Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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John
1,189 0
2.
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Peter
692 0
3.
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David
665 0
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Robert
655 0
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William
529 0
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Brian
498 0
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James
377 0
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Michael
374 +1
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Ian
345 -1
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Kenneth
283 +3
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Ronald
282 +1
12.
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Colin
278 +6
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Graeme
276 +2
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Graham
262 -3
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Raymond
261 +1
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Richard
260 +1
17.
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Donald
250 -3
18.
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Alan
244 0
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Barry
238 -9
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Bruce
231 +1
21.
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Trevor
218 +3
22.
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Kevin
210 -2
23.
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Thomas
185 +2
24.
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Anthony
182 -1
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Murray
182 +2
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Gary
180 +2
27.
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Allan
172 -5
28.
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Douglas
167 +4
29.
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George
162 -2
30.
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Edward
153 -1
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Robin
139 0
32.
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Noel
138 +5
33.
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Leslie
136 +2
34.
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Arthur
135 +8
35.
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Keith
134 -5
36.
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Gordon
131 -3
37.
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Paul
128 -1
38.
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Roger
124 0
39.
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Terence
117 +6
40.
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Neil
114 -7
41.
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Charles
112 -1
42.
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Maurice
108 +6
43.
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Geoffrey
106 +10
43.
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Ross
106 -3
45.
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Russell
105 -2
46.
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Dennis
104 +7
47.
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Eric
103 0
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Malcolm
103 +3
49.
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Neville
98 +6
50.
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Desmond
97 -1
51.
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Rex
94 -1
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Francis
93 +5
53.
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Norman
92 -9
54.
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Patrick
90 -15
55.
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Mervyn
88 +3
56.
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Leonard
87 +3
57.
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Frederick
84 +2
58.
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Denis
76 +6
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Joseph
76 +12
60.
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Bryan
73 -10
61.
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Ivan
72 +11
62.
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Christopher
69 -7
63.
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Alexander
68 -1
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Stanley
68 +4
65.
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Bernard
67 +6
65.
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Henry
67 +11
65.
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Owen
67 +11
65.
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Walter
67 -2
69.
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Philip
64 -3
70.
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Warren
62 -11
71.
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Andrew
61 +4
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Rodney
61 +1
73.
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Errol
60 -5
74.
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Garry
59 -10
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Jack
59 +9
76.
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Albert
58 -8
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Stuart
58 0
78.
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Lindsay
57 +14
79.
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Lawrence
55 -5
80.
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Harold
53 0
81.
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Gavin
52 +6
82.
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Kelvin
50 +15
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Reginald
50 +11
84.
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Laurence
49 +15
85.
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Alfred
48 +4
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Stephen
48 0
87.
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Ernest
47 -7
88.
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Derek
45 -1
89.
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Cyril
44 new
89.
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Hugh
44 -6
91.
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Victor
43 new
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Warwick
43 -2
93.
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Frank
42 -11
93.
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Maxwell
42 new
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Roy
42 -17
96.
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Allen
37 -1
96.
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Edwin
37 -1
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Gerald
36 -9
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Mark
35 new
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Wayne
35 new
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Margaret
692 0
2.
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Patricia
658 0
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Judith
472 0
4.
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Barbara
357 0
5.
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Mary
343 0
6.
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Janice
331 +5
7.
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Pamela
306 0
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Elizabeth
290 0
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Beverley
279 -3
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Helen
271 0
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Shirley
250 -2
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Heather
231 +3
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Jennifer
212 +1
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Maureen
212 -1
15.
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Kathleen
207 +1
16.
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Valerie
202 -3
17.
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Dorothy
193 +5
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Joan
174 -1
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Colleen
170 0
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Marie
165 +5
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Janet
159 0
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Elaine
155 -3
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Lorraine
151 -5
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Carol
146 +9
25.
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Diane
142 -1
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Yvonne
136 +7
27.
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Jeanette
132 +6
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Lynette
128 +1
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Pauline
124 +3
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Alison
123 -7
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June
122 -1
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Jean
116 +4
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Frances
115 -5
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Lois
115 -6
35.
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Anne
107 -9
36.
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Annette
106 +6
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Lesley
105 +26
38.
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Marion
103 +1
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Gloria
92 +11
40.
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Jocelyn
90 +5
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Noeline
90 +5
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Robyn
90 +26
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Joy
88 -6
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Wendy
87 0
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Ngaire
85 -2
46.
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Rosemary
83 -8
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Diana
82 -7
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Gillian
82 +9
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Joyce
82 +6
50.
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Eileen
81 +12
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Betty
80 +5
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Ann
79 -21
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Carole
78 +24
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Rosalie
75 -2
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Doreen
74 -8
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Dawn
73 -15
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Jill
73 +10
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Raewyn
73 +37
59.
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Fay
72 +5
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Ruth
72 -1
61.
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Irene
71 -12
62.
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Catherine
70 -3
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Gail
70 +13
64.
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Glenys
69 +5
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Nancy
67 -1
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Susan
65 +5
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Carolyn
64 new
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Beverly
63 -21
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Jacqueline
63 +8
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Josephine
62 -17
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Kay
62 -19
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Dianne
61 +1
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Robin
61 -3
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Marlene
60 -21
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Norma
57 +6
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Jillian
55 -15
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Denise
54 +19
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Marilyn
53 -12
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Christine
52 +5
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Suzanne
50 +1
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Eleanor
49 +3
82.
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Daphne
48 -23
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Marjorie
48 +6
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Sylvia
47 +8
85.
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Beryl
46 -5
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Julie
46 -13
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Evelyn
45 -9
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Adrienne
44 +6
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Mavis
44 +10
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Lorna
43 -1
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Sandra
42 new
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Vivienne
42 +5
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Florence
39 -9
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Nola
38 new
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Linda
37 +4
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Sally
37 -4
97.
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Edith
36 -23
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Phyllis
36 -8
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Janette
35 -15
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Muriel
35 new
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Shona
35 new