New Zealand: the place where concrete factory ruins look like churches, and churches like concrete factory ruins. Another masterpiece by the eagle-eyed Sids1, the genius behind classics like the pink sheep and the swollen rugby player statue, to name just a few.

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Creative Commons (CC BY 2.0) 2012 Sids1. Again, thank you very much!
Original here.

Another wonderful shot by the dazzling Emily Walker, also responsible for this timeless gem.

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Photo Creative Commons (Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic) 2012 Emily Walker. Original here.

People, I’m slowly running a bit low on new material. That means…

1. Time for our gazillions millions thousands quite a few dunno, maybe a couple dozen? three friends to send new material, puh-leese!

2. Time for cheap reruns of lukewarm oldies: let’s start with a lovingly complied collection of the “Best of Ugly New Zealand Edition North Island (BOUNZENI)”. Sounds a bit like a hungarian car brand, if you ask me.

A shot for true New Zealand connoisseurs: green pastures, sheep, fences, corrugated steel, barrels, yummy fruit (in the making). Carefully composed and captured by the indispensable Travelling Light.

While we are it, have you seen the sheep cyclone? Sheep Cyclone Video on MSN.

Via Nercore.

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Photo © 2011 travelling-light. Original here.

Speaking of skydiving: this is perhaps the type of rural arrangement you don’t want to encounter. Mad scientists – that was yesterday. Prepare for the MAD GARDENERS!

Photo © 2012 travelling-light. Original here.

“Apple – T – rain bow – trees – kiwi mansion”? I don’t get this rebus… anyway, classic 1989 NZ vintage awesomeness by the always overachieving Travelling Light.

Photo © 2011 travelling-light. Original here.

Admittedly, I was a bit lazy recently. At least here. But now I’m back. Let’s kick off Ugly New Zealand’s reanimation with this oddly specific park…

A wonderful contribution by the attentive Jane Vial. Just leaves the question where to stalk all the other people…

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Photo © 2012 Jane Vial.

Happy New Year! This way? That way? Stuff left on the clothes line? It stays complicated.

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Photo Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic 2011 Michael Dawes. Original here.

Prog frog around the clock! Frog Rock, Weka Pass Railway. We are getting dangerously close to postcard beauty here. Must find uglier stuff, must find uglier stuff…

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Photo © 2011 Alastair Stewart. Original here.

Champagne pool detail, Wai-O-Tapu.

But wait, there’s more! When in the “Thermal Wonderland” Wai-O-Tapu, don’t miss “the opportunity to visit what is locally known as the Mud Pool. It now represents one of the best opportunities to experience the unique character and sounds of erupting mud in New Zealand…”

In case that was what you were looking for.

You were looking for masterfully crafted promo vids? No prob, go here, here and here.

Photo Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) 2011 Channone Arif. Original here.