New Zealand folk are more comfortable with getting their news and shopping online than Australians, according to research by net measurement company Hitwise.
Just over 5.7% of Australian web visits went to online shopping and classified sites, according to Hitwise, well behind those shopaholic Kiwis on 7.18%.
They also tend to go to the web to get their news more often, with 6.7% of Kiwi visits to a news site compared to 6.12% for Australians (and a low 3.9% for the US).
But the Kiwis aren’t ahead on every front – Aussies are more likely to do social networking (8.38% of visits compared to 8.23%) and do online banking (4.31% compared to 4.15%).
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