Random Archive Two
This is for random stuff I move from my main discussion page that is too boring to keep. You have to hunt for anything you want to find though. The quality control is basically nil. I’d skip it. It’s an archive, mostly. **** **** Wednesday, 25th August, 2026 This is from Tuesday: 90% of people in NZ were Christians in the 1930s. It used to called godzone. By the way. // The phrase "God's Own Country"—which was later shortened to "Godzone"—was first coined in 1890 as the title of a poem by the poet and politician Thomas Bracken. Origin and History First Publication: Thomas Bracken published the poem "God's Own Country" in 1890 in a collection of his works, and again in 1893 in a book titled Lays and Lyrics: God's Own Country and Other Poems. Popularization: The phrase was later picked up and frequently used by Richard John Seddon, New Zealand's longest-serving prime minister, which helped cement it in the public vocabulary. The Contraction: ...