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Kōrero: Māori humor – te whakakata

Te koi o te whaikōrero

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Wit in whaikōrero

E pīata mai ana ngā kanohi o te minenga i te whaikōrero a te pūkōrero o Taranaki a Ruka Broughton. He wā kua āhei te whakaputa i ngā kōrero paki, hangareka hoki hei kīnaki i te whaikōrero. Kei te tū tonu a Broughton e whakaatu ana i te wairua ngahau, whakakatakata hoki.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Penguin Random House

Reference: Anne Salmond, Hui: a study of Māori ceremonial gatherings. Auckland: A. H & A. W. Reed, 1976

by Jeremy Salmond

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Mark Derby, Māori humor – te whakakata – Traditional forms of humour, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/40389/te-koi-o-te-whaikorero (accessed 26 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Mark Derby, i tāngia i te 3 December 2012.