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Kōrero: Humour

Barry Crump, 1961

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Barry Crump, 1961

This illustration by Dennis Knight Turner comes from classic Kiwi humorist Barry Crump's 1961 novel Hang on a minute, mate. The book typifies the larrikin, yarn-spinning strand of New Zealand humour. Hang on a minute, matewas filmed for television in 1982.

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Penguin Random House

Reference: Barry Crump, Hang on a minute mate. North Shore: Penguin, 2010, p. 93

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Caroline Harker, Humour – The origins of Kiwi humour, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/37518/barry-crump-1961 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Caroline Harker, i tāngia i te 27 March 2012.