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There has been a determined effort by the country’s Registrar of Births,
Deaths and Marriages to prevent parents from using increasingly bizarre
names.

Over 100 names have been rejected over the last two years, including
Messiah, 89, and C.

In 2008, a nine-year-old girl legally changed her name from Talula Does the
Hula From Hawaii after a judge chastised her parents for choosing the
forename.

The same year the agency allowed a pair of twins to be named Benson and
Hedges and a young boy to be called Number 16 Bus Shelter.

Other names banned in New Zealand include, Baron, Bishop, Duke, General,
Judge, Justice, King, Knight and Mr, as they were all deemed to be too
similar to titles.