Story: Humour

More links and websites

• The Classic Comedy Network

  Information and news about stand-up comedy in New Zealand.

• Kiwi comedy on television

  A collection of classic clips from New Zealand television comedies, compiled by NZ On Screen.

More suggestions and sources

• Barnett, John, and Lesley Kaiser. The Penguin book of New Zealand jokes. Auckland: Penguin, 1996.

• Elliott, Matt. Kiwi jokers: the rise and rise of New Zealand comedy. Auckland: HarperCollins, 1997.

• Hoskins, Robert. Goldfield balladeer: the life and times of the celebrated Charles R. Thatcher. Auckland: Collins, 1977.

• McLauchlan, Gordon, ed. The acid test: an anthology of New Zealand humorous writing. Auckland: Methuen, 1981.

• McLauchlan, Gordon, ed. A history of New Zealand humour. Auckland: Penguin, 1989.

• Reid, John Cowie. The Kiwi laughs: an anthology of New Zealand prose humour. Wellington: A. H. and A. W. Reed, 1961.

• Ricketts, Harry, and Hugh Roberts, eds. How you doing? A selection of New Zealand comic and satiric verse. Wellington: Lincoln University Press and Daphne Brasell Associates, 1998.