Google New Zealand Blog: December 2017

Year in Search: The moments that defined 2017 in New Zealand

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Kiwis searched for slime, sport and spaghetti bolognese in 2017On top of the worldDemocracy and disasters
Politicians and other public figures
Honouring the departed
How do you make slime, anyway?
Meat makes a comeback
Overall searches

Lotto result NZ

America's Cup 2017

Fidget spinner

Election NZ 2017

NZTA road closures

Cyclone Cook

All Blacks vs Lions

Melbourne Cup 2017

North Korea

Daylight savings 2017

News

Election NZ 2017

NZTA road closures

Cyclone Cook

North Korea

Hurricane Irma

Christchurch fire

New Zealand flooding

London fire

UK election

Cyclone Debbie

Global People

Harvey Weinstein

Ed Sheeran

Bruce Springsteen

Pippa Middleton

Kevin Spacey

Gal Gadot

Floyd Mayweather

Jake Paul

David Cassidy

Bruno Mars

Kiwis

Jacinda Ardern

Winston Peters

Bill English

Jerome Kaino

Peter Burling

Jaylene Cook

Clarke Gayford

Sione Lauaki

Metiria Turei

Todd Barclay

Loss

Tom Petty

Chester Bennington

Tania Dalton

Hugh Hefner

Bill Paxton

Carissa Avison

Rich Piana

John Clarke

John Hurt

Dan Vickerman

Sporting events

America's Cup 2017

All Blacks vs Lions

Melbourne Cup 2017

Wimbledon 2017

World Masters Games

Bathurst 2017

Rugby League World Cup

Mayweather vs McGregor

US Open 2017 tennis

Australian Open 2017

How to…?

How to make slime

How to vote in NZ

How to make a fidget spinner

How to make slime without borax

How to make fluffy slime

How to delete Instagram accounts

How to make slime without glue

How to lose weight

How to draw a dragon

How to cook pork belly

What is…?

What is Black Friday 2017

What is typhoid

What is bitcoin

What is kimchi

What is the time

What is a fidget spinner

What is botulism

What is borax

What is a cyclone

What is MSG

Recipes

Hot cross buns

Beef stroganoff

Pikelets

Spaghetti bolognese

Yorkshire pudding

Pancakes

Pulled pork

Slime

Anzac biscuits

Lamb shanks

To rediscover the events, people and topics that defined 2017 around the world, watch our video here.

Posted by Camilla Ibrahim, Communications and Public Affairs Manager, Google Australia and New Zealand
* Trending Searches: What was hot in 2017? The "trending" queries are the searches that had the highest spike in traffic over a sustained period in 2017 as compared to 2016.

Calling for 2018 CS Educator Grant applications

Monday, December 11, 2017

long supported the Digital Technologies CurriculumopenwebsiteThe impact of PD grants for educators
New Zealand Association for Computing, Digital and Information Technology Teachers

CS Professional Development hubs were created in the North and South Islands of New Zealand with the help of a CS educator grant

Posted by Sally-Ann Williams, community and engineering outreach manager, Google New Zealand

Te reo, Tricks and Tweets: What kept Kiwis watching in 2017

Wednesday, December 6, 2017

2017 was the year Kiwis embraced te reo, applauded homegrown comedy and danced to the dulcet tones of Ed Sheeran. From ping pong to memes to making light of mean tweets, Kiwis looked to laugh, play and jam all year long. As we wind down the year, it’s time to sit back and celebrate the videos that defined 2017. #YouTubeRewind is our annual roundup of the YouTube videos that trended over the last 12 months, according to time spent watching, sharing, commenting, liking and more.
New Zealand’s Top Trending Videos of 2017
For the first time, two of New Zealand’s top 10 videos of the year were in te reo Māori: Maimoa Music’s hit single Wairua and a cover of the classic waiata Tiaho mai rā by Jessica & Tiana Waru. Kiwi comedians Jono and Ben made the top trending list with their satirical take on the viral kids interrupting BBC interview clip. Our love of singing in cars continued in 2017, including a take on Tennessee Whiskey, and James Corden’s phenomenally popular Carpool Karaoke series. Along the way we also celebrated an extraordinary ping pong trick victory, marvelled at a ventriloquist – and joined in on political mash-ups.

WAIRUA - Maimoa

Ed Sheeran Carpool Karaoke

Ping Pong Trick Shots 3 | Dude Perfect

"INAUGURATION DAY" — A Bad Lip Reading of Donald Trump's Inauguration

tennessee whiskey amazing cover!!!!

Woman interrupted during BBC interview

Celebrities Read Mean Tweets #11

Darci Lynne: 12-Year-Old Singing Ventriloquist Gets Golden Buzzer - America's Got Talent 2017

Jessica & Tiana Waru - Tiaho mai ra [Laughs & Jams]

ED SHEERAN - Shape Of You | Kyle Hanagami Choreography

New Zealand’s Top Trending Music Videos
Our list of top 10 music videos for 2017 is a mix of mega hits and pop classics. We were clearly hooked on Ed Sheeran, with ‘Shape of You’ making two appearances in the top trending music list. From the breezy island beats of Luis Fonsi’s Despacito to Taylor Swift’s self referential Look What You Made Me Do, Kiwis kept the volume up and the music playing on YouTube throughout the year.

Ed Sheeran - Shape of You [Official Video]

Bruno Mars - That’s What I Like [Official Video]

DJ Khaled - I'm the One ft. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper, Lil Wayne

Kendrick Lamar - HUMBLE.

DJ Khaled - Wild Thoughts ft. Rihanna, Bryson Tiller

Luis Fonsi - Despacito ft. Daddy Yankee

Jason Derulo - Swalla (feat. Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla $ign) (Official Music Video)

Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do

The Chainsmokers & Coldplay - Something Just Like This (Lyric)

Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You [Official Lyric Video]

New Zealand’s Top Emerging Channels
For the first time, #YouTubeRewind also examined the growth of local channels to unearth the top 10 Trending Kiwi YouTube Creators for 2017. Up and coming Kiwi YouTube channels in 2017 included a bunch of serious console and PC gamers, music and crafts to keep the little ones happy. It also includes a rundown of the coolest smartphones and tech gadgets on the market, and some hilarious recorder music fails.

DISNEY BRILLIANT COLORING BOOK CHANNEL FOR KIDS

Baby Beavers - Toddler Learning Toys & Songs

Tech Best

Rec0rder Mast3r

Stay tuned to see the YouTube’s Rewind video, celebrating the top memes and moments of the year from around the world! Posted by Camilla Ibrahim, Communications & Public Affairs Manager, YouTube Australia and New Zealand

Expanding our work against abuse of our platform

Tuesday, December 5, 2017

More people reviewing more contentTackling issues at scale

Since June we have removed over 150,000 videos for violent extremism.

Machine learning is helping our human reviewers remove nearly five times as many videos than they were previously.

Today, 98 percent of the videos we remove for violent extremism are flagged by our machine-learning algorithms.

Our advances in machine learning let us now take down nearly 70 percent of violent extremist content within eight hours of upload and nearly half of it in two hours and we continue to accelerate that speed.

Since we started using machine learning to flag violent and extremist content in June, the technology has reviewed and flagged content that would have taken 180,000 people working 40 hours a week to assess.

child safetyGreater transparencyCommunity GuidelinesA new approach to advertising on YouTube
Posted by Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube

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Year in Search: The moments that defined 2017 in New Zealand

Calling for 2018 CS Educator Grant applications

Te reo, Tricks and Tweets: What kept Kiwis watching in 2017

Expanding our work against abuse of our platform

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