In Smith's original text the word "whakarangona" was used to translate 'hear', rather than the modern "whakarongona". A copy of the Māori lyrics, using Aotearoa for its title, was printed in Otago newspapers in October 1878. Ī Māori version of the song was produced in 1878 by Thomas Henry Smith of Auckland, a judge in the Native Land Court, on request of Premier George Edward Grey. In February 1878, sheet music was published. The song was first performed at the Queen's Theatre, Princes Street in Dunedin, on Christmas Day, 1876. The winner of the competition was the Vandemonian-born John Joseph Woods of Lawrence, Otago, who composed the melody in a single sitting the evening after finding out about the competition. A competition to compose music for the poem was held in 1876 by The Saturday Advertiser and judged by three prominent Melbourne musicians, with a prize of ten guineas. "God Defend New Zealand" was written as a poem in the 1870s by Irish-born, Victorian-raised immigrant Thomas Bracken of Dunedin. History and performance Original manuscript of words for "God Defend New Zealand" by Thomas Bracken First page of Woods' original manuscript setting Bracken's poem to music Heritage New Zealand blue plaque at the site of the first performance in Dunedin
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