A happy second birthday to you, Ugly New Zealand, from your fanclub fanbase readers reader… and me!

Photo Creative Commons (Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic) 2010 exfordy. Original here.

Another guest post by the titillating Alex Gilks:

No, not the a snapshot of a Hutt Valley industrial estate – this is White Island, the site of NZ’s first full-scale World War II bombed buildings diorama. Weta Workshops tested many natural pigments before settling on the exact hue for mustard gas residue.

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Photo Creative Commons (Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic) 2010 vtveen. Original here.

From the New Zealand Field Guide to Creating Regional Art:

“Outdoor sculpture may feature buxome, ovoid images of nature and fertility and sex; or monumental images of men playing sport, or riding horses, or standing around looking angry. But take care if combining these two incongruous styles. They may spawn uncomfortable results.”

Guest comment by the one and only Alex Gilks.

Exact Google Maps Location in Kaitaia, anybody?

Photo Creative Commons (Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic) 2010 Sids1. Original here.

Haha, and you thought: “Oh, look at the cute Oldtimer.”

Sharing their economic prospects with the former Eastern Germany and North Korea, this is one of the most modern cars Kiwis have… on one of New Zealand’s most prestigious – note the absence of child-head sized gravel pieces – and widest streets, usually only used by Prime Minister John Key to fool the international press.

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Photo Creative Commons (Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic) 2010 Dave Young.

Yikes! Seen at Kelly Tarlton’s Underwater World, reviewed by “Google user” as “The most depressing place on Earth“. Intriguing!

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Photo Creative Commons (Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic) 2010 Michael Zimmer. Original here.

Happy New Year! Well, what’s left of it… half-hearted apologies for being such a lazy fart lately. But bear with me, behind the scenes I have compiled a collection of truly shocking New Zealand shocks… err… shots. Which I will unleash in the next two weeks.

Oh, and this silly project is going to turn two years old on January 22. Some say two shots to the head would be the appropriate congratulation… I say: pfft!

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Photo Creative Commons (Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic) 2010 Sids1. Original here.