Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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John
1,384 0
2.
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David
1,150 0
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Peter
1,144 0
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Michael
850 +1
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Robert
727 -1
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Paul
677 0
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Stephen
570 +1
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Kevin
541 -1
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Christopher
505 +1
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Brian
469 -1
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Ian
438 0
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William
438 +1
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Mark
422 +11
14.
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Richard
391 0
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Bruce
376 -2
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Alan
375 -1
17.
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Murray
370 +2
18.
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Graeme
365 -1
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Wayne
332 +1
20.
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Gary
324 +5
21.
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James
322 -3
22.
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Anthony
313 -6
23.
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Philip
299 +5
24.
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Graham
298 -2
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Barry
288 -2
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Colin
281 -6
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Kenneth
248 0
28.
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Trevor
247 -2
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Ross
238 +2
30.
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Grant
234 +5
31.
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Geoffrey
221 -1
32.
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Raymond
214 -3
33.
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Keith
213 0
34.
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Allan
208 -2
35.
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Donald
197 -2
36.
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Ronald
195 0
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Roger
191 +3
38.
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Gregory
190 +1
39.
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Steven
189 +8
40.
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Neil
181 -3
41.
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Warren
179 -3
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Andrew
176 0
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Garry
173 +1
44.
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Russell
168 -1
45.
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Thomas
167 -1
46.
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Dennis
165 -5
47.
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Phillip
159 +3
48.
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Douglas
151 +1
48.
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Stuart
151 +3
50.
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George
148 +6
51.
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Leslie
140 +6
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Robin
140 -3
53.
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Malcolm
138 -7
54.
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Gordon
133 +1
55.
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Edward
132 +6
55.
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Neville
132 +2
57.
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Terence
127 +6
58.
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Martin
120 +8
59.
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Charles
118 -5
60.
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Patrick
115 -7
61.
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Timothy
111 +6
62.
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Lindsay
108 -10
63.
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Noel
101 -3
64.
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Kerry
100 +12
64.
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Rex
100 0
66.
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Joseph
99 +2
67.
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Craig
97 -8
67.
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Jeffrey
97 -2
69.
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Gavin
95 +1
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Rodney
95 -7
71.
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Brent
94 +6
72.
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Alexander
82 +13
72.
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Nigel
82 0
74.
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Bryan
79 -6
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Owen
76 -1
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Tony
75 +4
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Eric
71 -3
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Glenn
71 new
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Lawrence
71 +21
80.
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Arthur
68 -7
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Bernard
68 +1
82.
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Denis
66 +14
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Ivan
66 +4
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Francis
62 -3
85.
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Henry
61 +1
86.
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Gerard
60 new
86.
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Mervyn
60 -8
88.
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Derek
59 +11
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Norman
59 +5
90.
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Desmond
57 -12
91.
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Simon
56 +2
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Brett
52 -2
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Lance
52 +7
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Maurice
52 -21
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Daniel
49 -9
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Frederick
49 new
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Nicholas
49 new
98.
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Roy
48 -5
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Stewart
48 -8
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Clive
47 -17
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Christine
769 0
2.
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Susan
728 0
3.
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Margaret
559 0
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Judith
529 +1
5.
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Jennifer
460 -1
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Elizabeth
420 +1
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Mary
419 +1
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Patricia
403 -2
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Linda
392 0
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Barbara
378 +2
11.
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Lynette
353 +2
12.
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Robyn
340 -1
13.
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Anne
328 +4
14.
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Karen
324 0
15.
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Helen
323 -5
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Diane
290 -1
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Wendy
281 +6
18.
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Sandra
276 +1
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Janet
273 +3
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Heather
271 -4
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Pamela
258 -3
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Carol
246 -2
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Janice
237 -3
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Julie
228 +1
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Suzanne
226 +13
26.
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Lorraine
224 +3
27.
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Dianne
218 +1
28.
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Marilyn
211 -1
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Raewyn
206 -5
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Rosemary
205 +5
31.
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Kathleen
199 -2
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Pauline
199 -5
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Alison
186 -1
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Gail
181 -1
35.
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Lesley
173 +7
36.
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Denise
171 +8
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Sharon
171 +13
38.
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Yvonne
169 -7
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Catherine
166 0
40.
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Shirley
160 -7
41.
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Beverley
154 -5
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Maureen
152 -2
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Deborah
151 +10
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Jillian
151 +2
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Ann
150 -4
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Colleen
148 0
47.
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Annette
144 +4
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Jane
144 +3
49.
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Marie
141 -12
50.
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Sheryl
134 +13
51.
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Carolyn
128 +1
52.
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Kathryn
123 +3
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Frances
121 +1
54.
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Kay
114 -11
55.
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Jacqueline
111 +2
56.
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Cheryl
106 -10
57.
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Glenda
105 +1
58.
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Ruth
104 +16
59.
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Maria
101 +1
60.
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Sally
96 +15
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Lynda
95 -13
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Marion
92 +6
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Gillian
91 +17
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Glenys
91 +6
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Jan
90 +12
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Lynne
90 +1
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Elaine
89 -2
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Jeanette
89 -8
69.
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Irene
87 -9
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Jocelyn
87 +2
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Donna
85 +13
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Brenda
84 -5
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Josephine
84 +3
74.
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Jill
83 -3
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Vicki
80 +5
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Angela
77 +6
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Vivienne
77 +2
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Joanne
76 +11
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Shona
76 +5
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Valerie
76 -23
81.
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Joy
75 -19
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Lois
74 -12
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Stephanie
72 +4
84.
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Joan
71 -21
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Dorothy
70 -14
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Paula
69 -7
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Diana
68 -2
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Gloria
67 +10
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Adrienne
64 -4
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Bronwyn
62 new
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Marian
60 new
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Lynnette
58 new
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Louise
57 +3
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Penelope
54 new
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Virginia
54 new
96.
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Christina
53 -9
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Lynn
53 new
98.
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Claire
52 new
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Janette
52 new
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Dawn
51 new
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Leonie
51 new
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Maree
51 new