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Kōrero: Humour

Whārangi 5. Hononga, rauemi nō waho

Ētahi atu tūhononga, pae tukutuku hoki

Ētahi whakaaro puaki, takenga

  • Barnett, John, and Lesley Kaiser. The Penguin book of New Zealand jokes. Auckland: Penguin, 1996.

  • Elliott, Matt. Kiwi jokers: the rise and rise of New Zealand comedy. Auckland: HarperCollins, 1997.

  • Hoskins, Robert. Goldfield balladeer: the life and times of the celebrated Charles R. Thatcher. Auckland: Collins, 1977.

  • McLauchlan, Gordon, ed. The acid test: an anthology of New Zealand humorous writing. Auckland: Methuen, 1981.

  • McLauchlan, Gordon, ed. A history of New Zealand humour. Auckland: Penguin, 1989.

  • Reid, John Cowie. The Kiwi laughs: an anthology of New Zealand prose humour. Wellington: A. H. and A. W. Reed, 1961.

  • Ricketts, Harry, and Hugh Roberts, eds. How you doing? A selection of New Zealand comic and satiric verse. Wellington: Lincoln University Press and Daphne Brasell Associates, 1998.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Caroline Harker, Humour, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/story/222966/sources (accessed 24 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Caroline Harker, i tāngia i te 30 July 2013.