God’s Own Country, often abbreviated to Godzone, is a phrase that has been used for more than 120 years by New Zealanders to describe their homeland. It has subsequently been adopted by some other countries, notably Australia, but this has declined as the phrase has become increasingly associated with New Zealand. For some years now Kerala state government in India, has been using this phrase to promote its tourism industry [1].   (IPA: ; , Written as േകരളം in the native language Malayalam) is a state on the Western Coast of south-western India. ...

The earliest recorded use of the phrase was as the title of a poem about New Zealand written by Thomas Bracken sometime in the 1880s. It was published in a book of his poems in 1890, and then again in 1893 in a book containing a selection of his works, entitled Lays and Lyrics: God’s Own Country and Other Poems. Thomas Bracken (December 21, 1843 - February 16, 1898), born at Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland, was the noted late 19th century poet who wrote the New Zealand National Anthem and who was the first person to publish the phrase Gods Own Country. ... // Development and commercial production of electric lighting Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered automobile by Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler and Maybach First commercial production and sales of phonographs and phonograph recordings. ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... Year 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ...

God’s Own Country as a phrase was often used and popularised by New Zealand’s longest serving prime minister, Richard John Seddon. He last quoted it on June 10, 1906 when he sent a telegram to the Victorian premier, Thomas Bent, the day before leaving Sydney to return home to New Zealand. "Just leaving for God's own country," he wrote. He never made it, dying the next day on the ship Oswestry Grange. Richard John Seddon (1845 - 1906), sometimes known as King Dick, was the longest serving Prime Minister of New Zealand. ... June 10 is the 161st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (162nd in leap years), with 204 days remaining. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Capital Melbourne Government Const. ... Sir Thomas Bent was the premier of the Australian state of Victoria from the 16th February 1904 to the 8th January 1909. ... The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia with a metropolitan area population of over 4. ...

Bracken’s God’s Own Country is less well known internationally than God Defend New Zealand which he published in 1876. It was declared the country's national hymn in 1940, and made the second national anthem of New Zealand along with God Save The Queen in 1977. God Defend New Zealand is one of the national anthems of New Zealand, together with God Save the Queen. Although they both have equal status, only God Defend New Zealand is used, and most New Zealanders would be unaware that the country has two national anthems. ... 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... God Save the King/Queen is a patriotic hymn, and the national anthem of the United Kingdom. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...

In the United Kingdom the phrase is used by people from Yorkshire to describe that county, sometimes substituting the word county for country. The phrase is also occasionally used to describe the United States of America, often sarcastically. Look up Yorkshire in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

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