PARIS FASHION WEEK ROLLS ON
In France, Paris fashion week rolls on. If like clothes or art in motion, jet2it. So pretty.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 24.1.13~
KIM KARDASHIAN, STEPHANE ROLLAND SHOW, PARIS JANUARY 2013
I don’t know how Kimmie K finds the time. Kardashian was snapped attending the Stéphane Rolland show in Paris.
Photo: Splash News Online. More celebrity photos@People.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 23.1.13~
DON’T RAISE TAXES. JUST TURN OUT CITY LIGHTS EARLY… SAYS FRANCE
France turns on a show for the USA: The Latest: unfair and unconstitutional, fails to guarantee taxpayer
equality, centerpiece of Hollande's election campaign, 'Stinging rebuke', Paris Lights to be turned off to save money, French court rejects high tax.
The statue, Harmony, on the Opéra Garnier and the Eiffel Tower Photo: HEMIS. News selections: Matt Drudge.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aoteaeroa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 30.12.12~
AFTERNOON SIGHTSEEING, PARIS DECEMBER 2012
Halle Berry and Oliver Martinez explore the City of Light at a pre-Christmas event on Sunday.
Photo: Xpo.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 27.12.12~
HOLLYWOOD RODIN & USA’S TOP TEN 12.11.12
Google’s Top Ten of Horiwood Website today reads like a NZ Tourism website. It is not. 75 nations read this blog.
Anyway…. The USA Top Ten is:
2. Support Fish
3. Halle Berry
7. Camera – Nick Millar photography
8. Camilla & Charles arrive in New Zealand
9. You :)
10. Emerging Global Economies – OECD’sNov 2012 Wish List
Herman of Cuba & friends & Auguste Rodin of Paris.–Google Images.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 13.11.12~
SADIE MUSIC TV – A PARISIAN TRACK – TAYLOR SWIFT’S BEGIN AGAIN
Songwriting that gets the kids through the GFC wrangle years is what American pop stars are working hard at. The entire event was like surviving the worst break up ever, right?!
So songwriting along those theme lines is a vital part of maintaining peace in the world.
Taylor Swift, the one star responsible for ensuring Country Music has had cross-over appeal onto mainstream music charts in the last five years has started marketing track 3 of her new album. The song is titled Begin Again.
TE AO: THE LIGHT, EN VOGUE MAORI SCULPTOR – MR GEORGE NUKU IS KUPE PAI FROM PARIS
I was the first peson in the world, to ever have the words "Maori sculptor" appear in the history of Vogue Magazine.
–artist George Nuku, speaking from exhibiting at Chapelle du Calvaire, rue Saint Roch Church, Paris, France, this morning on the Marae Investigates program.
Hey George: I make the hori Assomption then … That’s Kupe Pai! :)
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 30.9.12~
MODEL NICOLE POLLARD, CHRISTIAN DIOR PARIS & TOAST OF AUSTRALIAN FASHION
Nicole Pollard is 18. The Aussie teen is Australia’s latest model export in the international fashion world. Just off the runway of Christian Dior’s show in Paris, watch The Pollard’s interview @TheStrut.
As an artist, I Love her height.
Photos: Tumblr. Dior, middle photo. Go Australian teens taking the world! :)
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 30.9.12~
HILLARY CLINTON & SENATOR JOHN KERRY ATTEND PARIS: A LOVE STORY EVENT FOR KATI MARTON’S BOOK
In What’s Hillary Clinton up to? News: Standing under the portrait of an 18th-century French aristocrat, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke with the man rumored to be her replacement next year: Senator John Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat.
The champagne reception at the Tudor-style home of French Ambassador Francois Delattre last night honored Paris: A Love Story, a memoir by journalist Kati Marton, widow of U.S. diplomat Richard Holbrooke.–Photo and words: Stephanie Green for Bloomberg.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 12.9.12~
I’M ON FIRE – BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
Paris. 1985.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 9.8.12~
THE RAUPO PHRASEBOOK OF MODERN MAORI – SCOTTY MORRISON’S GUIDE TO INTEGRATING MAORI INTO EVERY DAY FAMILY LIFE
Watching Breakfast television in New Zealand this weekend a few books were promo-ed on the show. One was Owen Glenn‘s rags-to-riches biographical life story, titled Making a Difference. Blogger and book critic Graeme Beattie‘s review of the book can be read here. Glenn is also the owner of The Warriors rugby league club in New Zealand. His work in India is vital in West Bengali.
Also on Breakfast was Stacey Morrison talking about a new book that is pivotal to New Zealand’s future. Her husband wrote the book. For people who would like to learn the Maori language and teach their children the language, Scotty Morrison‘s brand new book titled The Raupo Phrasebook of Modern Maori: The User-friendly Guide for All New Zealanders is an essential Kiwi book we all must own a copy of.
Together, Stacey and Scotty’s combined contributions to enrich New Zealand culture as broadcasters is a massive legacy they have consistently given to instill a strength of spirit and Maori culture into the fabric of New Zealand’s ever-changing society. I love what they do. I get it. There are no words to explain what they have given over the years. They always give in fun ways, so you never know you’re really conscious you’re learning from them when they are on the air as entertainers and broadcasters. Thank you.
About the book. Fishpond book website writes:
“The Raupo Phrasebook of Modern Maori is an up-to-date, versatile and highly relevant resource and guide for utilizing Maori language in everyday life. Whether you’re a novice or emergent speaker of te reo Maori, or a complete beginner, you’ll learn useful phrases for: The home, the marae, the workplace, and social settings etiquette. The book also gives advice about appropriate observations of time in correct address for the days, months, seasons and weather. Key phrases are taught for mathematical discourse in Maori too.
For the person who is on the go, The Raupo Phrasebook of Modern Maori offers instructional knowledge for travel and directions, playing sports, having fun, and so much more!
The phrasebook also covers dialects, grammar and pronunciation; answers to key questions you’ll use the most in life; outlines favorite idioms and slang used every day in New Zealand society’s Maori conscious world; shares the wisdom of the ancients through proverbs and speeches; and provides information on the ever-changing history of te reo Maori – an active, evolving, living, satisfying and vibrant culture that’s on the rise.
The useful vocabulary lists are a big hit and are offered for each book section to make reading easy. The tone of the book is written in a user-friendly manner with everyday New Zealanders in mind. With a focus on modern-day language, The Raupo Phrasebook of Modern Maori is the guide that no home should be without.
About the Author: Scotty Morrison (Ngati Whakaue) is the well-known presenter of the Maori current affairs programme Te Karere. He holds a Diploma of Teaching, Bachelor of Education and a Masters degree (Education) from Waikato University.
Scotty is also the Director of Maori Student and Community Engagement at Auckland’s Unitec Institute of Technology Te Whare Wananga o Wairaka, where he promotes te reo Maori through awareness, administration and specialised courses.
Tumeke!
[Note: Must get both books].
Rawdon Christie of TVNZ interviews Stacey on integrating Maori into daily life. I think of how important Sir Apirana Ngata‘s books were to New Zealand society back in the day. This book has the ability to be just as profound to NZ culture and to the world that loves Indigenous Peoples knowledge too. How practical, valuable and useful. Rock on.
[Photo: Chris Skelton - Fairfax Media NZ]
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 22.7.12~
MEET THE WHAKAKI’S: WITI IHIMAERA’S NEW BOOK – THE THRILL OF FALLING
He is the master of the twists and turns in a nation’s most loved narratives.
He has memories of life in Whakaki in New Zealand, he’s the author and co-movie producer of Whalerider (book and film). He is defined as being the most powerful voice in Maori literature. Although I am not his favorite Cliff, I am his favorite Sam. He is a great teacher – although when you read this website you’d wonder if my ears had been painted on when he trained me in creative writing many years ago.
Today Witi Ihimaera was in studio on New Zealand TV talking up his new book The Thrill of Falling. Younger creative writers in New Zealand cannot describe him as a tuakana. Turning down a knighthood specifically as he believed the system had done more harm to Maori then good so he couldn’t possibly accept, he’s more like an Uber-Tuakana-Max. Anyway, here’s a few things that Ta Witi had to say.
Paraphrased: “As a kid in Whakaki and visiting Hamilton, I liken the thrill of falling to the thrill of jumping off a bridge when you’re a kid. It’s scary, then you hit the water and you’re okay. The book also covers going to London and how we engage with the wider world. Helicopters work out of fiords, lassooing icebergs as the water is 99% pure antarctic water. That occurrence is also in the book.
We have rich pasts of Maori people who are global citizens of travel. In the book the character Aunt Lulu marries Gardener Harrington. His family are horrified he married someone dark. They try and define her “suspect Maori blood” as being Castellian. She would never be intimidated by the put downs, appearing at the opera in a stunning Maori cloak. Lol! That was Aunt Lulu.
From the book’s sleeve: In The Thrill of Falling, Witi Ihimaera continues his exploration of the novella and the long story begun in his last collection, Ask The Posts of the House (2007) with a new set of intriguing narratives: urban fiction in Maggie Dawn; contemporary comedy in We’ll Always Have Paris; the science fiction novella in Purity of Ice; the new genre of conservation fiction in Orbis Terrarium; the different ways of telling history in the title story; and an adaptation into novella, One More Night, of Albert Belz‘s play, Whero’s New Net, which itself was adapted from stories in Ihimaera’s second short story collection, The New Net Goes Fishing (1976). The ideas continue to affirm Ihimaera’s place in New Zealand literature as one of our finest storytellers.–Wheelers.
It’s a treat to see a live read of Ta Witi’s latest piece of work.
Having long been a man who survived the many jealousies that surrounded his rise to be a voice for his people that was universally accepted –there is only one way to define the elusive, clever, compassionate and wise Ta Witi: he is a living national treasure.
Thank you for the humor, the twists and the stories – the words always gifted from the heart. Incidentally my “Smile Club” section within this blog, is named after your dad Tom, who when I met him once in hongi, smiled at me in Whakatane. The depth of his grace is a lifetime’s work to restore to the current generation of Kiwis and our friends. Stay smiling. Thank you. I am looking forward to Bullibasha: King of The Gypsies when it makes it to the silver screen.
[Footage: Jeanette Thomas and Matai Rangi Smith zoom us in on Good Morning show in New Zealand. Hollywood Google Images Witi Ihimaera Pop Art].
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 12.7.12~
MIRIAM PIERARD’S AOTEAROA IS NOT FOR SALE LIVE ART EXHIBITION PROTEST, PARNELL
In cheeky Pakeha chutzpah news via Parnell: Not everyone is remotely happy that New Zealand’s State Owned power company enterprises could be up for sale.
Here’s artist-activist, Miriam Pierard with her take on the situation in the form of a protest with her friends.
Broadcaster Peter Williams brings the humorous Parnell story.
[I don't see enough Helensville locals in this picture. What's up with that?! The footage needs more Parisian haute-fashion in it for young Kiwis emerging global style, of course it must be offset with some war zone farm-bro gumboots from the South and an alpaca woolly Crusaders scarf too. That kind of a look could help max Miriam's Kiwi, good energy potential and humor... Up... for?... (oh yeah!)... Aotearoa New Zealand citizens!].
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 8.7.12~
DANCING IN THE DARK: THE SPRINGSTEEN-SCIALFA’S ROCK ROYALTY FAMILY SHOW
In new Jersey bred racing car rock royalty news: Patty Scialfa‘s daughter, Jessica Springsteen was a good sport in rocker dad’s Bruce Springsteen‘s 5th July show, Paris.
Young Jessica was also snapped in Monte Carlo this week. Sail on to Who2 to read of Jess riding her Belgian warmblood, Vornado in the Monaco Pro-Am Cup. She’s a goer.
[News source: Oh No They Didn't as my Long Branch tribute post today. Peace!].
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 7.7.12~
ELIE SAAB FASHION TV – BEST OF PARIS 2012
The sultry strut and structured flow of Parisian haute couture fashion July 2012.
[News Choice: Pippa Wetzell TVNZ Broadcaster, New Zealand].
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 5.7.12~
SALVATORE FERRAGAMO FASHION NOD TO LEONARDO DA VINCI – PARIS FASHION 2013
In European News: Fashion Meets High Art as designer Massimiliano Giornetti dressed models and starlets for Salvatore Ferragamo‘s Cruise collection 2013 show at the Louvre in Paris on a 140m runway. Context, as Margaret Atwood wrote, is all.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 15.6.12~
BRONAGH KEY HITS UP No.10 FOR DINNER & JOHN KEY MEETS MERV KING & TALKS CHURCH REBUILDS WITH THE QUEEN
In famous traveling Kiwis news: Bronagh Key hit up No.10 for dinner in London. Her story is here.
John Keymet with The Queen to discuss how The Anglican Church in Christchurch can have a ‘new-build,’ with elements of the old cathedral incorporated into the newer version. Apparently, Christchurch residents had written to her about this topic.
Mr Key also met with banking flows architect Mervyn King (Governor of The Bank of England) while in The UK, and is in Germany learning more of how European economic impacts are affecting markets and banking flows worldwide.
The Sydney Morning Herald runs coverage today of the King visit too, reporting Mr Key saying of the Eurozone crises, ”I don’t think anyone’s actually 100 per cent sure how this plays out. [But Mr King] offered a realistic outlook for Europe’s financial future.” That story here.
Key said the Queen had been in “sparkling form” and had asked to speak to wife Bronagh and daughter Stephie, who is living in Paris. ”They had quite a long chat (about) what Stephie was up to and what she was doing.” More here.
As much of the Eurozone love cheese from New Zealand, a few of Mr Key’s gifts to the Queen, were in the shape of an iPod, but you could eat the gifts instead. Humorously, he took with him: “Key took a presentation box of Kapiti Cheeses with him to Buckingham Palace for his private audience with the Queen. It included:
“A 1kg wheel of Kapiti Kikorangi Blue Cheese, a 1kg wheel of Kapiti Aorangi Traditional Brie, a 200g Kapiti Tuteremoana Cheddar (aged up to four years) a 170g Kapiti Pakari Aged Cheddar, a 170g Kapiti Portwine Cheddar and a 170g Kapiti Pakari Smoked Cheddar.
Also in the box were items including beetroot pickle, extra virgin olive oil, quince jelly, black doris plum jam, kiwifruit chutney, feijoa chocolate and lemon mellow wine wafers.”
What a hoot!
[Photo - Reuters]. TV3 News Video Link here.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 7.6.12~
ASTER IS CREATIVE AS A NEW ZEALAND TV HOST STAR
Aster, the local television star of Aotearoa New Zealand who can turn a hessian oyster sack into a jacket that would (with the right level of investment into her talents) rival any of the best designers in Paris, wowed yesterday on local TV making a plain fitted jacket into a Channel – ‘look- alike.’
As a pioneeer of ‘industry’ on the cuff, who should be the next Karen Walker fashionista mogul of NZ (or something similar), Aster has always been… amazeballs! Like a Pearl farm of creativity floating on the waters of the South Pacific, Aster is … again, totally amazeballs!
So industrious, everyday, on a budget creating magic with her innovation. A bit of a model Kiwi in these times with her creative streak and ability to deliver magic, with no buffer – you have to say as a talented giving person… Rock on!
Aster is the hot piece on the far right with her Good Morning show TV presenters line up. No TV Presenter works harder than Aster day-in-day out. Go kid. Imma fan. The color she brings to New Zealanders each week is the stuff that creative legends are made of. Her output? Huge! Wow!
–At the moment, Aster is even whipping up some oysters on TV. Like a clean smooth place to land, Aster is just too milli-vanilli millies funny!
[Motifs- Tipare art & Tapa Cloth Design of Fiji]
~Posted by Horiwoodblog.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia, Asia-Pacific. 31.5.12~
ERNEST HEMINGWAY WRITINGS FROM THE TORONTO STAR YEARS IN PARIS
In news today, the Foreign Policy blog asks: “Who Broke Syria? – By James Harkin. And: The Top 10 International Relations Ph.D. Rankings.
Also of interest is the writings of author Ernest Hemingway: The Toronto Star posted selections of Hemingway’s writings. The selections are chose from the Stars archive of columns Ernest Hemingway penned while being a staff writer during the years of 1920-24. Hemingway had also served as a foreign correspondent in Europe.
His crime reporting from prohibition-era Chicago were well read as was early bullfighting coverage. His column advising Canadians on how to live frugally in Paris is amusing in times of Eurozone crises and Global Financial Crises economic engineering.
“PARIS—Paris in the winter is rainy, cold, beautiful and cheap. It is also noisy, jostling, crowded and cheap. It is anything you want—and cheap.
The dollar, either Canadian or American, is the key to Paris. With the U.S. dollar worth twelve and a half francs and the Canadian dollar quoted at something over eleven francs, it is a very effective key.
At the present rate of exchange, a Canadian with an income of one thousand dollars a year can live comfortably and enjoyably in Paris. If exchange were normal the same Canadian would starve to death. Exchange is a wonderful thing.”
Life is unknown, both a gift and a mystery while on earth. Currencies come and go, but family and community will go on. Love these for the gifts they are in your life. Love people more than money alone. Peace!
~Posted by Horiwoodblog.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 29.5.12~
CRESCENT SUNS DANCING ON SKIN – PASCALE PETITE POETRY
from the tree outside the window crescent suns dance on his skin, bathing him in lustral waters.
-poetess Pascal Petite was born in Paris.
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 8.4.12~
LIMA, PERU MAKES BING.COM’s MOST SEARCHED LOCATIONS OF 2011 LIST
On Bing.Com’s 2011 List of “most searched for” trending locations, Lima, Peru has made the cut.
Funny that!
Other countries quite popular were:
- Asia = Singapore
- Africa = Alexandria, South Africa
- Australia =Sydney, Australia
- New Zealand = Auckland
- Caribbean = Cancun, Mexico
- Europe = Paris, France
- Middle East = Dubai, UAE
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 3.12.11~
MELANIE LAURANT IS IN BIZ MEETINGS WITH BRAD COOPER – 10 PEOPLE PICKS – 30.11.11
Biz Meeting News: Bradley Cooper was spotted out on the streets of Paris with stunning French actress Melanie Laurent on Monday night.
Ten People Picks today @ 2.41pm KiwiTime are:
2. Lil Wayne
4. Maori Triathletes UK: Trinity Brooke & Simon Brooke
5. Stephie Key
8. Ria
10. Tiki Taane - Soundtrack to Forever
Banking News S&P downgrades credit ratings of top U.S. banks
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 30.11.11~
BRUCE WILLIS TAKES HIS GIRLS TO PARIS, FRANCE
Hollywood Gossip: Demi’s Girls Spend Thanksgiving with Dad: Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher return to Twitter while her daughters travel to Paris with Bruce Willis
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 28.11.11~
FRENCH-HARAJUKU CULTURAL FUSION – GWEN STEFANI’S WHAT YOU WAITING FOR – RETRO HITS HOTNESS
Retro pop cultural fushion observes: An economy can be like a vessel that you create. With the vessel’s creation, you concurrently create the right culture, that goes with that vessel. When the culture is right, wow – good stuff happens.
Someone who did this well once was Gwen Stefani of Orange County, CA. Stefani hoped to reinvent from a grunge band image into a solo pop artist. A hip hop collaboration helped her do this. Stylistically, the artist flirted with the notion of Parisian couture while fusing it together with cultural influences of the Harajuku District‘s street fashion style and attitude of Tokyo, Japan?
It was such a winning cultural combo for trendsetting pop music markets appeal, that it is almost a good deal to replay that hit again as a teaching lession into cultural fusion aesthetics.
Harayuku Girls was the musical song that really summed up that vibe and idea. However, here’s the music video to What You Waiting For.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 13.9.12~
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