An insight into the kiwi psyche?

[color=blue:10d281dd04][b:10d281dd04]NZ online for porn, sheep [/b:10d281dd04][/color:10d281dd04]
23 May 2006

Kiwis are looking for rugby, sheep and porn when they go online, although not necessarily in that order, says web search giant Google.

New Zealand tops the rankings for several searches compiled by the company for its Google Trends page, which tallies the number of web searches for a word by city and country and compares them with the overall number from that city or country. A top ranking means the area has the highest proportion of searchers looking for that word.

Kiwis rank first for searches for "rugby" and "sheep" and second for "porn", just behind South Africa and ahead of Australia.

Our "She'll be right" attitude may be just a sham, too, since New Zealanders also take first place for "happiness" and "misery".

New Zealand beats all other countries, even the United States, in searches for "obesity" and "fat", but is only sixth in searches for "diet".

New Zealand punches above its weight in several categories, including first for "lesbian", second for "ghosts" and third for "shag" and "blokes".

But if the man drought exists, it is not clear on Google. New Zealand ranks second for "girlfriend" but eighth for "boyfriend".