Great Sites - New Zealand

Thanks to all our members who gave us their predictions about who would win at this year’s Oscars! Only 19% or respondents correctly predicted that Argo would win the Best Picture category, with Les Miserables being members’ favourite contender (28%). 55% of respondents thought that Steven Spielberg would win the Best Director Oscar for Lincoln, with only 33% correctly predicting that Ang Lee would win the award for Life Of Pi. The majority of respondents (50%) accurately guessed that Daniel Day-Lewis would win Best Actor for his role in Lincoln, whilst only 30% of respondents correctly predicted that Jennifer Lawrence would win the Best Actress award, with 34% preferring Naomi Watts’ chances. Thanks again to our members who took part in this recent 10 second survey and congratulations to all the Oscar winners!

Thanks to everyone who participated in last week’s 10 Second Survey about Valentine's Day. Only 36% of respondents said that they celebrated the day. The most popular way of celebrating was with dinner (voted by 21% of respondents), followed closely by flowers (18%), cards (17%) and chocolate (16%).

Results from our recent 10 Second Survey about the Super 15 showed that 31% of respondents follow this Rugby tournament with an additional 25% stating that they 'Somewhat' follow it. The Crusaders were the most popular team in terms of who respondents thought would win and who they support followed by the Chiefs and the Hurricanes. 61% of respondents follow the Super 15 on the TV with only 11% going to the games. Almost 90% of survey respondents hadn't visited the Super 15 website at www.SuperXV.co.nz.

With the countdown to Christmas well and truly on we asked our members when they start their Christmas shopping. Our results showed that 28% of those surveyed start their shopping in December, whilst 1% of members don’t start theirs until Christmas Eve! 6% of members take advantage of the post Christmas and New Year sales whilst almost 10% of members begin their Christmas shopping in June. 

The long weekend may already be a distant memory, but our recent 10 second survey sought to discover how our members were planning on spending it. “Relaxing at home” was the most popular activity our respondents had planned, with “Getting things done around the house” a close second. Only 4% of people were planning on holidaying in New Zealand, with a similar number either going to a party or throwing their own party.

However you spent the long weekend, Great Sites hope you enjoyed it :-)

With summer just around the corner we asked our members if they were planning on starting a healthy eating programme. A huge 68% of respondents said that they would be changing their eating habits to get ready for summer. Respondents were also keen to be active over the summer with walking being the most popular activity (35% of respondents) followed by swimming (13%). Check out what other activities were also popular with our members:

The results from our recent 10 Second Survey on Smartphone usage showed that almost half of all respondents own a Smartphone. The most popular activity their Smartphone was used for was texting, closely followed by calling and then using it as a camera. Check out what other activities our respondents used their smartphones for:

Thanks to everyone who participated in our recent 10 Second Survey about your favourite New Zealand TV Shows.

The top 3 NZ-made TV dramas/comedies chosen by our respondents were…Outrageous Fortune, Shortland Street and Nothing Trivial, whilst Country Calendar, Border Patrol and Fair Go were the most popular NZ-made TV lifestyle programmes. Other popular shows included 7 Days, Go Girls, Bro’Town and Beyond The Darklands. 

We all know it’s easy to get seduced by a good deal, but what do you think about the numerous online deals sites in existence? Our August 2012 Ten Second Survey showed us that over 70% of those surveyed are favourable towards online sales sites with over 25% of respondents purchasing from them at least once a month. Grabone.co.nz was the most popular sales site of those surveyed with TradeMe Daily deals and 1-Day coming in close behind. When it comes to your favourite deals, food & drink vouchers and homeware were top choices with recreation vouchers, clothes and books also high up the list. At the end of the day our survey showed that the price has to be right with the majority of respondents only willing to spend between $21 and $50.

There always seems to be something that needs replacing, fixing or improving in your own home. Our home renovations survey found that over 70% of respondents were planning on renovating in the next 12 months with painting walls the most common renovation activity. We discovered that our respondents get their inspiration and advice from a wide range of sources including websites, magazines, friends & family, home stores and TV shows. Not surprisingly Spring and Summer were the most popular times of the year to renovate.

A recent 10 Second Survey found that a surprising 30% of respondents were planning on moving homes in the next 12 months. Of those planning a move 10% were heading overseas, with the majority of these heading off to Australia. Over 50% of those moving weren’t planning on using a removal company, preferring to do it themselves. 

A recent Great Sites survey about spending habits on children under 5 years old revealed that parents are frequent shoppers with a third of respondents purchasing baby products and clothes every week. 44% of respondents used a combination of shopping online and in-store to buy these, although website shipping costs were cited as the main reason that shoppers preferred to purchase in store rather than online. When it comes to receiving information or tips about child health, parenting and education the majority of parents (65%) prefer to get this via email.

In Australia, 38% thought Australia would win the Rugby World Cup but in New Zealand this number was a massive 68%. Runner up for Australia was New Zealand, but across the Tasman members believed South Africa to be second most likely to win. Both countries support their national teams and support was around the 85% mark. More people in Australia supported New Zealand than vice versa, these could be  New Zealanders living in Australia.

Around 10% of NZ members responded that they would attend any of the RWC games, whereas in Australia this was less than 1%. Majority of people (AU: 43%, NZ: 65%) will follow the event on TV. The newspaper was the next most popular medium, followed by online and radio.

When we asked if there should be a limit about players from one country playing for another nation, attitudes were similar: The majority (55%) believes people should only play for their own country,  with only around 20% thinking players should be allowed to switch teams.

A total of 665 members in Australia  and 511 members in New Zealand answered our Ten Second Survey. Everyone who completed earned extra entries in our prize draw. Because only the top 5 choices are shown in the graph, the totals do not add up to 100%.