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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Michael		 879 0
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Andrew		 692 +1
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David		 638 +1
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Mark		 626 -2
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Jason		 593 0
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Daniel		 588 +2
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Matthew		 577 0
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Paul		 550 -2
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Richard		 494 +2
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James		 471 +3
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Christopher		 455 -1
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Craig		 445 -3
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Robert		 409 +1
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Aaron		 375 -2
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John		 365 0
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Nicholas		 333 +6
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Steven		 332 +3
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Stephen		 330 -2
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Scott		 325 0
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Shane		 317 -3
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Simon		 309 -3
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Peter		 263 -1
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Timothy		 259 +4
24.
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Justin		 253 +1
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Nathan		 242 -2
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Anthony		 226 -2
27.
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Jonathan		 212 +4
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Benjamin		 211 +12
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Glen		 203 +8
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William		 190 +4
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Darren		 188 +8
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Dean		 185 -3
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Jeremy		 172 +2
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Gregory		 171 -2
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Karl		 169 +8
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Glenn		 167 -8
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Tony		 167 -6
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Brent		 163 0
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Grant		 162 -13
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Wayne		 157 -4
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Brendon		 155 -8
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Hamish		 155 +6
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Shaun		 151 -2
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Phillip		 144 +2
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Thomas		 142 +9
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Stuart		 141 -1
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Joseph		 140 +5
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Adam		 138 -5
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Nigel		 138 -6
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Blair		 137 0
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Philip		 135 -4
52.
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Hayden		 134 +15
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Kevin		 132 -1
54.
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Carl		 124 -5
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Gavin		 124 +2
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Mathew		 123 -1
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Samuel		 121 +2
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Cameron		 114 +9
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Jamie		 112 +5
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Dion		 110 -10
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Gareth		 108 +15
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Sean		 104 0
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Joshua		 103 +9
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Brett		 96 -6
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Damian		 95 +15
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Raymond		 95 +5
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Brendan		 94 -4
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Brian		 94 -6
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Adrian		 93 +1
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Patrick		 92 +14
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Ian		 91 -15
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Geoffrey		 87 +13
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Ryan		 87 +2
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Lee		 86 new
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Clinton		 85 -16
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Martin		 84 -12
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Edward		 82 -10
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Bevan		 81 +11
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Gary		 81 -4
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Alan		 80 -8
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Bruce		 80 -16
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Duncan		 79 -4
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Todd		 77 +5
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Leon		 73 +7
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Rhys		 72 new
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Graeme		 71 +13
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Corey		 70 new
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Jeffrey		 70 new
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Malcolm		 68 new
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Damon		 67 -1
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Antony		 66 -4
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Bradley		 66 -8
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George		 66 -9
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Kane		 66 new
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Marcus		 66 +4
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Darryl		 65 -3
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Kyle		 65 -3
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Charles		 64 new
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Colin		 64 -18
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Jared		 64 -3
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Sarah		 563 0
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Nicola		 492 +2
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Angela		 474 +3
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Lisa		 446 -1
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Michelle		 440 -3
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Rebecca		 396 +1
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Rachel		 366 -2
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Melanie		 316 0
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Natasha		 307 +22
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Amanda		 277 +1
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Joanne		 261 -2
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Kylie		 251 +11
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Tania		 245 -1
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Karen		 236 -1
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Andrea		 219 +9
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Katrina		 216 +3
17.
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Vanessa		 215 -1
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Kim		 210 -4
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Megan		 206 -1
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Catherine		 202 +9
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Kelly		 202 0
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Emma		 199 +11
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Anna		 198 -2
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Tracey		 193 -14
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Fiona		 191 -10
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Paula		 184 +4
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Elizabeth		 183 0
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Julie		 179 -3
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Tracy		 179 +4
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Joanna		 177 +9
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Donna		 175 -3
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Melissa		 175 -14
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Rachael		 175 -6
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Deborah		 174 -13
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Jennifer		 174 0
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Nicole		 169 +23
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Helen		 155 -3
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Louise		 145 +3
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Belinda		 139 +14
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Susan		 139 +5
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Natalie		 136 +26
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Tina		 134 +7
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Leanne		 128 +9
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Rochelle		 128 -1
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Jane		 127 -9
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Shelley		 123 -9
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Claire		 120 +16
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Victoria		 120 -4
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Justine		 115 +7
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Sharon		 115 -3
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Kathryn		 114 0
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Jacqueline		 112 -12
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Katherine		 112 -2
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Caroline		 111 +14
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Suzanne		 111 +4
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Janine		 110 -1
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Christine		 109 -9
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Kirsty		 103 +4
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Wendy		 102 -5
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Bridget		 98 -16
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Kirsten		 95 -23
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Stephanie		 95 -14
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Bronwyn		 91 -3
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Teresa		 90 -1
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Sandra		 89 -4
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Tanya		 88 +4
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Mary		 87 +11
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Kate		 86 +8
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Maria		 85 -13
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Sonya		 84 +24
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Anita		 82 +2
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Amy		 81 new
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Linda		 77 -10
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Sally		 76 -11
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Jolene		 75 new
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Toni		 74 -8
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Kiri		 73 +21
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Monique		 71 new
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Christina		 70 +9
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Heidi		 70 new
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Hayley		 69 -1
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Robyn		 69 -9
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Cherie		 67 -4
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Charlotte		 65 +4
85.
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Marie		 64 new
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Stacey		 64 +13
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Vicki		 64 -9
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Erin		 62 new
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Karla		 62 new
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Kerry		 61 -5
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Patricia		 61 -15
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Heather		 60 -11
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Renee		 60 new
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Emily		 59 new
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Alison		 58 -12
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Debbie		 58 -1
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Carla		 57 -24
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Sonia		 57 new
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Margaret		 56 -17
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Carolyn		 54 -30
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Gina		 54 new
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Jodie		 54 new
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Kathleen		 54 -2
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Maree		 54 -12
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand