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Lyndon Hood's Pics of the Weeks: June '09

Lyndon Hood's Pics of the Weeks: June '09

New Scoop editorial images by Lyndon Hood, for stories from June 2009. For previous images see Lyndon Hood's Pics of the Weeks: March to May '09.

queen's birthday
Governor General - The Queen's Birthday Honours 2009

peace dove kiwi new
zealand
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Labour - New Zealand rated most peaceful nation

richard worth,
media, tiananmen square, china
Gordon Campbell - The Tiananmen Massacre, and Richard Worth

housing market up
arrow
Scoop Business - Auckland housing market demand picks up: Barfoot

irony cartoon: know
your irony, types of irony, irons
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Werewolf - Lyndon Hood: How to Misunderstand Satire

helen clark as da
vinci's mona lisa
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Werewolf - Art politics in the 2000s

10th birthday cake
for scoop
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C.D. Sludge - Sludge Report #191: Publish And Be Damned

local government
target
Gordon Campbell - Rodney Hide’s latest plan for gutting local democracy

the c word -
censorship
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Gordon Campbell - On censorship – bring back Worth!

phil goff shoot
down richard worth
Richard Worth - Statement by Dr Richard Worth

swine flu panic
thermometer
Ministry of Health - Influenza A (H1N1) Swine Flu - Update 73

little miss muffet, john key, richard worth
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Lyndon Hood - Political Nursery Rhymes

election referendum
question editing correction hand
Greens - Bradford launches Member’s Bill on Referenda

peter jackson, new
zealand film commission, hobbit feet
Gordon Campbell - Gordon Campbell on Peter Jackson’s review of the Film Commission

smart meter metre
ruler
Greens - Consumers left behind in the smart meter rush

the death of news -
firing squad
"The Death Of News": For Alastair Thompson AdMedia column

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John Minto: Hone Harawira - Speaking Truth To Power

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The Israeli Exception: Gilo And East Jerusalem

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Globalization Unchecked: How Alien Media is Suffocating Real Culture

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