23 Dec 2019

'Bella' crowned New Zealand's most popular dog name

From Morning Report, 7:49 am on 23 December 2019

This year's Census showed New Zealand has become even more diverse - but what about our canine population?

The national dog database, which contains registration data from every council in the country, shows our dogs are diversifying as rapidly as we are - with greyhounds, schnauzers and shih tzus among breeds on the rise.

But, as RNZ's data journalist Kate Newton reports, clinging on stubbornly at the top is a labrador called Bella.