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Kōrero: Māori humor – te whakakata

Ko 'To a Maori figure cast in bronze outside the chief post office, Auckland'

I te tau 1967 ka whakatūhia te whakapakoko Māori nui rawa nā Molly McAlister mō ki te pokapū o te taone o Tāmaki-makaurau. E rima tau i muri mai ka tuhi a Hone Tūwhare i tana rotarota mō te whakapakoko nei ki te reo Māori me te reo Pākehā. Tēnā whakarongo mai ki a Tūwhare e pānui ana i tana nei tētahi o ngā mea pāreka rawa o Aotearoa.

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Sound file from Radio New Zealand Sound Archives Ngā Taonga Kōrero. Any re-use of this audio is a breach of copyright. To request a copy of the recording, contact Sound Archives Ngā Taonga Kōrero (Maori programme, 24 November 1972/Reference ID44642) Courtesy of The Hone Tuwhare Charitable Trust

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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/speech/40396/ko-to-a-maori-figure-cast-in-bronze-outside-the-chief-post-office-auckland (accessed 4 June 2026).

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