John Oliver hilariously rips into New Zealand's Prime Minister Bill English

US-based comedian John Oliver has fired back after Prime Minister Bill English's verdict Oliver was not funny, describing English as the "very poorest man's Daniel Craig" and attacking his spaghetti pizza.

Oliver had mocked National (and the New Zealand accent) last week during the Eminem court case against the National Party for its use of the "Eminem-esque" soundtrack for its 2014 campaign ad.

In response, English said he had not seen it but "I hope for the sake of his audience it was funny. Some of the stuff I've seen he does isn't very funny."

In Last Week Tonight which has just screened in the US, Oliver got his right of reply. He raised the time he had done a skit on Steven Joyce getting hit in the face by a pink dildo, and said "careful Bill, because when it comes to Kiwis, Johnny don't play."

He then moved on to English's recent social media "hits" - saying English's video of himself on a "walk-run" in Wellington's hills was "indescribably lame".

But Oliver's harshest critique was of English's post of the spaghetti and pineapple pizza he made for his family, one that quickly went viral.

"That is not dinner. That is an actual hate crime. What is your problem, Bill? You made that to feed to your family, your children, Bill? How are you not in prison right now?"

This isn't the first time English's pizza making skills were made fun of by overseas comedians.

Last month late night host Jimmy Kimmel called English's spaghetti and pineapple pizza "an act of war".

This article was first published on NZ Herald and is republished here with permission. Additional reporting from The Hits.