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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Michael		 735 +1
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Daniel		 701 -1
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Matthew		 672 0
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Joshua		 637 +1
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James		 609 -1
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Samuel		 574 +1
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David		 485 +3
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Christopher		 466 0
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Benjamin		 455 0
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Andrew		 444 -4
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Thomas		 415 0
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Nicholas		 397 0
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Jason		 339 +1
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Timothy		 282 +1
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Robert		 281 +2
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Scott		 270 0
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William		 269 +3
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Richard		 261 +1
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Adam		 256 -6
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Cameron		 253 +17
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Aaron		 249 +3
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Joseph		 248 -5
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John		 242 +3
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Ryan		 242 -1
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Jesse		 229 +13
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Mark		 209 -5
27.
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Luke		 207 +1
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Nathan		 202 +3
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Simon		 202 -5
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Jonathan		 200 -5
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Jacob		 198 +12
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Shane		 198 +8
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Anthony		 197 +3
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Alexander		 194 -5
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Paul		 191 -3
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Peter		 189 -6
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Hayden		 175 -10
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Jordan		 171 +10
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Hamish		 167 +1
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Steven		 161 -5
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Sean		 160 +4
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Shaun		 149 -8
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Jamie		 148 +1
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Bradley		 147 -11
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Jeremy		 138 -3
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Dylan		 128 +1
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Kyle		 122 +9
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Stephen		 122 -6
49.
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Mathew		 120 -4
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Jared		 108 0
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Craig		 107 +1
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Ashley		 102 +1
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Patrick		 102 +3
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Corey		 101 +39
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Liam		 101 +7
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Karl		 100 -7
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Logan		 100 +8
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Troy		 98 +2
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Ben		 94 0
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Joel		 91 -7
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George		 90 +7
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Sam		 90 +8
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Blair		 87 -12
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Kieran		 86 +2
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Tony		 84 +6
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Phillip		 83 -8
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Vincent		 83 -5
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Caleb		 80 +17
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Edward		 80 -2
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Kurt		 77 +25
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Isaac		 75 +21
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Kane		 75 -15
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Justin		 74 -4
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Kevin		 74 -1
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Harley		 71 +20
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Callum		 68 +1
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Philip		 68 +5
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Charles		 67 +15
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Mitchell		 67 -14
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Alex		 66 -7
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Cody		 66 new
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Lance		 66 +10
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Shannon		 66 -7
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Brett		 65 +7
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Jack		 65 -7
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Ricky		 65 +1
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Tyson		 65 -2
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Zane		 65 new
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Rhys		 64 -12
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Zachary		 64 +10
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Trent		 62 new
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Dean		 61 -15
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Gareth		 61 -10
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Oliver		 61 -7
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Brendan		 58 -13
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Carl		 58 -32
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Brendon		 57 -24
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Jonathon		 57 new
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Raymond		 56 -14
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Rory		 56 new
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Sarah		 639 0
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Jessica		 497 +1
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Samantha		 488 +2
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Emma		 462 -2
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Rebecca		 328 -1
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Nicole		 324 0
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Hannah		 287 +5
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Melissa		 281 +6
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Laura		 273 +2
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Amanda		 261 -3
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Rachel		 243 -3
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Amy		 236 -3
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Danielle		 232 +5
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Kylie		 222 +1
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Stephanie		 222 +3
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Natasha		 213 0
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Anna		 211 -7
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Ashleigh		 209 +2
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Lisa		 202 -6
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Elizabeth		 192 +3
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Kate		 190 -2
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Lauren		 176 +17
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Stacey		 174 -2
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Courtney		 164 +13
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Charlotte		 158 +14
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Michelle		 157 -4
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Nicola		 154 +1
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Hayley		 152 +2
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Kelly		 146 -3
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Natalie		 145 -2
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Sophie		 144 -6
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Jasmine		 142 +7
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Renee		 138 -9
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Alice		 127 +17
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Emily		 125 +10
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Katie		 125 -1
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Holly		 121 -1
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Megan		 120 -11
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Chloe		 119 -6
40.
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Katherine		 116 +6
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Kimberley		 116 +4
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Victoria		 113 +1
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Ashley		 112 -8
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Chelsea		 112 -12
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Shannon		 112 +24
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Olivia		 111 -7
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Alexandra		 110 +2
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Catherine		 110 +8
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Aimee		 107 +13
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Gemma		 107 -1
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Monique		 107 +18
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Jade		 106 +5
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Lucy		 103 +7
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Jennifer		 102 -22
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Amber		 95 +1
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Brooke		 93 +33
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Christina		 92 -11
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Claire		 91 -8
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Melanie		 91 -4
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Angela		 88 +4
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Rachael		 87 +3
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Zoe		 86 +10
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Maria		 85 +13
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Jenna		 81 -27
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Grace		 80 +18
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Kayla		 80 +9
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Jessie		 77 +3
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Julia		 77 +11
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Vanessa		 77 -14
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Jamie		 76 +28
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Kirsty		 74 -14
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Toni		 74 +4
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Tamara		 73 -10
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Kathryn		 70 -4
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Sara		 70 -10
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Tracey		 70 -17
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Erin		 69 -25
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Rochelle		 68 +2
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Alicia		 62 -10
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Helen		 61 -2
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Kelsey		 61 new
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Mary		 60 +10
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Tessa		 60 +2
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Alana		 59 +10
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Cassandra		 59 new
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Louise		 59 -11
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Caitlin		 58 new
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Morgan		 58 new
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Rebekah		 58 0
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Tara		 57 -13
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Katrina		 55 -9
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Casey		 54 -12
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Amelia		 53 -4
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Crystal		 53 new
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Joanna		 53 -32
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Krystal		 53 +5
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Kirsten		 51 new
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Lydia		 51 new
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Rose		 51 new
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Anita		 50 new
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand