We need a new category, and its name shall be “Montrosities”!

Photo © 2010 1 YSL. Original here.

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The attack of the monster chicken, captured by Suzanne Garrido Williams. Only one example of what Kiwis do to and with hedges. Does anybody want to see the infamous Seacliff hedge vulva?

Photo © 2010 Suzanne Garrido Williams. Original here.

Meanwhile, a perfectly normal day in the capitol Wellington: gravel, graffiti, a potty chair… wait, what?!?

Photo Creative Commons (Attribution 2.0 Generic) 2010 Glutnix. Original here.

Another blue-ribbon entry to our encyclopedia of mildly insane Kiwi architecture.

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Photo Creative Commons (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic) 2010 Mr Munnings on Tour. Original here.

Photo © 2010 Chris Ebbert. Original here.

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Chris Ebbert, our contributor and avid photographer, has approximately one hundred gazillion stunningly beautiful New Zealand photos in his Flickr stream. And only 3 that show the ghastly side of New Zealand. Guess which ones we are going to present here…

Photo © 2010 Chris Ebbert. Original here.

Here is a particularly bland – and shady – bench in Invercargill.

Where adventures begin! Carrot adventures in misty weather, that is! It is my heartfelt pleasure to present this emblematic New Zealand photo. Fruit (well, veggies)! Rain! Silly signage and desperate city slogans! Outstanding!

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Photo © 2010 Richard Joseph. Original here.

This one is not only incredibly great, it would be also a strong candidate for Martin Parr’s book “Boring Postcards”. Well, or at least for its swedish web predecessor, Retroglobe. Well, or at least for the pale rip-off of them both… – us.

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