Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
1.
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Peter
1,451 +1
2.
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John
1,279 -1
3.
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David
1,200 0
4.
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Michael
869 0
5.
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Paul
726 +1
6.
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Stephen
720 +1
7.
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Robert
696 -2
8.
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Kevin
599 0
9.
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Mark
573 +2
10.
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Christopher
523 -1
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Ian
451 -1
12.
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Richard
436 0
13.
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Brian
429 +1
14.
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William
428 -1
15.
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Wayne
397 +4
16.
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Bruce
395 -1
17.
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Anthony
382 +1
18.
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James
354 +2
19.
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Gary
348 +3
20.
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Graeme
337 +1
21.
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Alan
329 -5
22.
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Murray
312 -5
23.
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Graham
293 0
24.
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Grant
259 +9
25.
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Barry
256 -1
25.
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Colin
256 0
27.
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Geoffrey
245 0
28.
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Andrew
242 +11
29.
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Kenneth
237 0
30.
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Gregory
236 +5
30.
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Neil
236 +2
32.
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Philip
234 -2
33.
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Ross
232 -7
34.
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Steven
215 +2
35.
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Allan
207 +2
36.
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Donald
200 -2
37.
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Trevor
198 -6
38.
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Raymond
187 -10
39.
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Stuart
175 +8
40.
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Keith
170 +1
41.
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Roger
169 -1
42.
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Garry
166 -5
43.
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Russell
165 +1
44.
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Thomas
160 +1
45.
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Malcolm
157 +4
46.
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Patrick
151 +10
47.
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Phillip
149 +5
48.
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Jeffrey
145 +16
49.
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Douglas
144 +1
50.
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Martin
141 +4
51.
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Gordon
135 +7
51.
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Warren
135 -8
53.
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George
134 +8
54.
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Ronald
132 -12
55.
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Craig
128 +7
56.
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Robin
126 -3
57.
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Timothy
124 -9
58.
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Leslie
122 -1
59.
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Charles
116 0
59.
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Dennis
116 -13
61.
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Gavin
115 -6
62.
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Neville
113 +8
62.
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Simon
113 +16
64.
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Brent
112 +10
65.
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Edward
109 -14
66.
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Terence
102 -6
67.
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Nigel
96 +5
68.
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Bryan
94 -3
69.
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Joseph
93 -3
69.
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Lindsay
93 -6
71.
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Kerry
92 -2
72.
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Tony
91 +1
73.
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Rex
88 -5
74.
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Glenn
86 -7
75.
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Rodney
82 +2
76.
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Noel
80 -6
77.
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Alexander
76 -1
78.
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Eric
71 +2
79.
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Derek
66 +9
80.
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Lance
62 0
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Norman
62 +13
82.
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Maurice
61 -3
83.
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Gerard
60 +4
83.
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Shane
60 +16
85.
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Daniel
58 new
85.
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Desmond
58 +8
87.
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Nicholas
57 -3
88.
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Bernard
55 -5
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Ivan
55 new
90.
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Arthur
54 -15
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Stewart
54 -4
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Terry
54 new
93.
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Kelvin
53 new
94.
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Francis
52 -12
95.
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Dean
49 new
96.
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Alistair
48 new
96.
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Brett
48 -3
96.
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Lawrence
48 +2
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Leonard
47 new
100.
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Hugh
45 -9
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Jonathan
45 new
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Owen
45 -16
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Susan
849 0
2.
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Christine
755 0
3.
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Karen
616 +3
4.
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Judith
478 0
5.
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Margaret
467 -2
6.
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Jennifer
433 -1
7.
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Elizabeth
394 +4
8.
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Robyn
388 +4
9.
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Patricia
380 -2
10.
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Linda
369 -1
11.
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Mary
360 -3
12.
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Barbara
335 -2
13.
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Helen
326 +1
14.
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Wendy
325 -1
15.
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Sharon
319 +11
16.
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Anne
318 +1
17.
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Heather
317 -2
18.
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Sandra
312 0
19.
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Lynette
308 -3
20.
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Carol
296 0
21.
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Diane
275 -2
22.
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Pamela
251 -1
23.
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Julie
242 +5
24.
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Suzanne
235 0
25.
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Janice
230 -2
26.
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Dianne
222 +1
27.
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Catherine
215 +8
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Deborah
215 +3
29.
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Janet
203 -7
29.
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Raewyn
203 -4
31.
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Rosemary
194 -2
32.
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Alison
192 -1
33.
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Pauline
188 -1
34.
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Kathleen
186 -2
35.
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Shirley
184 +8
36.
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Lorraine
171 0
37.
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Denise
166 -5
38.
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Annette
157 +3
39.
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Ann
152 0
40.
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Jane
150 +8
41.
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Yvonne
149 -4
42.
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Lesley
141 -1
43.
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Glenda
139 +4
44.
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Jacqueline
134 +10
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Marie
134 -6
46.
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Gail
133 +3
47.
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Jillian
128 +2
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Kathryn
128 +13
49.
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Colleen
127 -5
50.
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Beverley
124 -10
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Sheryl
124 +2
52.
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Joanne
123 +19
53.
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Cheryl
121 +6
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Maureen
121 -7
55.
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Lynda
116 -4
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Maria
116 +3
57.
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Brenda
114 -4
58.
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Marilyn
112 -13
59.
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Vicki
110 +3
60.
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Gillian
105 +4
61.
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Kay
100 -6
62.
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Joy
99 +17
63.
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Jan
98 +1
64.
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Donna
97 -4
65.
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Marion
93 -8
66.
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Frances
91 +6
67.
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Sally
90 -1
68.
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Angela
89 +12
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Jeanette
89 -5
70.
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Debra
88 +20
71.
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Maree
87 +2
72.
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Carolyn
83 -16
73.
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Lynne
81 -5
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Vivienne
81 +12
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Dorothy
80 0
76.
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Ruth
79 -9
77.
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Louise
78 +11
78.
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Valerie
76 -4
79.
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Anna
74 new
80.
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Jocelyn
73 -11
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Penelope
73 +18
82.
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Adrienne
71 -5
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Shona
71 -2
84.
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Diana
70 +9
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Jill
70 -14
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Philippa
69 +14
87.
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Victoria
68 new
88.
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Glenys
67 -11
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Stephanie
67 0
90.
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Joan
66 +7
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Rhonda
66 new
92.
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Elaine
63 -17
92.
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Josephine
63 new
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Kerry
63 new
95.
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Bronwyn
62 -10
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Dawn
62 new
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Katherine
62 +5
98.
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Paula
61 -15
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Christina
60 -9
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Lois
59 -16