Godzone

English 2025 February 7 Etymology en God’s own country, modelled after en zone area or region of the world.n 2279508449 July 2023 The word was possibly modified from the title of the poem “God’s Own Country” (1890) by the New Zealand poet and politician Thomas Bracken (1843–1898).Laura Thornber Godzone: Is New Zealand Really Heaven on Earth? Stuff https://web.archive.org/web/20181206115918/https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/destinations/nz/107175922/godzone-is-new-zealand-really-heaven-on-earth 18 September 2018 Irish-Kiwi scribe, politician and proud New Zealand patriot Thomas Bracken described his adopted homeland as “God of nations” in the 1876 poem that would become the national anthem and, in 1890, wrote an ode to Aotearoa entitled God’s Own Country, likely spawning our self-conferred nickname Godzone. Pronunciation en /ˈɡɒdzəʊn/ RP en /ˈɡɑdˌzoʊn/ GA en En-us-Godzone.oga GA en /ˈɡɒdzʌʉn/ NZ 1 en God zone Proper noun en New Zealand informal New Zealand. from 20th c. en 1983 Keri Hulme The Bone People Penguin 1986 95 It always looks so ridiculous, Joe hefty and twice his child's size – but that's the way we do it in good old Godzone. Related terms en God's own country en God's own county Translations New Zealand References Further reading God's Own Country God’s Own Country New Zealand en Nicknames for countries New Zealand