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Otago University capping revue, 1927

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Otago University capping revue, 1927

This singing sextet comprises (from left) Eddie Butler, Archibald McIndoe (later a world-famous plastic surgeon), Peter Quillam, James Maunsell, Robert Hall and Moe Kronfeld. University capping revues have supplied some of New Zealand's most biting, anti-establishment humour.

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Hocken Collections, University of Otago

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Caroline Harker, Humour – The origins of Kiwi humour, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/37521/otago-university-capping-revue-1927 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Caroline Harker, published 27 March 2012.