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TIL God Save the King is one of New Zealand's two national anthems, alongside God Defend New Zealand. In contrast, apart from the UK, other Commonwealth realms solely regard it as a royal anthem. New Zealand is thus one of two countries with two national anthems, the other is Denmark.

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