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Popular Maori Baby Names in New Zealand, 2013 - Nancy's Baby Names

Aria and Nikau were the most popular Maori baby names in New Zealand in 2013.
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Top 20 Maori boys' and girls' names for 2013 | Voxy.co.nz

Top 20 Maori boys' and girls' names for 2013 | Voxy.co.nz | Name News | Scoop.it
The Department of Internal Affairs has released the top 20 Māori baby names for 2013 in association with Māori Language Week 2014, Te Wiki o te Reo Māori.
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A language recognition week!  Huzzah!

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Community Scoop » Top 20 Māori boys’ and girls’ names for 2013

Community Scoop » Top 20 Māori boys’ and girls’ names for 2013 | Name News | Scoop.it

"“The five most popular baby names for Māori girls in 2013 were Aria, Maia, Ariana, Anahera and Anika. For boys, the top five Māori names were Nikau, Ari, Wiremu, Niko and Tamati,” says Registrar-General, Jeff Montgomery."

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Oh baby of the year 2013- NZ

Contestants' names ***** Unusual Abyssinia Ada Adela Alba Amaya Anya Arlie Ataahua Aurora Azalea Bowie Calla Cielo Coco Demi Denim Easton Eila Estelle Genevieve Heidi Honor India Jiya Juno Kowhai Lu...

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A great list to read, with a distinctive New Zealand flavour, categorised into "unusual", "unusual spelling", "trying to be unique", and "hyphenated names".

 

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