Centennial
This poem, written by Marie Conlan, a member of 1ZB’s copy-writing staff, was broadcast by "‘ Marina’"’ from 1ZB on the morning of the Centennial celebrations at Waitangi Will they be here, A century from now, Lifting their praises to our memories? Will they recall the past As we recall it now, As strength grown out from strength, Work from the sweat of brow, And pioneer inspiration Burning down the years that made New Zealand? Or will to-morrow’s world, tomorrow’s future race, Reject the effort that we make to-day? A hundred years from now, when smallest heads are grey. Or will they praise to-morrow’s vaulted arch, Calm in the glory of to-morrow’s full-grown trees, In memory of the men who planted them? When they look back, a hundred years from these.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 35, 23 February 1940, Page 46
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131Centennial New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 35, 23 February 1940, Page 46
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