Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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John
1,369 0
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Peter
1,047 +1
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David
1,037 -1
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Michael
757 0
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Robert
638 0
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Paul
573 +1
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Kevin
559 -1
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Brian
483 0
9.
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Stephen
482 +2
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Ian
472 0
11.
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William
465 -2
12.
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Richard
407 +7
13.
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Christopher
402 +3
14.
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Bruce
397 0
15.
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Graeme
395 -3
16.
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Alan
379 -3
17.
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James
378 -1
18.
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Gary
337 +9
19.
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Graham
312 -1
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Murray
306 -5
21.
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Barry
295 +1
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Philip
295 +9
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Wayne
295 +2
24.
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Anthony
290 -3
25.
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Kenneth
281 -2
26.
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Colin
277 -6
27.
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Trevor
245 -2
28.
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Raymond
242 0
29.
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Allan
229 0
30.
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Geoffrey
228 +2
31.
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Ross
224 +5
32.
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Donald
217 -6
33.
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Mark
215 +15
34.
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Dennis
214 -2
35.
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Grant
207 0
36.
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Keith
200 0
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Roger
186 -3
38.
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Neil
184 0
39.
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Ronald
171 -8
40.
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Gregory
166 +1
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Russell
166 +4
42.
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Phillip
162 +11
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Warren
161 -4
44.
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Andrew
154 +1
45.
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Thomas
152 -6
46.
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Garry
150 -3
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Malcolm
150 +9
48.
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Stuart
141 +13
49.
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Douglas
139 -7
50.
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Robin
133 +2
51.
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Patrick
132 +6
52.
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George
130 -1
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Lindsay
130 +8
54.
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Charles
128 -5
55.
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Steven
123 +3
56.
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Leslie
122 -9
57.
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Neville
119 -7
58.
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Gordon
118 -4
59.
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Edward
112 -4
60.
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Bryan
108 +5
61.
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Terence
104 -15
62.
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Gavin
101 +9
62.
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Noel
101 -3
64.
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Rex
89 +2
65.
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Rodney
88 -1
66.
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Joseph
86 +2
67.
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Eric
85 +10
68.
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Arthur
84 +3
68.
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Jeffrey
84 +6
70.
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Martin
83 -3
71.
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Maurice
79 -8
72.
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Owen
78 -4
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Timothy
78 +1
74.
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Craig
76 new
75.
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Alexander
73 +11
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Denis
73 -14
77.
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Kerry
72 -3
78.
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Francis
67 -2
79.
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Nigel
65 new
80.
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Mervyn
64 0
81.
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Brent
63 -3
82.
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Bernard
61 +5
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Clive
61 +14
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Stewart
60 +12
85.
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Warwick
59 -2
86.
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Derek
58 -3
87.
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Frederick
57 +6
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Lawrence
57 -8
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Desmond
56 -8
90.
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Hugh
53 new
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Lloyd
53 new
92.
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Lance
52 -3
92.
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Norman
52 -22
94.
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Kelvin
51 new
94.
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Tony
51 new
96.
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Ivan
50 -11
97.
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Gerald
49 new
98.
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Allen
48 new
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Roy
48 new
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Daniel
47 -7
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Glenn
47 -12
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Larry
47 new
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Selwyn
47 new
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Walter
47 -9
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Christine
691 0
2.
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Margaret
635 0
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Susan
628 0
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Jennifer
543 0
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Judith
536 0
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Patricia
504 0
7.
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Elizabeth
446 +1
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Mary
391 +1
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Linda
387 -2
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Barbara
375 0
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Robyn
316 +7
12.
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Sandra
314 +5
13.
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Helen
295 -2
14.
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Lynette
290 -2
15.
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Diane
289 +5
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Heather
289 -1
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Anne
270 -4
18.
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Karen
265 +4
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Carol
257 -3
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Pamela
244 -1
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Janice
243 -6
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Kathleen
229 +3
23.
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Janet
223 -1
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Pauline
221 +2
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Shirley
216 +2
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Wendy
212 +4
27.
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Marilyn
209 +2
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Lorraine
207 -7
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Suzanne
193 +9
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Raewyn
192 +2
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Alison
187 0
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Ann
187 +11
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Dianne
186 -1
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Julie
185 +9
35.
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Beverley
173 -7
36.
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Yvonne
172 0
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Gail
170 +8
38.
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Colleen
167 -2
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Denise
166 +1
40.
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Rosemary
164 +5
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Catherine
161 -7
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Carolyn
157 +1
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Annette
151 +4
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Sharon
150 -3
45.
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Lesley
149 -6
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Maureen
145 -12
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Marie
139 +1
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Cheryl
129 +1
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Kathryn
126 +2
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Irene
119 -26
51.
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Jane
113 +26
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Kay
111 -2
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Lynda
110 -1
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Jillian
109 +2
55.
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Frances
108 -1
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Ruth
108 +14
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Valerie
100 -2
58.
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Lynne
98 0
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Dorothy
97 -2
59.
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Jacqueline
97 +8
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Marion
97 -6
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Gillian
95 +14
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Jeanette
94 0
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Jocelyn
94 -5
65.
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Brenda
93 +5
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Glenda
93 +9
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Jill
93 -2
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Joy
91 -2
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Elaine
90 -4
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Lois
89 -9
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Sheryl
86 -3
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Shona
85 -2
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Adrienne
82 +5
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Maria
80 +16
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Joan
79 -17
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Glenys
78 -15
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Deborah
77 +4
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Paula
77 new
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Jean
76 +4
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Vivienne
75 -10
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Eileen
74 +3
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Diana
66 +4
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Donna
66 new
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Sally
65 -11
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Gloria
60 -11
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Bronwyn
57 +7
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Jan
57 new
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Angela
56 +6
89.
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Louise
52 +11
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Penelope
52 new
91.
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Christina
51 +5
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Dawn
51 -3
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June
51 -11
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Caroline
50 new
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Josephine
50 +2
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Marlene
50 +6
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Ngaire
50 -16
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Joanne
49 -4
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Philippa
48 new
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Kaye
47 new
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Leonie
47 new