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"God Defend New Zealand" (Māori: "Aotearoa", [a] meaning 'New Zealand') is one of two national anthems of New Zealand, the other being "God Save the King". Legally the two have equal status, but "God Defend New Zealand" is more commonly used. Originally written as a poem, it was set to music as part of a competition in 1876.
Karakia are Māori incantations and prayer used to invoke spiritual guidance and protection. [1] They are also considered a formal greeting when beginning a ceremony. According to legend, there was a curse on the Waiapu River which was lifted when George Gage (Hori Keeti) performed karakia.
"God Defend New Zealand" is a poem [2] that was written by Thomas Bracken in the 1870s. It was set to music and first publicly performed in 1876. [5] A Māori translation of the original English was produced in 1878 by Thomas Henry Smith. [10] In 1940 the New Zealand Government bought the copyright and made it New Zealand's 'national hymn' in ...
Following the Lord's Prayer, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern read an extract from the "Royal Visit to New Zealand", describing the Queen and Prince Philip's departure from Bluff at the end of the 1953-54 royal visit to New Zealand. Dame Cindy Kiro reading her address at the State Memorial Service
In 1984 the New Zealand Roman Catholic Bishops permitted and encouraged the use of the ELLC version of the Lord's Prayer in all dioceses except that of Christchurch.With the introduction of the Third Roman Missal, the ELLC version of the Lord's Prayer was not recognised and so had to be changed back to the traditional text.
A New Zealand Prayer Book, He Karakia Mihinare o Aotearoa, providing liturgy for "a multitude of voices", [26] contains a liturgical calendar, forms of daily prayer, of baptism, of the Eucharist (also known as Holy Communion), and other texts for services such as marriage, funerals, and ordination, as well as a catechism for instruction in the ...
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The Lord's Prayer precedes the fraction (the breaking of the bread), followed by the Prayer of Humble Access or the Agnus Dei and the distribution of the sacred elements (the bread and wine). Dismissal: There is a post-Communion prayer, which is a general prayer of thanksgiving. The service concludes with a Trinitarian blessing and the dismissal.