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		 1,628 0
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David		 979 0
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Peter		 898 0
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Robert		 766 0
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Michael		 606 0
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Brian		 597 +1
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William		 577 -1
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Ian		 477 0
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Kevin		 467 +1
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James		 452 -1
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Richard		 436 +3
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Graham		 398 0
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Bruce		 386 0
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Graeme		 374 -3
15.
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Paul		 368 +2
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Alan		 361 0
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Barry		 352 +4
18.
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Kenneth		 337 +4
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Murray		 334 -2
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Ronald		 310 +3
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Wayne		 307 +5
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Anthony		 304 -7
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Colin		 304 -3
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Trevor		 297 +1
25.
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Raymond		 289 -6
26.
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Donald		 267 -2
27.
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Allan		 253 +2
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Gary		 253 +1
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Ross		 232 +3
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Christopher		 218 +7
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Roger		 201 0
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Dennis		 196 -5
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Keith		 196 +2
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Russell		 196 +1
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Thomas		 189 -5
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Geoffrey		 173 +3
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Terence		 161 +5
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Douglas		 160 -3
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George		 157 +1
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Neil		 157 -1
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Philip		 156 +9
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Leslie		 150 -7
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Warren		 149 +1
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Malcolm		 147 +4
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Patrick		 139 0
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Robin		 139 +1
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Edward		 134 -6
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Gordon		 133 -5
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Neville		 133 -1
50.
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Charles		 128 -2
51.
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Noel		 123 +1
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Rodney		 121 -2
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Stephen		 121 +14
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Garry		 110 +6
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Andrew		 103 0
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Arthur		 102 +3
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Rex		 99 -2
58.
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Bryan		 97 -4
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Denis		 97 +11
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Maurice		 96 -7
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Stuart		 92 -4
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Francis		 91 +2
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Kerry		 89 +4
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Alexander		 86 +3
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Gavin		 86 +29
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Eric		 85 -2
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Norman		 83 -5
68.
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Desmond		 82 -11
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Phillip		 82 +10
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Joseph		 77 +4
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Ivan		 75 +10
72.
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Owen		 74 -1
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Gregory		 72 new
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Lindsay		 72 -11
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Mervyn		 72 -12
76.
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Warwick		 71 -2
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Clive		 69 -3
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Frederick		 66 +5
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Grant		 65 -8
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Lawrence		 61 +9
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Bernard		 60 -11
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Derek		 60 -3
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Harold		 60 +1
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Terrence		 57 -1
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Allen		 56 +10
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Mark		 56 new
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Hugh		 55 new
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Laurence		 55 +4
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Kelvin		 54 new
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Leonard		 54 -16
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Stanley		 53 -4
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Timothy		 53 -11
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Roy		 52 -10
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Stewart		 52 new
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Henry		 51 -5
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Maxwell		 51 new
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Jeffrey		 50 -9
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Gerald		 48 -21
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Martin		 48 -15
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Jack		 46 -5
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Margaret		 841 0
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Judith		 585 +1
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Patricia		 509 -1
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Susan		 436 +7
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Elizabeth		 416 0
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Jennifer		 412 -2
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Mary		 402 0
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Pamela		 374 0
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Barbara		 365 -3
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Janice		 365 +1
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Helen		 350 +1
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Lynette		 337 +1
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Carol		 330 -4
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Christine		 328 +6
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Kathleen		 295 +2
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Diane		 289 0
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Sandra		 286 +6
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Shirley		 281 -4
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Beverley		 278 -1
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Heather		 266 -5
21.
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Lorraine		 242 0
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Maureen		 221 0
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Robyn		 221 +4
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Janet		 207 0
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Colleen		 203 -6
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Valerie		 201 +5
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Suzanne		 200 +18
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Pauline		 192 -3
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Marie		 191 0
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Anne		 187 +5
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Denise		 184 -1
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Dianne		 182 +5
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Alison		 177 0
34.
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Yvonne		 176 -7
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Dorothy		 169 -3
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Carolyn		 162 +5
37.
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Marilyn		 160 -2
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Annette		 159 +10
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Karen		 159 +26
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Raewyn		 159 -10
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Wendy		 155 -4
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Ann		 149 +1
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Catherine		 146 +5
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Lesley		 141 -1
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Joan		 139 -11
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Cheryl		 138 +11
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Elaine		 130 -6
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Frances		 130 0
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Kay		 124 +5
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Gail		 120 -10
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Rosemary		 117 -14
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Julie		 112 +20
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Marion		 112 0
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Jillian		 110 +4
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Lois		 104 +9
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June		 101 -3
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Linda		 99 +23
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Jacqueline		 96 +9
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Joy		 96 -10
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Sheryl		 96 new
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Gloria		 95 -1
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Gillian		 93 +1
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Diana		 91 -9
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Jill		 91 -3
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Jean		 90 -6
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Jeanette		 90 -20
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Ngaire		 84 -16
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Glenys		 82 +1
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Ruth		 82 -8
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Sally		 81 +8
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Sharon		 79 0
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Jocelyn		 73 -18
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Josephine		 73 +13
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Irene		 71 -10
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Betty		 70 -5
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Kathryn		 70 +22
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Adrienne		 69 +11
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Shona		 68 +14
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Joyce		 67 -3
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Doreen		 64 0
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Marlene		 62 -3
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Beverly		 60 -7
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Evelyn		 60 +12
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Lynne		 59 +14
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Noeline		 59 -7
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Brenda		 57 +8
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Eileen		 57 -14
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Dawn		 56 -14
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Nancy		 56 +6
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Susanne		 55 new
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Carole		 54 -24
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Faye		 54 +7
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Janette		 54 new
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Robin		 54 -9
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Lynnette		 53 -12
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Jane		 52 -10
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Sylvia		 52 -13
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Cynthia		 50 new
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Vivienne		 50 -8
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Fay		 48 -12
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand