Te Reo Kapekape Maori Wit and Humour Military History ‘the language of poking fun’)

‘the language of poking fun’)

Sontag wrote "Illness as Metaphor" in 1978

but how can she keep going when life keeps beating her back

So began Onoda's long campaign

Te Reo Kapekape Maori Wit and Humour Military History ‘the language of poking fun’)Following on from the successful He Iti te Kupu: Mori Metaphors and Similes, Hona Black's new book explores the rich vein of humour in Mori life. Want to know how to call a silly person a roro hipi sheeps brain, or tell someone to get stuffed in te reo Mori? The answers are all in Te Reo Kapekape (literally, the language of poking fun), with more than 130 humorous and unique phrases in te reo and English that can be used to describe people, events and