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		 1,403 0
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David		 961 0
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Peter		 890 0
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Michael		 707 +1
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Robert		 707 0
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Kevin		 583 +1
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Brian		 492 -1
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William		 481 0
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Bruce		 470 0
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Ian		 421 0
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Paul		 421 +1
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James		 406 0
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Stephen		 406 +10
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Graeme		 401 -1
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Murray		 358 0
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Alan		 354 -2
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Richard		 345 0
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Kenneth		 320 0
19.
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Graham		 319 -3
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Anthony		 304 +1
21.
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Wayne		 297 -1
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Barry		 294 +1
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Colin		 293 -4
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Christopher		 285 +2
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Allan		 255 +2
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Raymond		 252 -1
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Trevor		 241 -3
28.
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Ronald		 238 +1
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Donald		 228 -2
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Gary		 218 +2
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Geoffrey		 214 +3
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Philip		 209 -1
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Dennis		 204 -3
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Keith		 186 +1
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Grant		 184 +6
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Thomas		 179 +2
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Ross		 178 -1
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Malcolm		 175 +1
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Roger		 174 -6
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Russell		 174 -2
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Neil		 172 +1
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Douglas		 162 -3
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Warren		 162 +1
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Edward		 146 +16
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Garry		 138 +13
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Andrew		 136 +8
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Terence		 136 -2
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Robin		 133 +4
49.
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George		 132 -3
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Gregory		 131 +10
51.
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Phillip		 128 +2
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Gordon		 124 -4
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Leslie		 124 -7
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Charles		 121 -5
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Neville		 119 0
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Mark		 115 0
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Patrick		 111 -10
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Rex		 110 +7
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Bryan		 103 +3
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Denis		 102 +7
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Rodney		 102 -10
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Stuart		 101 -5
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Lindsay		 100 -4
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Desmond		 87 +12
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Maurice		 87 0
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Gavin		 83 +10
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Arthur		 78 -4
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Joseph		 78 +5
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Noel		 78 -16
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Alexander		 77 -1
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Owen		 77 +5
72.
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Steven		 75 +8
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Eric		 74 -7
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Norman		 74 -6
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Jeffrey		 72 +15
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Mervyn		 71 +8
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Stanley		 70 new
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Francis		 68 -8
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Timothy		 66 -6
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Martin		 65 -9
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Kerry		 63 -7
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Bernard		 61 -3
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Roy		 60 +3
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Nigel		 57 +15
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Lance		 54 new
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Laurence		 54 -1
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Clive		 53 -9
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Frederick		 53 -1
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Lawrence		 53 -7
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Allen		 52 +5
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Ivan		 51 -2
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Warwick		 50 -10
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Albert		 49 new
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Derek		 49 -7
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Terrence		 47 0
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Leonard		 46 -4
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Walter		 46 new
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Daniel		 44 new
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Lloyd		 44 +2
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Selwyn		 44 new
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Margaret		 702 0
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Christine		 606 0
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Judith		 505 0
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Susan		 489 +1
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Jennifer		 473 -1
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Mary		 435 +1
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Linda		 420 +3
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Patricia		 417 -2
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Elizabeth		 387 0
10.
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Barbara		 386 -2
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Lynette		 366 0
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Helen		 335 0
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Janice		 307 0
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Carol		 301 +3
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Diane		 297 +3
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Sandra		 292 0
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Pamela		 274 -2
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Heather		 256 -4
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Kathleen		 250 +1
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Anne		 240 +12
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Shirley		 233 -2
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Karen		 226 +13
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Janet		 220 +3
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Robyn		 216 -3
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Beverley		 208 -2
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Lorraine		 202 -5
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Marilyn		 199 +2
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Pauline		 195 -4
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Suzanne		 191 +1
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Gail		 187 0
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Maureen		 181 -4
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Carolyn		 171 -4
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Colleen		 169 -8
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Dianne		 169 +1
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Wendy		 164 +7
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Alison		 160 0
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Rosemary		 160 +11
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Raewyn		 159 -5
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Lesley		 151 -2
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Frances		 150 +14
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Denise		 147 +8
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Lynda		 145 +23
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Marie		 145 -3
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Ann		 144 -5
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Valerie		 142 0
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Annette		 140 -5
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Yvonne		 134 -3
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Catherine		 132 -10
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Sharon		 128 +12
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Jillian		 126 +10
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Cheryl		 118 -8
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Julie		 118 -6
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Kathryn		 109 -3
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Gloria		 107 +14
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Dorothy		 100 -7
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Lynne		 100 +6
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Jeanette		 98 0
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Jocelyn		 98 +12
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Marion		 98 -1
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Kay		 95 -9
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Gillian		 91 -2
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Jane		 91 +25
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Joan		 91 -9
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Joy		 90 -6
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Lois		 90 -1
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Elaine		 88 -14
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Jill		 88 +4
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Adrienne		 86 +15
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Jacqueline		 85 +4
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Glenys		 81 -4
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Ruth		 81 -6
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Sally		 80 -1
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Sheryl		 80 -18
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Diana		 73 -7
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Vivienne		 72 0
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Irene		 71 -5
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Shona		 68 +1
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Jean		 66 +2
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Dawn		 65 -2
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Glenda		 64 +19
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Josephine		 64 0
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Brenda		 62 +1
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Lynnette		 61 -9
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Maria		 60 +7
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June		 59 -3
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Noeline		 59 -7
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Ngaire		 58 -11
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Marlene		 54 new
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Lynley		 50 +10
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Susanne		 49 new
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Eileen		 48 -5
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Julia		 47 +7
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Paula		 47 new
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Daphne		 46 new
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Faye		 46 -1
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Fay		 45 new
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Penelope		 45 -4
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Robin		 45 new
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Christina		 44 new
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Janis		 44 -10
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand