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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John		 839 0
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William		 703 0
3.
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James		 469 0
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Robert		 403 0
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George		 382 0
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Thomas		 308 0
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Arthur		 287 0
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Charles		 259 0
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Douglas		 245 0
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Ronald		 209 +6
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Leslie		 207 -1
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Frederick		 196 0
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Albert		 182 -2
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Edward		 176 -1
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Gordon		 176 +14
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Walter		 165 +3
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Francis		 163 0
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Eric		 160 -5
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Raymond		 155 +7
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Norman		 154 +9
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David		 153 -3
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Harold		 153 +2
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Henry		 149 -8
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Jack		 145 +1
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Ernest		 142 -4
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Alfred		 141 -6
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Leonard		 140 +7
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Richard		 140 +10
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Kenneth		 136 -7
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Donald		 130 +1
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Herbert		 127 -7
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Stanley		 122 -2
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Frank		 117 +3
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Colin		 116 +7
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Alexander		 114 -9
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Allan		 113 +3
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Ian		 107 +3
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Cyril		 105 -4
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Maurice		 99 -6
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Joseph		 98 -2
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Patrick		 98 +6
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Reginald		 95 0
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Roy		 90 +1
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Noel		 89 -1
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Alan		 88 -14
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Ivan		 84 +1
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Victor		 74 +2
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Trevor		 71 +4
49.
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Harry		 69 +1
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Peter		 69 +11
51.
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Bernard		 64 +1
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Keith		 63 -4
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Lawrence		 61 +2
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Clarence		 59 0
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Cecil		 56 +4
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Desmond		 54 +11
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Clifford		 53 -6
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Percy		 53 -2
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Sydney		 53 +4
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Samuel		 52 +17
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Hugh		 51 -4
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Mervyn		 51 +1
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Andrew		 49 -6
64.
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Lloyd		 48 -19
65.
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Geoffrey		 47 +20
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Wilfred		 46 0
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Owen		 45 +2
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Ralph		 45 +2
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Leo		 43 -5
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Bruce		 41 -5
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Michael		 41 +5
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Brian		 39 +11
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Philip		 39 -3
74.
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Sidney		 37 +8
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Basil		 35 new
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Daniel		 35 +25
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Edwin		 35 -3
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Hector		 35 -13
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Athol		 34 +6
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Laurence		 32 +5
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Selwyn		 32 new
82.
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Louis		 31 +18
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Malcolm		 31 -4
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Lionel		 30 -3
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Allen		 29 -13
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Howard		 29 +8
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Rex		 29 -9
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Lewis		 27 -5
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Stephen		 27 new
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Archibald		 26 -18
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Gilbert		 26 0
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Graham		 26 new
93.
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Dudley		 25 new
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Edgar		 25 -4
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Fredrick		 25 0
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Arnold		 23 -11
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Gerald		 23 new
96.
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Maxwell		 23 -3
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Terence		 23 new
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Anthony		 22 new
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Horace		 22 -20
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Percival		 22 new
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Margaret		 458 0
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Mary		 422 0
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Dorothy		 335 0
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Jean		 266 0
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Joyce		 266 +2
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Joan		 249 -1
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Kathleen		 230 0
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Phyllis		 198 0
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Eileen		 184 0
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Doris		 175 +5
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Edna		 168 -1
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Elizabeth		 156 +6
13.
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Florence		 148 +4
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Marjorie		 148 +2
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Gladys		 143 -2
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Mavis		 141 -5
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Olive		 137 +3
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Annie		 136 -6
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Betty		 136 +4
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Nancy		 129 +6
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Alice		 123 -3
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Edith		 123 +7
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Winifred		 123 +13
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Elsie		 120 -3
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Ethel		 112 +3
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Patricia		 112 +6
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Thelma		 108 -13
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Jessie		 105 -1
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Frances		 102 -5
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Hazel		 102 -4
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Doreen		 101 +12
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Vera		 99 +10
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Helen		 98 +3
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Violet		 96 +4
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Iris		 93 -1
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Grace		 91 +10
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Catherine		 90 -7
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Muriel		 89 +1
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Agnes		 85 -8
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Irene		 85 -2
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Ellen		 84 -18
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Evelyn		 82 -9
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Audrey		 81 +5
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Ivy		 79 +1
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Gwendoline		 75 +8
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Ruth		 74 +8
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Rita		 72 -3
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Myrtle		 70 +12
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Mabel		 69 0
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Marie		 65 +7
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Norma		 63 +15
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Lorna		 62 -11
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Rona		 62 -12
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Ruby		 60 0
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Daphne		 59 -8
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May		 58 +25
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Alma		 55 -5
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Beryl		 55 +8
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Hilda		 55 -7
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Barbara		 53 +6
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June		 53 +14
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Nola		 53 +4
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Olga		 52 -2
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Freda		 50 +6
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Beatrice		 48 -8
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Dulcie		 48 -2
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Constance		 47 -11
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Emily		 46 +3
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Isabel		 46 -6
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Lilian		 46 +4
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Sylvia		 46 +6
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Enid		 45 +7
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Marion		 45 -22
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Isabella		 43 +7
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Myra		 43 +13
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Ada		 42 -2
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Nellie		 42 -4
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Eva		 39 -21
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Mona		 39 -9
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Molly		 37 +13
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Noeline		 37 new
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Eunice		 36 -3
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Marjory		 36 -1
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Janet		 35 -10
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Lois		 35 +16
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Ida		 34 +7
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Lucy		 34 -5
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Valerie		 34 new
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Christina		 33 -4
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Lillian		 33 -23
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Peggy		 33 +2
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Daisy		 32 new
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Sheila		 32 +1
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Amy		 31 -4
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Eleanor		 30 new
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Ella		 29 0
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Ailsa		 28 new
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Josephine		 28 -6
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Joy		 28 new
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Ngaire		 28 +2
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Nora		 28 -9
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Sarah		 28 -8
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