basename for directories containing space

[Corrin Lakeland]

address@hidden NZ PostSep06]$ echo `pwd`
/home/corrin/NZ PostSep06
address@hidden NZ PostSep06]$ basename `pwd`
NZ
address@hidden NZ PostSep06]$ basename --version
basename (GNU coreutils) 5.2.1
Written by FIXME unknown.

Surely the correct output is "NZ PostSep06"?

I can get the output I want using:
        echo `pwd` | rev | cut -d / -f 1 | rev

But since this is exactly what basename is for... Plus my version doesn't 
handle directory names with slashes in them, if such a directory is ever legal 
(on windows?)
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