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In 1977, New Zealand adopted "God Defend New Zealand as its national anthem. Did you know that the song was written by an Irish immigrant, Thomas Bracken, more than 100 years previously?
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'We were blubbing like babies': How New Zealand got its national anthem by accident 6 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM 5 minutes to read By: Max Cryer Many people know the story of how God Defend New Zealand came to be written, but fewer know that it became our national anthem by accident. Max Cryer tells the story. Irish-born Thomas Bracken gathered experience in New Zealand as a writer, poet, and also as an editor. In the late 1800s he was editing the Dunedin-published Saturday Advertiser news-magazine into which he often put pieces of his own writing - sometimes disguised with a fictitious name. Read M...