2012 In Lyndon Hoods: Satire & Images
2012 In Lyndon Hoods: Satire & Images
Satire, editorial images and the occasion piece of non-news from The Year Of All The People In The News Basically Being A Bit Useless.
Except Keith Ng. He's cool.
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As part of worldwide action against Megaupload.com, police raid Kim Dotcom's Coatesville mansion, making arrests and seizing property. "Well that went rather well: sorted," police sources report.
Prime Minister John Key proposes 'keeping things interesting' with a year-long game of Tory Roulette, where National ministers take turns shooting their mouth off.
10/1/12: 2011 In Lyndon Hoods: Satire, Pics, And News In Review For those of you who weren't paying attention: 2011 in satire, images and coverage of some of the less official kind of news. More>>
![Ansvar
FUBAR, TTFN ansvar,
christchurch, insurance, church insurance](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/8884c44028f3c4951a26.jpeg)
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Campaign Against Foreign Control Of Aotearoa - Time for Government to Get Back Into Insurance Business
![Eric the goldfish. Happy
memories. NZ on Air,
goldfish, beehive](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1201/50ab4dee025029abadfc.jpeg)
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Tom Frewen - NZ on Air Spooked by Political Interference
![MegaUpScrew MegaUpload, Kim
Dotcom](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1201/07db93520d9897f98f9f.jpeg)
Scoop News - Megaupload.com shut down; Four Arrested In New Zealand
Local youths pay agreed price for scalped tickets to Homegrown but look very sad when they discover the deal also involves having to meet Trevor Mallard.
First of the year's series of welfare reform announcements. Like the upcoming public service targets, these will be announced again at every opportunity.
In Australia, Rudd challenge to Gillard's leadership "destabilises" Labor Party. David Cunliffe looks on, thoughtfully stroking whatever facial hair he was wearing at the time.
James Cameron purchases "immersive 3d" farm in the Wairarapa.
![He's a
calling-other-people-clowns-on-the-outside kind of
clown Gerry Brownlee,
Clown](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1202/409521356e4d36741ebe.jpeg)
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Gordon Campbell - On banks, and Brownlee’s Christchurch sellof
![Next time if
someone's dressed as a statue I'll be all like 'Stat-ue,
bro?' wellington sevens
costume, headless man costume, statues](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1202/59d7282965f434cef34c.jpeg)
Wellington Sevens Costumes 2012 – Part 2: The Revenge
See also: Scoop Images: Wellington Sevens Parade 2012 - Wellington Sevens Costumes 2012 – First Look - Wellington Sevens Costumes 2012 Part III
![Ka kite anō au i a
kotou! Te Puni Kokiri,
public service, cuts](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/5716aa42df037939cf7c.jpeg)
Mana Party - Te Puni Kokiri – Gone by Lunchtime
![Tried it with a blue flag, didn't
really work. State capitalism,
John key, Bill English, state owned enterprises, picking
minners, subsidies](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/be3df10ce64cc04749e3.jpeg)
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Werewolf 28 - Gordon Campbell: Why State Capitalism Is Beating The Free Market
![In December, I actually did an improv
show with puppets in it. Keep an eye out for
more. Puppets, beehive,
parliament](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/57c307f674e70595f375.jpeg)
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Werewolf - From the Hood: Howdy Neighbour!
by laying down a lot of tarmac
but once I’ve finished all that toil
don’t know what we’re going to do for oil."
Yes, a road worker’s a person in your neighbourhood,
in your neighbourhood
in your neighbourhood... More>>
![Don't recall if I consider that the
beehive becomes a trash can in this
analogy. oscar, beehive,
parliament, nz](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/1220b4069e9a9f231593.jpeg)
!['Well, yes, but it wasn't ILLEGAL
scalping.' ticket, admit one,
admit nothing](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1202/56dae778af43e326f533.jpeg)
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Gordon Campbell - On asset sales and the Mallard ticket saga
![lemon, kiwirail,
railway wagon, manufacturing](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1202/bd9a120504e930c3c9ff.jpeg)
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Gordon Campbell - On Kiwirail’s current problems with its Chinese-built wagons
Urewera verdict: After video evidence – which police maintain they thought was legal – was thrown out by courts, remain accussed convicted of... I forget. Shoplifting or something.
In related news, police pretty sure 'Teapot Tapes' were illegal but aren't game to try and prove it.
Asked whether advising public servants who might be about to be fired to get a pet is a good idea, John Key says his cat gives him "unconditional love". PM's obvious misjudgment of cat psychology believed to be main cause of slow fall in National's polling over the year.
In between offending All Of Christchurch, Gerry Brownlee has a go at Finland.
![I expect the crowd was
rawing for more. raw comedy, raw
meat, microphone, standup](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/403dbaa5aad0587b066b.jpeg)
Raw Comedy Quest - Wellington Raw Comedy Quest
![Airline pulls out of Christchurch, which is very
rued. AirAsia X, ex](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/bc2e082a3e8f706b6eb5.jpeg)
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Christchurch Airport - Christchurch Airport Rues Airline Decision
![Glitter. Providing
fabulousness since FOREVER. Germaine Greer,
glitter, glitter bomb](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/a3a7edf190db33127aee.jpeg)
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Queer Avengers - Germaine Greer glitter-bombed
![Poster for some famous boxing match.
Forget which. Used previously for other figurative
contentions. John Key, David
Shearer, boxing](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/1090c4bf49ff18554f5c.jpeg)
Gordon Campbell - On the speeches by John Key and David Shearer
![nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan
nyan nyan nyan nyan troaty nyan cat, john key,
three way handshake](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1203/key_nyan_big-lhood.gif)
Werewolf - From The Hood : Moonbeam Dreams of Murder (See: Nyan Cat)
Ate.
Slept.
Progress satisfactory.
Subject returned home. Received attention from Subject. Purr purr purr.
More>>
![AMI sponsored? Well, am I? AMI, christchurch
stadium](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/99635e8e4d120b346e9e.jpeg)
NZ Govt - Christchurch Stadium Sponsor Welcomed
!['I speak as I
finn.' angry birds, angry
finns, gerry brownlee](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1203/579f8ff464058449dbc7.jpeg)
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Lyndon Hood - Brownlee Fighting To The Finnish
GERRY BROWNLEE: Well it was meant to be humorous.
SCOOP: Humorous?
BROWNLEE: You know, a joke!
SCOOP: About what malnourished woman-hating murderers the Finns are?
BROWNLEE: No no no: based on what malnourished woman-hating murderers the Finns are, but about the Labour Party. More>>
Ongoing efforts to improve our already excellent education system by improting elements for other education systems that are worse.
This month's abrogation of Chirstchurch democracy to do with control of the inner city rebuild.
English threatens finance minister's veto of paid parental leave member's bill while sitting on throne of human skulls stroking white cat and giggling about the doctrine of parliamentary supremacy.
Not to be outdone by the government, Labour MP David Parker offends Mexico.
Nation grabs popcorn as words "Banks" and "Dotcom" appear in the same headline.
![Update from texting-ban
related graphic cellphone, texting,
sms, driving, car safety](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/571e57f7a257e3886605.jpeg)
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Automobile Association - Historic zero road toll for Easter weekend
![Moving from the
demolishing stuff phase to the planning to build something
at some point phase. ccdu, christchurch
central development unit, demolition, earthquake,
reconstruction, canterbury](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/aaa898775de8c584fc47.jpeg)
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NZ Govt - New unit for the rebuild of central Christchurch
![Not concerned. The kiwi could
totally take the big eagle thing. mexico, new
zealand, kiwi, eagle](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/78c88ab3da9bc81c59c1.jpeg)
Embassy of Mexico - Is Mexico A Cigarette-Based Economy?
![Have to admit, death looks pretty
awesome. quad bike, farm
safety, death](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/3d1cce6056456d59a5ae.jpeg)
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Werewolf 30 - Gordon Campbell: Death Rides A Quad Bike
!['Mama! The emperor has no
substance!' john key, cardboard
cathedral, christchurch](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/caef23044a739e34fbb7.jpeg)
Werewolf - From The Hood : Man Over Board
He was here for the opening of the new Cathedral. Of course in hindsight it’s very easy to see the mistake there.
Because this particular Cathedral (despite popular belief, it is safe for a politician to cross the threshold of an ordinary church) was built from pieces cut out of cardboard. The moment the Prime Minister stepped inside, no-one could tell him from the architecture. More>>
![Okay, so that's not as well finished as I
thought. Obviously fake, can tell by some of the pixels etc
etc. the hobbit, smaug,
auckland](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/f0af5294427fe9994a46.jpeg)
Gordon Campbell - On the relevance of the latest Hobbit revelations
I went on holiday. There was probably a budget or something.
Education Minister Hekia Parata backs down on plan to increase class sizes. This 'changing your mind and doing something sensible' thing was not the start of a trend.
Backbencher fire catches fire. Which was the start of a trend.
ACC cultured called into question after revelations staff were offered a bounty for the severed heads of potential applicants.
![Power cable upgrade? Underfishing? cook strait fail
whale](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/381937e2a50b38687d6b.jpeg)
I don't really know what this was about.
From The Hood: Eurorecovery
Made Easy
With the European economy
teetering on a knife edge – in fact, on the day after
François Hollande’s election as President had changed the
game in France – your correspondent took a flight to
Spain. By the measures international finance uses to compare
European countries, Spain rates poorly. Yet being ranked at
the bottom of these economic league tables has,
inexplicably, failed to fix it.
What I saw when I arrived
in Andalusia, one of the poorest provinces of this financial
flashpoint, can best be summed up with two words: tourist
attractions. More>>
![Does that goldfish
look familiar, or do you have a very short
memory? nz on air,
australia, goldfish, kangaroo](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/0ba7ddbfbeecd14028f1.jpeg)
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Tom Frewen - The G.C. – Part Three
![Notice how NZ conveniently obscured in the
IMF logo? Typical. imf, kiwi, new
zealand](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/78c6003b60bc9524b00f.jpeg)
Gordon Campbell - On funding the IMF, while under-funding core agencies at home
![Peters in shock 'appeal to
old people' announcement. winston peters, 65,
retirement age, superhero](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/b40d514a7ce49e2c6699.jpeg)
TVNZ - Q+A: Greg Boyed Interviews Winston Peters
![Key not afraid to make big
decisions, like chasing Gorn ship into unexplored Metron
space. What could possibly go wrong? star trek, james
kirk, gorn, john key](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1206/323f93906074860453d7.jpeg)
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Gordon Campbell - Gordon Campbell on the Dotcom/Obamacare rulings and Star Trek
Key plans to ignore Waitangi Tribunal water ruling, not read police report into John Banks electoral allegations. Will maintain rule of law by building a bunch of big roads.
Following Scott Guy murder trial, Law Commission back public calls for trial by media to beome standard.
![Not the kind of sharks
you normally see on Queen St. sharks, street,
flooding, Auckland, Queen St](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/0c3e62d2a02b8dd069d0.jpeg)
Flooding on Queen St. (After snopes.com: Shark Tank and photo by (I think) @CitizenBomber
![Give the librarians what they
want. copyright,
copywrong, warning](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/fca16a95a7ff16cf6018.jpeg)
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LIANZA - LIANZA Fears Copyright Law Changes Under TPPA
![Wave
hello. the great wave,
tsunami, sea level rise, wellington, beehive](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/c62c9dce1a030157749e.jpeg)
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Greater Wellington Regional Council - Wellington - Highest Rate of Sea-Level Rise in NZ
![If you wish to indicate how the light is wrong, there
is no prize. journalism,
knighthood, Accolade by Edmund Blair Leighton, patronage](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1207/d458ffa9db9e1f66a2ec.jpeg)
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Alastair Thompson - Nethui Editorial: News Disrupted - Has News Lost Its Mojo?
![Captial. Merchant.
Finance. One out of three, I guess. capital + merchant,
finance, serious fraud office](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/9998d10526545715cb8d.jpeg)
Serious Fraud Office - Guilty verdicts in Capital + Merchant Finance fraud trials
![The
Medicis, by the way. Bit homelier than the ones on the
tele. medici, mum and dad
investors, state owned enterprises, asset sales](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/1a6ad2f25215888d2d2f.jpeg)
Scoop Business - 3-pronged sweetener for “Mums and Dads” in asset sales
![Through
the TPPA, and what she found there. alice, through the
looking glass, lewis carrol, john tenniel, nz, us, united
states, bunting, trade agreements, tpp, tppa](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/043da055e0f9a5533f72.jpeg)
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Gordon Campbell - On how conservative US politicians are demonstrating how we should respond to the TPP
![Money in the Banks get out of jail
free, politics, mps, money, corruption, beehive, john banks](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/c69bcdbe1178e6a45abf.jpeg)
NZ Police - Outcome of John Banks police investigation
NZ wins gold in calculating-a-medal-table-where-we-come-out-on-top Olympiad.
Paula Bennett insists she was justified in releasing beneficiaries' private information, applies for asylum at Ecuadorian embassy.
Same sex marriage bill first reading goes fabulously.
Novopay school payroll system introduced nationwide after trials show it only caused a small volcanic eruption.
![Empty wig. clown wig, fright
wig, margaret mahy](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/bd36d8bd6a1f22a7f4d7.jpeg)
A Margaret Mahy wig for people's profile pics
![In fairness, GNS probably did not
check for this possibility. cat, laser eyes,
volcano, tongariro](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/7333e02acdf9619ccdff.jpeg)
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True cause of August Tongariro eruption revealed. After a photo here: Tongariro Photos From Adrift Outdoors
![Not so many sitting-down
sports in the ancient games. I hear the idea is we do well
in those. kiwi, olympics,
greek pottery, marathon](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1208/f2594a6ec73acedb64d0.jpeg)
Gordon Campbell - Gordon Campbell on the future funding of Olympics sport
!['Painting babies
green' is now on my CV green paper on
vulnerable children, baby, origami](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/50879c0f5cd6015085ba.jpeg)
Green Paper on Vulnerable Children - Green Paper public submissions released
[Just a colour alternation to this image]
![Paula
Bennet gets too big for her breaches. privacy, spying,
beehive, government, eavesdropping, secrecy](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1208/ebe9c1cbe094004f193a.jpeg)
Gordon Campbell - On Paula Bennett’s problems with privacy, and our deference to Big Tobacco
![Apologies
to anyone who never played Sim City. wellington,
flyover, sim city, alien, robot, disaster](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/fd2b898e9d0ec4965a77.jpeg)
Wellington.Scoop - Mayor disappointed by flyover decision; Cr Pannett says community will fight it
![I disagree with what you are saying
but I will agree to the death with your right to make a fool
of yourself in public with bizarre, annoying, threatening ad
campaigns. agree, disagree,
plain packaging, tobacco, tobacco advertising, parody,
cancer sticks](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/0b989e6512b10eaba351.jpeg)
Ad parody
![Around this point
I started wondering if using John Key as shorthand for his
government was kind of what they want. john key being
thrown out of work and income office, winz, welfare reform,
poverty, obligation, entitlements](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/2fd371853ed261fe9355.jpeg)
Werewolf 33 - From The Hood: WINZ of Omission
Dear Mr Zealand-Government,
I have been asked to review your case.
The first matter concerns your behaviour during recent appointments. I have to inform you we consider it entirely unacceptable. More>>
![John Key. King of denial. See what I did
there? john key, denial,
pharoh, king of the nile, egypt, ten commandments, yul
brynner](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/d8372a825a7991debafc.jpeg)
Labour - John Key in denial over Kiwis in hardship
Key refuses to read
banks report, ask Banks.
Welfare obligations immunisation
ece
Dotcom case reveals the GCSB has trouble telling who it's allowed to spy on. Which is, like, the one thing we ask them to do.
John Key refuses to fire John Banks, accepting the Act leader's assurance that his uranium enrichment programme is for peaceful purposes.
Canterbury regional elections postponed until at least 2016. NZ Government imposes high-level sanctions against Canterbury interim regime, cuts off military ties.
![Shifty anonymous
donations. orange election
man, orange elector, mask, balaclava, anonymous donations,
electoral crime, election fraud](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/e1694a3061127a9e44da.jpeg)
NZ Govt - Proposed changes to local electoral law
![An engineers report revealed the education minister's
credibility was dangerously damaged, but this was ignored
until it collapsed later in the year. christchurch
earthquake, canterbury, education, school closures](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/9a4919ea47d0a97d3a5d.jpeg)
Greens - School closure criteria needs to be made clear
![Are there actually any bills with a new
signature about yet? new zealand reserve
bank, twenty dollar bill, money, signature, reserve bank
governor](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/527ab5e17221000c5f06.jpeg)
NZ Govt - New Policy Targets Agreement signed today
From
The Hood : Poor Show
One evening
last week I was taking my constitutional when I happened
upon one of those impoverished children I keep hearing
of.
“Oh, hello! What have we here?” I
exclaimed.
“Evening, Guv’nor.” the child replied.
(Those may not have been the exact words, I wasn’t really
listening.) More>>
![***subliminal message*** vote saddleback next time
***subliminal message ends*** jackson wood,
saddleback, bird of the year, poetry, public performance](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1209/9236fcbe5e269a994487.jpeg)
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Images & Video: Showtime For Saddleback Sonnets
Dotcom
Indeminity
DISSOLVE TO: ENGLISH'S OFFICE -
(NIGHT)
The desk lamp is still lighted. Outside the
windows, the dawn is slowly breaking.
English is still
clutching the dictaphone. There are eight or nine used
memory cards on the desk beside him. A widening stain of
leaking credibility shows on the left shoulder of his
jacket. He is very weak by now, and his voice holds a note
of utter exhaustion. More>>
![Don't worry, they horse will be fine. They sent him
off to make a Peter Jackson movie. new zealand
national bank, horse, north by northwest, airplane attack](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/ecb9c2211272d486f4e9.jpeg)
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Scoop Business - ANZ Bank in $100m phase out of National Bank brand
![Dotcom will
fall. kim dotcom, doctor
who, the silence, wikipedia](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1209/ec0267d20aa8065de0a0.jpeg)
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Lyndon Hood - Dotcom Who
![Eye R D privacy breach,
data, government, inland revenue, IRD, eye, spying](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/bb6eee7ad5e7535e36ae.jpeg)
Labour - IRD privacy breach worrying moment
Christchurch Council votes to repair town hall. Earthquake recovery minister Gerry Brownlee describes decision as "proof Canterbury is still too democratic".
Russel Norman blows chances at politician of the year by proposing 'quantative easing'. Major economies might be trying it, but printing more money is a difficult to sell to press gallery because it is economically unorthodox (ie something National says it wouldn't do). And also because writing "quantatative" by accident is embarassing.
Blogger/journalist/illuminatus/nerdcenary Keith Ng reveals Work and Income data kiosk security lacks the 'security' bit.
John Key visits Hollywood. This may have been to do with promoting NZ as a film destination and also the film industry lobbying over copyright arrangements, but unfortunately someone mentioned Kim Dotcom at one point and the Prime Minister forgot the whole thing, so we'll never know.
Ongoing effort to stop the government building roads that cost more than they benefit makes progress, but only at walking pace.
Werewolf
35: From The Hood - Qui, Jean, Ou Est La
Growth?n the castle of the most noble
Baron of Planetki lived a Youth whom nature had endowed with
a most amiable disposition. The old servants of the house
suspected him to have been the production of a forbidden
liaison between the Baron’s sister (a too-passionate
conservative) and a liberal member of the local gentry who
(the door and the window being secured) had, so the story
went, got into her bedroom using the third way.
The Tutor
to the children of the castle taught
neo-incrimental-postideological-frogboiling-conservatism,
and could demonstrate by assertion that Planetki was the
best-governed of all possible estates and the Baron’s
polices the most sensible of all possible policies (all of
which were likely to achieve their claimed intention)… More>>
![In which
government data breaches begin to look like a
trend. computer, data,
data breach, privacy, leak, kiosk](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/7add34a75a10be5dc386.jpeg)
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Out-Link - MSD's Leaky Servers • OnPoint • Public Address
![Keith Ng had a
lot of monikers during this saga but I like to call him
'Carrie-Anne Moss'. the matrix, msd
data breach, kiosk, network security](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1210/16098c16a51894958cee.jpeg)
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Lyndon Hood - The MSDtrix
![Small businessman. small business,
smes](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/4297d7a551bf7685e0ec.jpeg)
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Scoop Business - SMEs rate safe environment, lifestyle as benefits in NZ
![Politely submit that it's
the police breaking the law that punishes the
public. police, courts,
judgment, police powers](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/fff93eace1f01fda7a03.jpeg)
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Police Association - Throwing out charges punishes public, not Police
![Beeb'll wobble but it won't fall down. bbc, see no evil](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/eaa861d61b49397d1bb1.jpeg)
Binoy Kampmark - The Jimmy Savile Row at the Smutty Beeb
![TC vodafones
home. telstraclear,
vodafone, commerce, telecommunications](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/25b82cc9a41d209d1396.jpeg)
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Scoop Business - Antitrust regulator clears Vodafone takeover of TelstraClear
![Lord Mayor job really sounds like more of a
'mare. wellington, local
government, super city, council mergers, lord mayor](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/4ab3ff1a4205296f99e3.jpeg)
Wellington.Scoop - Sir Geoffrey’s panel wants a Lord Mayor, seven councils, one chief executive
![Honestly officer, it's just milk
powder... fonterra drug bust,
cocaine, heroin, customs, border control, milk powder](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/744ac40419f70a7cfb54.jpeg)
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NZ Customs Service - Customs confident in Secure Export Scheme
![Road
worriers. rons, roads of
national significance, kapiti expressway, mackays to
pekapeka, cost benefit ratio, ideology](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/b49aa5803fa04a1c0aa1.jpeg)
Labour - Plug should be pulled on Kapiti expressway
Kate Wilkinson resigns as Labour Minister following Pike River report. Combined with Nick Smith's earlier resignation, this set the bar worryingly low, prompting speculation that in future ministers may be forced to resign in any situation where a resignation is appropriate.
Exactly in line with statistician Nate Silver's predictions, US re-elects statistician Nate Silver as President.
David Cunliffee erupts, causing minor damage a much interest among sightseers.
Prime Minister makes casual joke about radio hosts "gay red top", is atonished anybody takes offence. In honour of launch of The Hobbit, John Key trolled the entire country.
Christ Church Cathedral demolition halted amid arguments about whether you can really call to 'deconstruction' when (even leaving aside the technical meaning in Postmodernism) that makes it sound like you're disassembling the building when actually you're smashing it to bits.
In the lead up to Doha climate negotiations, NZ amends the ETS (which now will have us giving away more emissions credits free in 2050 than the target we claim to be aiming for) and declines to join phase two of the Kyoto protocol. NZ prefers to be where the action is, in a new, partly imaginary scheme including China and the US. So it's really where the inaction is, which apparently suit NZ's national and international interest to a T. In honour of launch of The Hobbit, New Zealand trolled the entire planet.
![Infographic: the swing. swing, US
presidential election results 2012, states](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/9ebf3c72c3430814a182.jpeg)
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US Presidential election results – update of a previous graphic
![Fishhooks in snapper
deal. snapper,
intergrated ticketing, auckland, bus, train, local
government, commerce](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/518d7e27a5af449bbfc3.jpeg)
Labour - Auckland ratepayers shouldn’t foot Snapper bill
![He actually did do a silly dance before
Christmas david brett, john
key, ricky gervais, the office, all-round entertainer](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/4e13ea1d7e527b54a32d.jpeg)
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Anne Russell - Gay Red Stop: John Key and homophobic language
![I actually did this on commission for
Your Nightmares Tonight Paula Bennett,
bouncy castle](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/537e92b89f7a4d76c931.jpeg)
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Labour - Bennett bouncing all over the place on jobs
![The Hobbitmobile: For a genuinely
unexpected and much less protracted
journey. the hobbit, family
window decals](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/05481ad62b3049213525.jpeg)
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Gordon Campbell - Gordon Campbell on John Key, and The Hobbit
[Also of note (for getting names wrong): Warner Brothers Release on Hobbit Premiere]
![The Trolls are currently at Te Papa if you want to
try for a late photo. wellington
premiere, the hobbit, red carpet, elves, troll statues](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1211/707e6dabfeb73a907126.jpeg)
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Scoop Images - Premiere Fan Costume Photos: The Walk Of Hobbit
![[Rubs lamps; genie runs off with fair
use rights for intellectual property and cheap drugs, leaves
cows behind.] tppa, tpp,
trans-pacific partnership, trade agreements, magic,
alladin's lamp](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/699e46a9e30d58453ed0.jpeg)
Werewolf 36 - Gordon Campbell: Into The Cave of Dreams – Trans Pacific Partnership
![Lemmie mask you a
question... john key, press
conference, mask](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/af9ccde431f09c57d27b.jpeg)
Werewolf - From The Hood : This Movie Sucks
Bloody fingerprints on Bain compensation report implicate Justice Minister Judith Collins.
Petrol tax hike provides important data point on government psychology: highways are revealed to be more important than tax cuts.
Christopher Finlayson widely touted as 'politician of the year' based on a series of successful treaty settlements and his ability – unique on National's front bench – to only say smugly vicious and unhelpful things about people nobody really seems to care about.
Widely misunderstood Mayan apocalypse actually relates to the prophesied moment when the time it takes for something to become retro reached zero.
The Prime Minister of New Zealand danced gangnam style twice in one morning and had a fake gay wedding but was too busy that day to answer questions about the resignation of the Secretary for Education. That's an actual thing that really happened.
I have nothing to add.
![Basically we typed 'tax' into google and got
immediate results. google tax,
internet giants, multinationals, taxation, income](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/9054e0e29725609598b3.jpeg)
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NZ Govt - Dunne explains NZ’s tax approach to multinationals
![Judith Collins already has all the
scales she needs. bain report, judith
collins, justice, criminal comenation, wrongful
imprisonment, justice binnie, peer review, scales, tilting
the scales, law](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/60124204bdf9f51fbfb0.jpeg)
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NZ Govt - Reports into Bain application released
![The
recipes may not work, but the instructions are easy to
follow and sound good in speeches. edmonds cookbook,
beehive, politics, sue to rise, sure to rise](http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1212/fb255794b17e842c1d58.jpeg)
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Lyndon Hood - Seasonal Recipes (Politics Edition)
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