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Kōrero: Humour

Me and Gus, 1951

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Me and Gus, 1951

This illustration by Nevile Lodge is from a 1951 edition of Frank Anthony's anthology of humorous stories Me and Gus. The tales, about a pair of likeable rural losers, were written and first published in the early 1920s.

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Private collection

Reference: Frank S. Anthony, Me and Gus. Auckland: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1951.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Caroline Harker, Humour – Developing a national sense of humour, 1900–1970, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/37524/me-and-gus-1951 (accessed 4 June 2026).

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