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Google Lifts the Lid on Hangover Cures
Thursday, 23 December 2010, 7:44 pm | Google
23 December 2010 Google Lifts the Lid on Hangover Cures Google search has revealed a silly season favourite with the release of the Top Ten Hang Over Cures, following the festive Christmas season. Taking out the top spot for ‘best hangover cure’ ... More >>
An apology to New Zealanders
Tuesday, 14 December 2010, 12:19 pm | Google
Google began driving its Street View cars in New Zealand in late 2007, traveling public roads to collect images for use in Google Maps. While gathering these images, the Street View cars also collected publicly broadcast WiFi network data, which we ... More >>
Kiwis' Top Google Searches For 2010
Thursday, 9 December 2010, 11:12 am | Google
Google has released the most searched-for terms by New Zealanders during 2010, revealing that controversies ranked high alongside earthquakes and natural disasters. More >>
Kiwi student scores in World Cup Google contest
Wednesday, 9 June 2010, 5:30 pm | Google
Auckland, 9 June 2010 A New Zealand student will this month go up against the world’s best in Google's first-ever global Doodle 4 Google competition. More >>
Announcing Google TV: TV meets web. Web meets TV.
Friday, 21 May 2010, 10:50 am | Google
If there’s one entertainment device that people know and love, it’s the television. In fact, 4 billion people across the world watch TV and the average American spends five hours per day in front of one*. Recently, however, an increasing amount of our ... More >>
Google asks artists, footballers to ‘get doodling’
Tuesday, 13 April 2010, 4:39 pm | Google
Google today announced an exciting international initiative for young people called “Doodle 4 Google - I Love Football”. More >>
New Zealand Doodle 4 Google top 20 announced
Wednesday, 21 October 2009, 3:02 pm | Google
Google has revealed the Kiwi school students whose Google ‘doodles’ have made the top 20 in New Zealand’s first ever Doodle 4 Google competition, proudly supported by the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. More >>
Google invites Kiwi kids to doodle vision of NZ
Thursday, 30 July 2009, 4:05 pm | Google
Google today announced the launch of the first ever 'Doodle 4 Google' initiative for New Zealand schools, proudly supported by Te Papa. More >>
Explore the Moon in Google Earth
Tuesday, 21 July 2009, 10:38 am | Google
Forty years ago today, on July 20, 1969, the world watched as the crew of Apollo 11 took the first human steps on the surface of the Moon. In celebration of this historic occasion, Google is launching Moon in Google Earth, an interactive 3D atlas ... More >>
Google adds real estate search to Google Maps NZ
Tuesday, 7 July 2009, 4:36 pm | Google
Google today announces the addition of a real estate search feature to Google Maps in New Zealand More >>
Google monitors influenza trends in New Zealand
Friday, 5 June 2009, 9:53 am | Google
As the flu season kicks off in the southern hemisphere, Google announces the launch of Google Flu Trends for New Zealand. Google Flu Trends - www.google.org/flutrends - which launched in the US last year, resulted from our observation that certain ... More >>
Google launches online safety resource and centre
Tuesday, 10 February 2009, 9:40 am | Google
AUCKLAND, February 10, 2009 – Google today announced the launch of a dedicated New Zealand page containing online safety and security tips, as well as a New Zealand safety centre on YouTube, containing information and resources from experts and prominent ... More >>
Google Street View launches in New Zealand
Tuesday, 2 December 2008, 8:31 am | Google
Auckland, New Zealand, 2 December 2008 Google today announces the launch of Street View on Google Maps in New Zealand: maps.google.co.nz/streetview . Street View is a new feature for Google Maps that lets internet users view and navigate 360 degree ... More >>
Google’s NZ election gadget
Thursday, 9 October 2008, 3:09 pm | Google
Google has launched a new online gadget (www.google.co.nz/election2008) that enables New Zealanders to keep up with political information and election news on their homepage. More >>
Google Announces Google Maps New Zealand
Wednesday, 12 December 2007, 4:27 pm | Google
AUCKLAND, New Zealand – 12 December 2007 - Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today launched the Google Maps™ New Zealand service at maps.google.co.nz , enabling users in New Zealand to find the local information they want more easily. In addition to map and ... More >>
NZ Google Zeitgeist Hot Searches for 2007
Tuesday, 4 December 2007, 2:59 pm | Google
Strong growth in searches for social networks and the big 2007 sporting cups! More >>
Year-End Zeitgeist Highlights Hot Searches in 2007
Tuesday, 4 December 2007, 2:38 pm | Google
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, 4 December 2007 – With the end of the year in sight, it's time to reflect on what made 2007 special. Today we're releasing our first ever annual Zeitgeist for New Zealand - the fastest rising and highest volume search terms ... More >>
Google announces open source contest
Thursday, 29 November 2007, 10:03 am | Google
Google announces first open source contest for high school students Brisbane, Australia, 28 November 2007 – Who doesn't love a contest? We certainly do. Google believes strongly in students having opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and ... More >>
Google Names Karim Temsamani Oz & NZ GM
Thursday, 15 November 2007, 10:58 am | Google
SYDNEY, Australia – November 15, 2007 - Google today announced the appointment of Karim Temsamani as General Manager for Google Australia and New Zealand. Based in Sydney, he will manage Google's domestic business and strategic partnerships in ... More >>
Search is powering online consumers and businesses
Tuesday, 13 November 2007, 4:38 pm | Google
Google: Search is powering NZ online consumers and businesses Results announced of third party survey into NZ online search behaviour, commissioned by Google More >>