IWI – MOKOPUNA WHATU WEAVING OF SOARABLE DNA
Weft of wing,
our forebears
wove our wairua
moko blueprints,
guided by divinity
of Creator,
into our
soarable dna
across Iwi.Photo caption: Whatu, weft-twining, used to make a muka kete, courtesy of Angela Wallace, Kawhia National Weavers’ Hui, 2011, May 2012, Te Papa.
Words: Wairua – Where the two rivers meet: (more…)
THE LOVE LENS AS A BALANCE
Q. What is fame addiction?
A. It is when the people who aren’t the smartest get the most press. Sadly, they often bully to get it.
The remedy: to love is being thinking smart.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 30.9.12~
A GARDEN OF ANGELS – LAKE TEKAPO SUMMERS & KHALIL GIBRAN POETRY
In the Kiwi dream, The Child asks: What is beauty?
Then The Bard sagely replies:
Beauty is not a mouth thirsting nor an empty hand stretched forth,
But rather a heart enflamed and a soul enchanted.
Beauty is not the image you would see nor the song you would hear,
But rather an image you see though you close your eyes and a song you hear though you shut your ears.
Beauty is not the sap within the furrowed bark, nor a wing attached to a claw,
But rather a garden forever in bloom and a flock of angels for ever in flight.
. . . But you are life and you are the veil.–Khalil Gibran poetry, Lebanon.
Peace!
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 20.9.12~
NETBALL COACHING ADVICE NEW ZEALAND SILVER FERNS – BE PROCESS DRIVEN, CONSISTENT, PERFORMING WEEK AFTER WEEK & GAME AFTER GAME – WORK IT UP!
Rocking it to netball’s hoop, having pace, position and possession, as one they usually win:
“It’s about being process driven, not getting carried away with the outcome and making sure that we can dot the i’s and cross the t’s and do the basics. Consistency is huge for any team or any sportsperson, to be able to perform week after week or game after game, that’s what we aspire to do, but if you take a step back, it’s about working very hard to make it happen and just keeping it very basic and simple.”
– The Silver Ferns coach advises a strategy to the New Zealand Silver Ferns improved, confident, tenacious and performance-driven netball team, heading into a netball match with the Aussie Diamonds.
Good coaching wisdom to smile more as a team for all Kiwis to hear and learn of. All the best. :)
[Photo: New Zealand Silver Ferns amazeballs netballer, Irene Van Dyk contessts the ball while Australian Diamonds Julie Corletto aims to defend Irene's lethal attack action at goal. Photo - Getty Images - Phil Walters].
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 20.9.12~
CHRIS FINLAYSON SPEAKS ON PORT NICHOLSON’S FUTURE – WAITANGI TRIBUNAL FINDINGS
Christropher Finlayson, Attorney-General for New Zealand was on New Zealand news today. The man who makes politics and law ethics sound like Shakespeare being performed live in New Zealand, appeared on TV to speak of Taranaki’s Port Nicholson.
Mr Finlayson says that the mismanagement of Port Nicholson could lead to new grievances further down the pipe line.
The Waitangi Tribunal (the group of judges who advise on Maori assets management under current law) have criticised the lack of communication between Crown negotiators over the Port Nicholson settlement in Wellington. (more…)
