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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.
"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 ...
Thomas Bracken (c. December 1843 – 16 February 1898) was an Irish-born New Zealand poet, journalist and politician. [3] He wrote "God Defend New Zealand", one of the two national anthems of New Zealand, and was the first person to publish the phrase "God's Own Country" as applied to New Zealand. [4]
John Joseph Woods (1849 – 9 June 1934) was a New Zealand teacher and songwriter. He is best known for winning a competition to set "God Defend New Zealand", a poem by Thomas Bracken, to music. By doing this, he composed the tune to what later became New Zealand's national anthem. [1] Woods was also the Tuapeka County Council clerk for 55 ...
Farrier started his journalism career at 3 News, and he was Nightline's entertainment reporter from 2006 until the program's end in 2013. [5] In 2011, he made a 45-minute documentary for TV3 about the origins of "God Defend New Zealand", one of the two New Zealand national anthems. [6]
One of the two official national anthems of New Zealand, "God Defend New Zealand", is now commonly sung with the first verse in Māori ("Aotearoa") and the second in English ("God Defend New Zealand"). The tune is the same but the words are not a direct translation of each other.
God Defend New Zealand; God Save the King; I. Invercargill March; N. National anthems of New Zealand; T. Ten Guitars This page was last edited on 17 June 2023, at ...
During Niue's history as a territory of New Zealand, the national anthem of Niue was New Zealand's "God Defend New Zealand". "God Save the King" was (and still is) the royal anthem of the monarchy of New Zealand. "Ko e Iki he Lagi" was created before the 1970s. It is not known who composed the words or the music, but it is known that it was ...