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David Bain was the most searched-for New Zealander this year on Google, narrowly edging out David Tua, the internet's dominant search engine disclosed.
Following Bain, who was acquitted in June of murdering five members of his family in 1994, and heavyweight boxer Tua, who pulverised his New Zealand rival Shane Cameron in October, was rugby league star Sonny Fai - tragically swept out to sea in January - with Rachel Whitwell, the Auckland teacher who posed nude for Penthouse, in fourth place.
The top news search of the last 12 months - 'swine flu' - reflects the country's concern over the feared epidemic, while the speedy rise to stardom of Scottish spinster Susan Boyle and the closely followed retrial of David Bain also caught the attention of the nation, in second and third place respectively.
Sci-fi sets the trend in films with Star Trek, 2012, Avatar, District 9 and the anticipated Halo movie took up five spots in the most searched movies.
But it's the Twilight phenomenon that dominates - New Moon and Twilight are the 1st and 2nd most searched movies, and Twilight-related terms also appear in four other categories - Fastest Rising, What Is, Who Is and Popular Celebrities.
Social networking site Facebook was the most searched for term overall, ahead of YouTube, Trade Me and Bebo in that order.
Most searched for New Zealanders
1. David Bain
2. David Tua
3. Sonny Fai
4. Rachel Whitwell
5. Gin Wigmore
6. Erin Simpson
7. John Key
8. Gareth Morgan
9. Trelise Cooper
10. Dan Carter
Fastest rising news searches
1. Swine flu
2. Susan Boyle
3. Bain
4. New moon
5. Tsunami
6. Robert Pattinson
7. Michael Jackson
8. Rihanna
9. Facebook
10. Chris Brown
Most popular
1. Facebook
2. Youtube
3. Trademe
4. Bebo
5. Hotmail
6. Google
7. Gmail
8. Yahoo
9. Air New Zealand
10. Miniclip
Popular celebs
1. Michael Jackson
2. Susan Boyle
3. Lady Gaga
4. Miley Cyrus
5. Robert Pattinson
6. Megan Fox
7. Taylor swift
8. Adam Lambert
9. Britney Spears
10. Stephenie Meyer
Hot tickets
1. All Blacks tickets
2. Warriors tickets
3. Pearl Jam tickets
4. ACDC tickets
5. Basshunter tickets
6. Fleetwood Mac tickets
7. Mamma Mia tickets
8. Chiefs tickets
9. Super 14 tickets
10. All Whites tickets
Dead
1. Michael Jackson dead
2. Jeff Goldblum dead *
3. Patrick Swayze dead
4. Charlaine Harris dead *
5. DJ AM dead
6. Kanye West dead *
7. Miley Cyrus dead *
8. Farrah Fawcett dead
9. Harrison Ford dead *
10. Emma Watson dead *
*still very much alive
Movies
1. New Moon
2. Twilight
3. 2012
4. Hannah Montana
5. Star Trek
6. Eclipse
7. Avatar
8. Transformers 2
9. Halo Movie
10. District 9
Who is
1. Who is Mysterion
2. Who is Adz124
3. Who is Jesus
4. Who is the Stig
5. Who is Taylor Lautner
6. Who is Martin Luther King
7. Who is Lady Gaga
8. Who is Leonardo da Vinci
9. Who is Minister of Education
10. Who is P Money
What is?
1. What is love
2. What is twitter
3. What is global warming
4. What is matariki
5. What is swine flu
6. What is culture
7. What is obesity
8. What is gluten
9. What is twilight
10. What is sustainability
