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The paua and the glory

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<em>The paua and the glory</em>

Two of New Zealand's leading satirists, writer A. K. Grant and cartoonist Tom Scott, joined forces to produce a mock history of New Zealand entitled The paua and the glory: the story of New Zealand's rise to international insignificance (1982).

 

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Allen & Unwin

Reference: A. K. Grant, The paua and the glory: the story of New Zealand's rise to international insignificance. Auckland: Allan & Unwin, 1982

by Tom Scott

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Caroline Harker, Humour – Humour on screen, 1970–2000, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/ephemera/37530/the-paua-and-the-glory (accessed 4 June 2026).

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