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James McDermott
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- James McDermott
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James McDermott (left) is pictured with other officials of the Post and Telegraph Department in 1935. From this time he became interested in the poetry of Thomas Bracken, and began promoting the use of 'God defend New Zealand' as a national song. In 1938 he succeeded in persuading the Centennial Council to back his campaign, and in 1939 Joe Heenan, secretary of the council, wrote to him, 'Dear Mac, You certainly are a battler, and when you die I will have all the bands of New Zealand and all ...
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- 2 April 2012
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