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Kōrero: Māori humor – te whakakata

Te tokowhā a Howard Morrison

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Howard Morrison Quartet

Ko tētahi o ngā tino pēne a te Māori ko te Howard Morrison Quartet (māui ki matau) ko Morrison rātou ko Noel Kingi, ko Gerry Merito, ko Wi Wharekura. Ka whakaaturia rātou i runga i te pouaka whakaata i te wā kātahi anō te pouaka whakaata ka tau mai ki Aotearoa. Nā tēnei hōnore ka tāia rātou ki te uwhi o te māheni a te Tari Māori ko Te Ao Hou i te tau 1962. He waitī, he waitā, he whakangahau, he hahū ake i ngā waiata makau tā rātou i rongonui ai. 

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Te Puni Kōkiri

Reference: Te Ao Hou 38 (March 1962)

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Mark Derby, Māori humor – te whakakata – Māori humour in the 20th century, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/40394/te-tokowha-a-howard-morrison (accessed 4 June 2026).

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