Thomas Bracken, Irish-New Zealand journalist, poet, and politician (born 1843)

Thomas Bracken

New Zealand poet, journalist and politician

Thomas Bracken was an Irish-born New Zealand poet, journalist and politician. 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. He also won the Otago…