ABSORBING LIGHTNING, AS A MIGHTY TREE – KALO MILA POETICS
Tane Mahuta holding up the sky weathering storms absorbing lightning holding tears in your leaves cupped gentle in your fingertips. Tane Mahuta I see your face unblinking in the sun I see you blow kisses at the stars you look into the eye of the moon and smile back at her when tears threaten. (more…)
SOUL-ANGEL ROCK TWEETS ROCK! :)
“By the way…. Black girls ROCK, and I couldn’t be more proud to be one tonight!!!!”
–humble tweet + pic of the day. solange.
photo: mr julez.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 5.2.13~
KIWI BEAUTIES & THE WORLD NEWS SHOW – 2ND FEBRUARY 2013
Bernadine Oliver Kerby (far right) and Karen Olsen (left) served up a girls only news-fronted, news show tonight.
Jolly jolly good girls, this line up. NZ women can not only be beautiful, they are humble, gritty, smart, hard working and can do it all.
Watch a world news show from a Kiwi perspective at the pretty pic click.
~Thanks for the news. Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 2.2.13~
i<3 SONGWRITER VIDEOGRAMS NZ 2013
hot music industry news video: anika, boh + hollie - three of the most gifted songwriters in Asia-Pac are making peace in music–i<3
grunty, gritty-svelte gems music.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 31.1.13~
FUN JOURNALISM 2013
Well “good evening Auckland,” NZ journalists in Wellington can be fun. :)
Current events TV (news talk show TV) can be a good distraction from a gazumping of a gazillion political sins of inequality. We are in a political culture where NZ’s liquid economy syphoning games tends to flow direct to banks - in the way the New Zealand landscape’s productivity is divvied up and decided. (more…)
EVERYONE’S AUNTY, MARAEA CALTEAUX’S JANUARY PRESS 2013
Maraea Calteaux (pictured smiling) is a true star in my book. :)
Mauri Ora Aunty.
[Photo: Mark Mitchell]
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 25.1.13~
SHERYL CROW IS TOO FUNNY
Lol! Pic via startraks - US Weekly.
now that’s what you call a friend. :)
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 25.1.13~
SUSTAINABLE WAHINE = A THOUGHTFUL WORLD OF CONSIDERATE THINKERS PLANNING
via twitter I read writings of rebecca kamm :
rk writes via her link: the world is hot. we’re busy hoovering up natural resources. rk blames usa uber-consumerism in tone. however let’s perserveere: the UN estimates a 9.6b pop by 2050. a fear report link follows. better agricultural practices technology can help. solutions towards smarter energy can too. recognizing equality in brainpower of all people can help. there are more ladies in nz than men, so it makes sense equality is smart on all levels. not so in india, china though. more guys than girls by 60+ millions. (more…)
BROADCASTING BUSINESS DNA & SUPPORT SYSTEMS – SMART TV & ONLINE MEDIA FOR YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS
Entrepreneur TV. Online support for entrepreneurs. Creating cultural texts that builds the next wave of business thinkers.
1. breaking the shackles. towns of real people sustainably planning
3. entrepreneurial young adults, online business hq
4. business events in each city & town – for young adults & entreprenuers (more…)
HUNDREDS ON ANTI-VIOLENCE MARCH IN WHANGAREI, NEW ZEALAND
Say no to violence. A city marches in New Zealand.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 21.1.13~
POEM: THE LAND BETWEEN MY TOES
poem:
its the difference between
being
and owning
surging
and standing
living
and landing
she said
she’d read
he said
have
not am
I keep
the am
anyway
–Salina Tusitala Marsh
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 21.1.13~
SCIENCE WORDS – EDUCATOR OCEAN MERCIER 2013
Maori world views within the scientific community are important and celebrated the people and ideas delivering an edge in the world of science. Maori have always been scientists and continue to be scientists. Our brand of science maybe a little different from Western science but, nonetheless, it allowed us to work in the world, to be in the world, to live in the world, to survive in the world for generations.
–Dr Ocean Mercier fronts the edu-tainment TV series Matauranga.
Source: MTS press kit.
Ka pai te wahine na.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 21.1.13~
ELEANOR NG, 17, PLAYS GUITAR
Eleanor Ng is 17 and has a heart of gold. Eleanor loves playing the guitar. Is not shy to perform and is one of Asia-Pacific’s new breed of do gooders. Loves.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa, New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 20.1.13~
CULTURAL MOTIVATION & BELIEF SYSTEM – EDUCATION, MEDICINE & DR. HINEMOA ELDER
“Your belief system, your commitment to medicine and your cultural motivation,” are factors that make good New Zealand doctors today.
–Hinemoa Elder is the no.1 most requested New Zealand person on the website today. That’s amazing! Hinemoa was a well known TV talent who went to Med School later in life than most younger students she studied with. She graduated.
Today, New Zealand still needs more Maori and Pasifika Med Students enrolling at most universities in NZ.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 17.1.13~
TEEN INVENTOR & ARTIST YAYA LU IS A BIT AUSSIE SPESH SMART AS A DESIGNER
A new breed of teens are arising. At 16, Yaya Lu has designed a voice-activated wheel chair. So clever. A true artist.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 16.1.13~
RUGBY WOMEN SEVENS POOLS ANNOUNCED – ROUND 2 HOUSTON USA
Sports News: Rugby Women’s Sevens have been announced to play in the USA. To view the match schedule, click here. or:
To view the standings in the Women’s Series, click here.
IRB Women’s Sevens World Series 2012/13
Round 1 – UAE: Dubai, 30 November-1 December, 2012 – 7he Sevens Stadium (winners New Zealand)
Round 2 – USA: Houston, Texas, 1-2 February, 2013 – BBVA Compass Stadium
Round 3 – China: Guangzhou, 30-31 March 2013 – Guangzhou University Town Stadium
Round 4 – Netherlands: Amsterdam, 17-18 May 2013 – NRCA Stadium
* Rugby World Cup Sevens, Moscow, 28-30 June 2013
NIKKI FINKE… BEST HOLLYWOOD SNARKING, GOLDEN GLOBES 2013
She doesn’t have the big budgets of the studio, yet if you are at a Hollywood event, beneath all of those “beautiful” smiles, around the table all you hear is snark and quips… whispered ever so politely, so… you’ve got to give it up to Nikki Finke for flipping the hood with her Live Snark 70th Golden Globes coverage.
The context is: “an event only, set in Hollywood, where Finke’s office is.” Outside of that context, you would not think Nikki is kind. Yet, Finke has carte blanche to add some lemon-salt in to the mix. NFworks harder than most payola grandstanders. Brittle at times though. In the world of blogging, Finke is the Jodi Foster of the Hollywood industries’ entertainment blog of the girls. Nikki’s gruelling competition and her ability to stay on top, set’s Finke apart from the pack. You can’t really cover a Hollywood event, without seeing what she’s up to. (more…)
WOWO’S TANGI AT TITOKI – SAY NO TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
It’s a very sad time for a New Zealand family. Patricia McGrath known as Wowo‘s tangi (a funeral) at Titoki, reminds us of why violence* in homes and domestic violence hurts communities, families and lives. Domestic violence always has tragic effects. Many lives have been healed and have recovered from it in a journey of recovery. For Wowo, sadly New Zealand lost a daughter, mother future grandma as a result of domestic violence.
Say no to domestic violence is the family’s message as NZ speaks. (more…)
OCEAN GIRLS OF AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND – MARINE SCIENCE KAITIAKITANGA CREW
Nicki Wakefield (pictured centre) does cool stuff studying the moana (our ocean) and awa (our rivers). Working for EMR since 2008 Nicki holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Waikato. She has served as a trustee of the Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust since 2009. Blessed with a wealth of homegrown Kiwi genes, Nicki also happens to be of Ngapuhi, Ngai Tahu and Te Arawa Iwi (three Maori tribes of NZ).
~Posted by Horiwooodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 13.1.13~
FAUX OUTRAGE. FAKE GRAVITAS RAPPERS IN A BEEHIVE GARDEN BUBBLE
posturing. obfuscation. the crap. extreme faux outrage. fake gravitas. you’re toast, we’re going to get you. get back to the garden where you belong. what do you do about bullying?bully boys. passive aggressives. the dark arts of politics. if someone hits you, you hit them back twice as hard. combative. bottle-blonde. big slob. fat girl. the reality of juggling. old-fashioned sense of honour. Bob Dylan. Leonard Cohen. Billie Holiday. Maria Callas. opera. surviving skin cancer.
–a NZ politician shares a few words 2013
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 12.1.13~
MILLIONAIRE WORKING MOTHERS CLUB – BEYONCE LEADS THE PACK 2013 PRIME TIME TV
Today I am on a Beyonce buzz kick. That tends to conjur up links asap to The Millionaire Working Mothers Club kick.
I try and be supportive of the ladies. It’s chivalrous to be that way. An old school Kiwi trait. (Here’s a post on that vibe).
Working Mother No.1 – Beyonce: Rolling Stone Magazine (I just cant’ get enough)… On ”we want to get that [community music vibe] back.
“In a new interview with GQ, Beyoncé revealed that she has been working with Justin Timberlake, Pharrell, Timbaland and The-Dream on her upcoming record.
“We all started in the Nineties,” Beyoncé said of herself and her collaborators, “when R&B was the most important genre, and we all kind of want that back: the feeling that music gave us.” Bey went on to add that the follow-up to her 2011 effort, 4, has myriad influences: Prince, D’Angelo, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross and 1960s doo-wop artists.
Beyonce has landed no.1 top billing in the Prime Time American TV show of 2013. Woot! Read more: Roll St.
Working Mother No.2: If Beyonce doesn’t float your boat then there’s always Kate Middleton‘s latest portrait too. Everyone’s quite excited the ex-hockey loving Kate will be joining the working mothers club too of England. A big step for Kate.
Working Mother No.3: A Kiwi version: Rebecca Allcock and NZ Millionaire Mums 2013. A real cool article to read at your own leisure. (more…)
ABORTION. ABDUCTION. GENDER INEQUALITY – VALUING WOMEN RIGHT
UK: Blood tests that disclose the sex of a foetus are widely available on the internet or abroad… if anyone has evidence of sex-selection abortions being performed in specific cases, we will refer them to the police to investigate.”–Rowena Mason reports on a trend in the UK, where there are more boy babies being born than girl babes with 600 abortions performed daily. Read on.
USA: A lot of Americans are choosing lifestyle over having children. Also the breeders (girls) are discovering after lots of pharmaceutical products, it’s harder to breed then they’d ever thought possible. On the other hand, Hispanic-Americans are breeding young in the USA, getting on with it.
India: In tonight’s news, we learned that India has 50million less women than men now, due to abortion alone. (more…)
MID-FIRES JULIA GILLARD TACKLES CHILD ABUSE NEXT – A ROYAL COMMISSION MATTER
NSW are on high alert during vacation season 2013. In the interim, Australia’s PM goes into overdrive kickstarting her year off with child abuse in her sights. ”Hideous. Shocking. Vile,” are her opening lines of Gillard’s latest rant.
”I believe our nation needs to have this royal commission.”
Love it. Girlfriend… bring it on. The worst kind of child abuse occurring at the moment is economic child abuse. Where inequality rises, it is a statistical fact abuse towards children rises with it. In times of greed and inequality, children and their families are often left exposed and vulnerable by The State. The abuse of children abused in such conditions, was pre-set for children economically by leaders… so I think a politician in the South Pacific and Asia-Pacific whose people are earning well, (entire)… is more than qualified to go for the jugular on the child abuse issue with integrity. (more…)
THE MOBILE RETIREE INVESTOR AMBASSADORS – IMAGINATIVE INVENTORY OF INVESTMENTS TRAVEL
“You don’t have to sell everything you own, say goodbye to everyone you’ve ever known, and take off for a new life in some distant and exotic place, never to be heard from again. That’s not the only way to realize the benefits of retiring overseas.
You could, rather, just dip a toe in. The options for a rewarding, fulfilling and affordable retirement today are limited only by the retiree’s imagination. Well, to be fair, his imagination … and his capacity for the bold and brave… This isn’t all or nothing. You can think part-time.. Rent your house… go travel.”
–feminist, captialist, publisher Katlheen Peddicord of Live and Invest Overseas magazine… sure knows what ‘she’s’ doing on her website.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 10.1.13~
