more…)
“We are very excited about this tour to England as the programme offers an excellent opportunity to display the depth of talent we have.”
–coach Jamie Joseph on why touring England is going to be fun and good for rugby.
Sports Rugby News: Maori All Blacks schedule:
13 November, v Leicester Tigers, at Welford Road Stadium
17 November, v Championship Select XV, at Castle Park
23 November, v Canada, at Oxford University.
The team’s sponsors are:
Aotearoa Fisheries Ltd (Tour naming rights)
BNZ has 3 year sponsorship deal.
What this team needs: An equivalent of AIG backing them.
Whose working on that then? Got to be great for rugby if sponsorship levels were increased of the Maori All Blacks. Creates more opportunity for New Zealand and the sports code entire, when that happens.
We’ve got to show equality more in sports in New Zealand. Maori share the country of New Zealand with everyone. So Maori should not be excluded from a rugby side that is Maori under rugby union rules. Like, if you can have a team from Fiji you sure as hika can have a Maori team, yeah?!
Who in team management is working on securing sponsorship? Development funding?
[Photo: Nick Crosswell made the Tour squad, Photo Peter McIntosh, Otago Daily Times].
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 5.11.12~
Sports News: Coach Jamie Joseph of the Maori All Blacks New Zealand team has announced Tanerau Latimer as captain.
The golden dream team are: Forwards: Hika Elliot (Ngati Awa – Hawke’s Bay), Quentin MacDonald (Rangitane – Tasman), Ben May (Ngati Maniapoto – Waikato), Bronson Murray (Ngapuhi – Bay of Plenty), Ben Afeaki (Ngati Awa – North Harbour), Jacob Ellison (Ngati Porou – Otago), Jarrad Hoeata (Ngati Kahungunu – Taranaki), Jason Eaton (Ngati Apa – Taranaki), Romana Graham (Ngati Apa – Waikato), Ross Filipo (Muaupoko – Wellington), Nick Crosswell (Ngati Porou – Manawatu), Tanerau Latimer – captain (Te Arawa – Bay of Plenty), Elliot Dixon (Ngapuhi – Southland), Karl Lowe (Ngati Kahungunu – Hawke’s Bay), Shane Christie (Ngati Kura – Tasman).
Backs: Jamison Gibson-Park (Ngati Porou/Nga Tai – Taranaki), Frae Wilson (Ngati Rangi/Te Ati Awa – Wellingon), Willie Ripia (Ngai Tuhoe – Bay of Plenty), Tim Bateman (Ngai Tahu – Wellington), Jackson Willison (Ngati Mahuta – Waikato), Charlie Ngatai (Ngati Porou/Te Whanau-a-Apanui – Wellington), Declan O’Donnell (Ngati Tuwharetoa/Ngati Porou – Waikato), Andre Taylor (Ngati Tuwharetoa/Ngati Kahungunu – Taranaki), Kurt Baker (Ngapuhi – Taranaki), Trent Renata (Ngati Maru – Waikato), Kade Poki (Te Ati Awa – Southland).
How truly grand. :)
No te mea e totoro atu ana toku ringa ki te rangi, me taku ki ano, I ahau e ora tonu nei.
Ka pū te ruha, ka hao nga toa mauri me te ihi.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 29.10.12~
I just tuned into the Marae Investigates TV program. Willie Jackson and Scotty Morrison were discussing the NZ All Blacks rugby football team. Liam Messam and Piri Weepu were the shizzle. Hosea Gear should have played better. And the New Zealand Maori All Blacks team when they go on tour, should really be playing England and Wales to help these two teams get up to speed with their level of international rugby. Not a bad idea at all! There’s a lot of talk too on the Q+A program about jobs creation, water’s economic profits distribution flows and water’s conservation, and the NZ government still flogging the horse of selling the New Zealand citizens’ owned assets program.
In regards to jobs, I often wonder how we can create more without stripping the landscape so much. Renewable flows as products are more sustainable (like dairy as grass that makes milk regrows itself, whereas coal does not for example) to develop. Of course we need a blend of non-renewable exports and renewable exports leaving NZ, right at this time. We’re in the red as a nation and need to get out of that quagmire of vampiric debt. The Maori All Blacks on tour should help show England, Wales and rugby fans of the world, the creative strength of Maori in creating play. These are the skills also needed to grow an economy from a gridlocked position, into one that is thriving, through decreasing debt by creating more.
Talk is cheap. Promises are mirages without delivery. Promises not delivered on are not as real as an awa (a river) before us. (more…)
Press Release: New Zealand Maori All Blacks News: “The New Zealand Maori rugby team will head to the northern hemisphere in November to take on the Leicester Tigers, Canada and a RFU Championship select XV.
Hosted by the Rugby Football Union, the Maori side, who will again be coached by Jamie Joseph, will arrive in England on November 7, before facing nine-time English champions Leicester on Tuesday, November 13.
The squad will then travel further north to Castle Park where they will take on a RFU Championship select XV on Saturday, November 17. (more…)
Alright, it’s the photo rugby football fans and rugby league fans have all been waiting to see on the website, Mr Sonny Bill Williams of The Chiefs, modelling rugby football’s latest silver trophy.
Photo caption: Liam Messam & Sonny Bill Williams (R) of New Zealand’s All Blacks celebrating after beating Australia’s Wallabies’ in their Bledisloe Cup rugby union test match in Auckland August 25, 2012. Photo: Nigel Marple for Getty Images, courtesy of Yahoo Sports.
Crowd flash mob dancing, Oprah Winfrey City concerts & Fergie and the lads of the Black Eyed Peas ramping up the fun in Illinois, one year or so back.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 28.8.12~
The UK did not look after Zinzan Brooke as well as it could have.
[Photo caption: All Black legend Zinzan Brooke (center) is pictured with fellow world rugby players, Percy Montgomery (left) and Josh Lewsey. Photo: NZH.
Breaking news: “Former All Black star Zinzan Brooke and his wife Alison have been declared bankrupt in the UK.
The news was revealed on the the Bankruptcy Orders section on the London Gazette website and refers to the couple’s B & B operation in the English town of Windsor.
Brooke is viewed by many as the best No.8 ever to wear the black jersey. He played for the All Blacks between 1987 and 1997, playing 58 tests and scoring 195 points, made up of 42 tries and three drop goals. (more…)
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.
In amazing IT apps, advancement news, Sophie Tauwehe Tamaki and Paul Breslin have just walked on TV, promoting the hika lite (illumniation) language app tool for mobile phones.
The best thing. It’s free. Wow! What a useful App to all friends of New Zealand’s future direction and flows.
[Thank you].
All right, that was my Hika Elliot gets immortalized in a very cool living, life-giving way that will outlive us all - tribute nod today. :)
[Photo caption: Hika Elliot of the All Blacks performs the Haka before the International Test Match between the New Zealand All Blacks and Ireland at Eden Park on June 9, 2012 in Auckland, New Zealand. Photo by Phil Walter for Getty Images via Yahoo Sports].
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 26.7.12~
Sir John Kirwan was on TV this morning with Jeanette Thomas. When I think of Sir John, I think of my mom sitting with Michael Jones‘ mom, Aunty Maina, at the rugby football park in Northland, in the test match where MJ & JK were both whipper snappers, going for a rugby dream.
You’ve never heard Maori and Samoan mums scream and shout louder in the stands. Nerve-wracking days, both MJ & JK would be successful in being selected for the All Blacks team. It was to be no ordinary team. When Michael got in the All Blacks it was a huge shift in New Zealand consciousness.
The Iceman went on to lift achievement for young people all over New Zealand and the world. Along with Zinzan Brooke, Sir John didn’t do too badly either. A shift abroad proved his worth as a coach and sports brand of entertainment.
Jeanette Thomas has the interview of the Italy, Japan (and now Auckland City) rugby coach talking family, teenagers and having his sights set on a ten-year-career as a coach in New Zealand.
Messages: (Humble) - ”Ten years coaching, then I plan to exit.” “Don’t want to die with music in me.” “Taking a Sir title is not about the title, it is about the reasons.” “Incredibly honored, incredibly humbled, I feel now I have to live up to it.” “If I can help one person through fear, I was a Sir,” he says (paraphrased).
Thomas describes Sir John Kirwan as being a living legend. Watch interview.
The legendary 1987 All Blacks Team included:John Gallagher (Wellington), Craig Green (Canterbury), Joe Stanley (Auckland), John Kirwan (Auckland); Warwick Taylor (Canterbury), Grant Fox (Auckland), David Kirk (Auckland); Wayne Shelford (North Harbour); Michael Jones (Auckland), Gary Whetton (Auckland), Murray Pierce (Wellington), Alan Whetton (Auckland); Steve McDowell (Auckland), Sean Fitzpatrick (Auckland) and John Drake (Auckland), Andy Dalton (Counties), Richard Loe (Waikato), Zinzan Brooke (Auckland), Bernie McCahill (Auckland), Frano Botica (North Harbour) and Bruce Deans (Canterbury).
Rugby was so much fun during these years. Crazy times of sport. It wasn’t so rigid and there was more passion in the game, just for the love of the sport on display. These lads inspired a nation during crucial years where our culture evolved. They were my childhood heroes. The dream team of dreambuilders. With only two channels on TV to choose from, radio commentators in action, no cell phones of any kind and no internet in those days to distract an audience, their celebrity was huge and unparalleled in New Zealand in their spokespersonship roles. They were the voice that shaped a culture. Their words mattered. As a result, they were everyone’s heroes.
What they said and did would shape a nation with depth and meaning. Like all Kiwis of my age-group, in part I too am the product of their character, humour, zest for life and the many gifts of culture that they created on the go, and gave us all as their people.
I could write a book about each one to explain all the pictures of culture they created and shared with their avid audience. They weren’t paid for what they gave, yet they willingly showed generosity of spirit and gave it anyway. Why they are still our bright heroes today. Their ‘books’ they all authored without credit, are a nation of Kiwis. They are some of the finest entertainers New Zealand has ever witnessed, the calibre of whom has rarely been seen since. It’s difficult to know what to say to this generation of stars that the local neighborhoods of New Zealand produced, except Thank you for making us Kiwi too – and a cohesive distinctive society of fun loving people with heart and soul.
~Poster Art: Patricio Guzmán files. 1987 Former All Blacks, photographed with Sir Peter Leitch and Sir Brian Lochore. Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 20.7.12~
A few weeks ago I watched a TV program about New Zealand’s immigrant settlers and their contributions to New Zealand’s South Island Communities. Kees Meeuws zooms us in on the remarkable stories of New Zealanders in the South.
Thanks Kees. Rock on!
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 16.7.12~
Multi-talented rugby football stars Piri Weepu and Aaron Smith could play for either the Maori All Blacks and, or the New Zealand All Blacks rugby football teams.
The new friends both show talent in the scrum half, or half back position of the rugby football sporting code.
In today’s paper, they remind us all to smile more in Aotearoa New Zealand - through the storms. :)
[Photo - Brett Phibbs].
~Posted by Horiwoodblog.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 4.6.12~
Hosea Gear‘s ta moko artistry that he exhibits in the forum of rugby football’s globally watched sporting arenas, is Indigenous Peoples’ artwork of New Zealand that makes all New Zealanders very proud of our Maori rugby football stars and leaders in communities across New Zealand and Asia-Pacific.
Being Kiwi is about being visible in fun and skillfull ways. It’s about an uplifting mountainous feeling.
Stunning because of its simplicity in black with gold leaf, gold dust, bruised metallic oxides and framed in wood from a recycled demolition window frame is this piece by Kiwi artist Sir Ralph Hotere (or Hone Papita Raukura). Titled Lo negro sobre lo oro, it is just one example of why New Zealand loves Sir Ralph Hotere’s profundity as a Maori-Kiwi artist with a unique vision of the world.
To see, jet here. To experience a view of the world at this moment, click on Sir Ralph’s window art piece.
Or, you can read Hone Tuwhare‘s poem Rain that defines the many layered depths of Sir Ralph Hotere’s soul as an artist of great depth.
I can hear you making small holes in the silence rain
If I were deaf the pores of my skin would open to you and shut
And I should know you by the lick of you if I were blind
the something special smell of you when the sun cakes the ground
the steady drum-roll sound you make when the wind drops
But if I should not hear smell or feel or see you
you would still define me disperse me wash over me rain.
SONNY BILL WILLIAMS SPORTS A SILVER RUGBY CUP
Alright, it’s the photo rugby football fans and rugby league fans have all been waiting to see on the website, Mr Sonny Bill Williams of The Chiefs, modelling rugby football’s latest silver trophy.
Photo caption: Liam Messam & Sonny Bill Williams (R) of New Zealand’s All Blacks celebrating after beating Australia’s Wallabies’ in their Bledisloe Cup rugby union test match in Auckland August 25, 2012. Photo: Nigel Marple for Getty Images, courtesy of Yahoo Sports.
Crowd flash mob dancing, Oprah Winfrey City concerts & Fergie and the lads of the Black Eyed Peas ramping up the fun in Illinois, one year or so back.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 28.8.12~
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