Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
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Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
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Peter		 1,431 0
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John		 1,250 0
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David		 1,168 0
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Michael		 937 0
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Paul		 776 0
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Stephen		 758 0
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Robert		 718 0
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Mark		 642 +1
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Christopher		 626 +1
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Kevin		 531 -2
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Richard		 481 +1
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Ian		 465 -1
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Anthony		 453 +4
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Brian		 453 0
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William		 404 -1
16.
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Bruce		 391 0
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Wayne		 369 -2
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Murray		 365 +4
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Gary		 363 0
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James		 356 -2
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Alan		 346 0
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Graeme		 321 -2
23.
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Grant		 290 +1
24.
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Barry		 289 +1
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Graham		 273 -2
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Ross		 273 +8
27.
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Geoffrey		 271 0
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Philip		 269 +4
29.
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Colin		 267 -4
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Gregory		 254 0
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Trevor		 243 +6
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Kenneth		 233 -3
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Andrew		 225 -5
34.
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Neil		 218 -4
35.
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Allan		 216 0
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Steven		 215 -2
37.
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Donald		 203 -1
38.
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Garry		 199 +4
39.
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Keith		 196 +1
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Raymond		 191 -2
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Thomas		 180 +3
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Stuart		 176 -3
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Phillip		 173 +4
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Roger		 164 -3
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Timothy		 159 +12
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Martin		 157 +4
47.
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Ronald		 154 +7
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Russell		 154 -4
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Warren		 153 +2
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Patrick		 150 -4
51.
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Craig		 142 +4
52.
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Brent		 136 +12
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Douglas		 134 -4
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Malcolm		 132 -9
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Robin		 130 +1
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Simon		 129 +6
57.
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Jeffrey		 125 -9
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Lindsay		 124 +11
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Nigel		 120 +8
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Gordon		 119 -9
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George		 113 -8
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Gavin		 112 -1
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Dennis		 111 -4
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Bryan		 110 +4
65.
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Tony		 107 +7
66.
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Charles		 104 -7
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Edward		 104 -1
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Neville		 104 -4
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Leslie		 98 -11
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Glenn		 96 +4
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Kerry		 95 0
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Brett		 93 +24
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Joseph		 92 -4
74.
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Rodney		 90 +1
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Terence		 88 -9
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Lance		 86 +4
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Nicholas		 86 +11
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Eric		 82 0
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Bernard		 81 +9
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Noel		 80 -4
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Rex		 80 -7
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Daniel		 75 +3
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Owen		 70 +17
84.
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Alexander		 69 -7
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Dean		 69 +11
86.
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Derek		 68 -7
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Warwick		 68 new
88.
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Maurice		 67 -6
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Gerard		 63 -6
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Terry		 63 +1
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Darryl		 57 new
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Jonathan		 57 +9
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Shane		 57 -8
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Francis		 56 0
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Mervyn		 53 new
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Gerald		 52 new
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Norman		 52 -16
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Allen		 51 new
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Hugh		 51 +2
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Alistair		 50 -4
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Henry		 50 new
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Stewart		 50 -10
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Karen		 825 +2
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Susan		 814 -1
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Christine		 774 -1
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Jennifer		 460 +2
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Margaret		 437 0
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Judith		 427 -2
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Linda		 413 +3
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Robyn		 407 0
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Elizabeth		 371 -2
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Patricia		 367 -1
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Wendy		 367 +4
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Sandra		 363 +6
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Mary		 354 -2
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Helen		 334 -1
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Deborah		 329 +12
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Anne		 310 0
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Barbara		 304 -5
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Heather		 297 -1
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Carol		 292 +1
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Lynette		 287 -1
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Diane		 271 0
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Pamela		 266 0
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Sharon		 263 -8
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Suzanne		 252 0
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Catherine		 237 +2
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Julie		 228 -3
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Jane		 217 +13
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Raewyn		 217 +2
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Janet		 213 0
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Shirley		 210 +5
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Janice		 209 -6
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Denise		 205 +5
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Pauline		 195 0
34.
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Dianne		 190 -8
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Joanne		 180 +17
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Alison		 177 -4
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Rosemary		 176 -6
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Gail		 172 +8
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Lorraine		 172 -2
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Annette		 164 -2
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Kathleen		 162 -7
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Vicki		 161 +17
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Donna		 155 +21
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Marie		 152 0
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Debra		 149 +25
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Carolyn		 143 +26
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Jacqueline		 143 -2
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Yvonne		 142 -7
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Lynda		 138 +6
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Maureen		 133 +3
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Kathryn		 130 -4
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Sheryl		 129 -2
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Ann		 127 -14
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Colleen		 124 -5
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Brenda		 121 +2
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Jillian		 121 -8
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Maria		 121 0
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Jan		 119 +5
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Fiona		 117 new
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Beverley		 113 -10
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Lesley		 113 -18
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Angela		 112 +6
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Cheryl		 111 -10
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Glenda		 107 -21
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Sally		 105 +2
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Kerry		 102 +26
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Gillian		 101 -7
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Kay		 99 -7
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Maree		 92 +2
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Frances		 91 -4
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Shona		 91 +12
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Louise		 88 +5
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Glenys		 87 +15
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Ruth		 87 +3
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Diana		 86 +9
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Penelope		 84 +4
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Michelle		 83 new
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Bronwyn		 82 +17
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Christina		 80 +20
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Josephine		 80 +13
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Lynne		 80 -6
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Valerie		 80 -1
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Marilyn		 79 -25
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Teresa		 78 new
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Caroline		 77 new
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Jocelyn		 77 -5
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Joy		 76 -25
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Elaine		 75 +4
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Andrea		 73 new
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Jeanette		 73 -21
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Lois		 72 +9
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Anna		 71 -13
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Jill		 71 -8
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Dorothy		 70 -19
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Marion		 70 -29
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Adrienne		 69 -14
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Janette		 69 new
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Nicola		 69 new
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Paula		 69 +2
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Vivienne		 69 -23
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand