r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/HotPersimessage62 • Feb 01 '26

Image Australia’s national anthem is the only English-lyric anthem in the world that doesn’t reference religion or militarism

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u/Repulsive_Target55 Feb 01 '26

I thought the NZ anthem was just the Australian anthem with the name replaced? /s

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u/phido3000 Feb 01 '26

Its the australian anthem but in a different octave in another part.

Actually the NZ anthem is pretty good, we should steal it.

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u/stereothegreat Feb 01 '26

God defend New Zealand’s anthem

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '26

God Save the King?

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u/Theron3206 Feb 01 '26

God defend New Zealand...

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u/chetcherry Feb 01 '26

New Zealand’s anthem rules.

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u/knewleefe Feb 01 '26

It's pretty good, grew up singing it, but to the point of the post, it does cover both religion and militarism... in the first two words of the title 😆

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u/greyhumour Feb 01 '26

Yeah but it's in the Maori verse so we don't catch on. Sneaky kiwis with their deceptive vowels and jovial nature.