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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David		 1,513 0
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Michael		 1,254 0
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John		 1,071 +1
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Peter		 1,030 -1
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Mark		 902 0
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Paul		 891 +1
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Stephen		 821 -1
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Andrew		 755 0
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Robert		 723 0
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Richard		 579 +2
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Christopher		 571 -1
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Craig		 487 +4
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Kevin		 465 -2
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Anthony		 462 -1
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Wayne		 417 0
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Gregory		 410 +1
17.
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Grant		 405 -3
18.
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Ian		 389 0
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James		 381 +3
20.
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Philip		 347 +7
20.
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William		 347 -1
22.
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Steven		 341 -1
23.
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Bruce		 322 -3
24.
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Brian		 305 +1
25.
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Murray		 298 +1
26.
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Gary		 297 -3
27.
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Shane		 286 +4
28.
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Brent		 285 +3
29.
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Dean		 262 +1
30.
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Alan		 256 -1
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Graeme		 255 -7
32.
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Ross		 246 -4
33.
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Tony		 231 +12
34.
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Martin		 226 +5
35.
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Timothy		 223 +4
36.
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Warren		 219 +11
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Neil		 212 -3
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Colin		 210 -5
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Brett		 209 +4
39.
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Glenn		 209 +17
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Graham		 209 -2
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Simon		 206 -1
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Phillip		 201 0
44.
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Geoffrey		 200 -8
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Barry		 191 -10
46.
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Nigel		 188 -4
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Trevor		 180 0
48.
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Stuart		 177 -10
49.
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Thomas		 176 +3
50.
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Raymond		 175 +2
51.
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Allan		 174 -5
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Russell		 166 -2
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Roger		 157 +7
54.
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Kenneth		 155 -5
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Donald		 151 +1
56.
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Jeffrey		 147 +2
57.
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Keith		 134 -6
58.
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Darryl		 132 +21
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Edward		 132 +13
60.
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Lance		 130 +15
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Gavin		 128 +1
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Patrick		 128 -7
63.
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Joseph		 126 +5
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Douglas		 124 -3
65.
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Nicholas		 121 -2
66.
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Matthew		 117 -3
67.
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Malcolm		 113 -9
68.
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Ronald		 110 -2
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Scott		 107 +1
70.
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Terence		 105 +11
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Garry		 104 0
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George		 100 -9
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Kerry		 100 -17
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Jonathan		 94 +8
75.
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Daniel		 92 -1
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Gordon		 92 -9
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Neville		 92 +3
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Bryan		 91 -5
79.
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Charles		 87 -10
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Derek		 87 +4
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Antony		 86 +4
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Kelvin		 79 +11
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Carl		 76 +9
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Dennis		 75 0
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Rodney		 74 +5
86.
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Adrian		 71 -9
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Alexander		 71 +10
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Robin		 71 -6
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Terry		 71 -10
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Eric		 70 0
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Glen		 68 new
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Lindsay		 68 -3
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Leslie		 67 +1
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Noel		 66 -8
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Sean		 65 new
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Karl		 63 +1
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Ricky		 62 -2
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Bernard		 61 new
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Henry		 59 +1
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Stewart		 56 -2
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Susan		 742 0
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Karen		 688 0
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Sandra		 574 0
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Christine		 497 0
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Deborah		 462 0
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Julie		 447 +1
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Sharon		 445 +1
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Linda		 408 +4
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Donna		 401 0
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Wendy		 399 0
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Joanne		 395 -5
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Michelle		 391 +1
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Jennifer		 380 +2
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Helen		 336 +2
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Robyn		 333 -5
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Catherine		 298 +3
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Fiona		 292 0
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Elizabeth		 287 -4
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Tania		 286 +54
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Jacqueline		 276 -2
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Patricia		 265 +2
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Mary		 260 +3
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Nicola		 247 +6
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Suzanne		 245 +6
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Margaret		 243 -4
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Debra		 242 -4
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Angela		 238 +13
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Tracey		 237 +13
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Anne		 222 +2
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Kim		 221 -6
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Heather		 219 -3
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Denise		 217 +4
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Diane		 212 0
34.
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Judith		 208 -14
35.
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Lynette		 207 -8
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Vicki		 205 -4
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Carol		 204 -11
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Jane		 204 0
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Andrea		 193 0
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Raewyn		 192 -6
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Carolyn		 178 -6
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Kathryn		 178 -4
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Tracy		 176 +9
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Barbara		 171 -3
45.
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Leanne		 162 +3
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Maria		 162 +21
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Pauline		 156 +15
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Alison		 147 -3
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Brenda		 147 -1
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Maree		 146 -7
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Janet		 145 +2
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Kathleen		 143 -3
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Amanda		 138 +39
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Janine		 136 +8
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Dianne		 135 -11
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Bronwyn		 131 -3
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Sarah		 131 +21
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Annette		 129 -12
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Michele		 128 -6
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Louise		 127 -10
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Jan		 126 -5
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Jillian		 124 +4
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Marie		 122 -1
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Sally		 122 -3
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Shelley		 120 -8
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Rosemary		 119 -1
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Yvonne		 118 +3
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Lynda		 116 -10
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Paula		 116 new
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Ann		 111 -1
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Kerry		 110 -13
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Pamela		 110 -21
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Lisa		 106 +14
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Shirley		 106 +4
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Lesley		 104 +7
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Anna		 103 +7
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Cheryl		 102 -2
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Sheryl		 101 +3
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Lorraine		 99 -9
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Christina		 98 +6
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Gillian		 98 -19
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Caroline		 96 -3
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Debbie		 95 -15
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Colleen		 94 -4
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Janice		 93 -15
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Ruth		 90 +3
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Teresa		 86 new
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Kay		 83 -14
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Shona		 83 +2
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Gaylene		 82 new
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Stephanie		 82 +1
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Katherine		 81 -16
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Lynne		 80 +4
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Diana		 78 -10
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Vivienne		 78 -10
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Jeanette		 72 new
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Gail		 70 -2
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Maureen		 70 -4
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Beverley		 69 +1
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Megan		 69 -5
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand