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Story: National anthems

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. New Zealand’s anthems

  3. History of ‘God defend New Zealand’

  4. Analysing the anthems

  5. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - New Zealand’s anthems

A loyal farewell

A loyal farewell

Anthems in Māori: 'E te Atua tohungia te Kuini', 1897

Anthems in Māori: 'E te Atua tohungia te Kuini', 1897 (1st of 2)

Anthems in Māori: 'Aotearoa'

Anthems in Māori: 'Aotearoa' (2nd of 2)

Anthem in sign language

Anthem in sign language

State opening of Parliament, 1986

State opening of Parliament, 1986

From page 2 - History of ‘God defend New Zealand’

Thomas Bracken: writer

Thomas Bracken: writer (1st of 3)

Thomas Bracken: handwritten manuscript

Thomas Bracken: handwritten manuscript (2nd of 3)

Thomas Bracken: memorial

Thomas Bracken: memorial (3rd of 3)

John Woods: competition

John Woods: competition (1st of 4)

John Woods: musician

John Woods: musician (2nd of 4)

John Woods: handwritten manuscript

John Woods: handwritten manuscript (3rd of 4)

John Woods: Anthem House

John Woods: Anthem House (4th of 4)

Royal thanks

Royal thanks

James McDermott

James McDermott

Olympic anthem

Olympic anthem

From page 3 - Analysing the anthems

The All Blacks and the anthem

The All Blacks and the anthem

Anthem man

Anthem man

Te reo anthem

Te reo anthem

How to cite this page:

Nancy Swarbrick, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/national-anthems/media (accessed 16 February 2019)

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 20 Jun 2012

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