Google New Zealand has released its 2022 Year in Search report.

The lists showcase the most popular searches of the year, the events, the issues, and the persons who stirred the public's curiosity the most.

Overall:

1. Wordle
2. Locations of interest 
3. Australian Open
4. COVID-19 cases today
5. All Blacks v Ireland
6. Ukraine
7. World Cup
8. Quordle
9. Matariki
10. Queen Elizabeth

Sporting events:

1. Australian Open
2. All Blacks v Ireland
3. Rugby League World Cup
4. All Blacks v South Africa
5. FIFA World Cup
6. IPL
7. Women's Rugby World Cup
8. All Blacks v Argentina
9. Commonwealth Games medal table
10. Samoa v Australia

Loss:

1. Queen Elizabeth
2. Shane Warne
3. Betty White
4. Olivia Newton-John
5. Anne Heche
6. Taylor Hawkins
7. Bob Saget
8. Aaron Carter
9. Technoblade
10. Ray Liotta

Kiwis:

1. Clarke Gayford
2. Ryan Fox
3. Zoi Sadowski-Synnott
4. Lydia Ko
5. Israel Adesanya
6. Jayden Meyer
7. Wayne Brown
8. Sam Uffindell
9. Joseph Parker
10. Ruby Tui

News (no loss):

1. COVID-19 cases today
2. Ukraine
3. Queen Elizabeth
4. Costco
5. Will Smith
6. Tropical Cyclone Dovi
7. iPhone 14
8. Russia
9. Tonga
10. Commonwealth Games medal table

Global figures:

1. Johnny Depp
2. Amber Heard
3. Will Smith
4. Novak Djokovic
5. Andrew Tate
6. Anna Delvey
7. Chris Rock
8. King Charles
9. Elon Musk
10. Meghan Markle

Movies:

1. Thor: Love and Thunder
2. Top Gun
3. The Batman
4. Encanto
5. Black Adam
6. Everything Anywhere All At Once
7. Don't Look Up
8. G.I. Jane
9. Jurassic World Dominion
10. Eternals

TV shows:

1. Euphoria 
2. Stranger Things
3. The Watcher
4. Manifest
5. House of the Dragon
6. Inventing Anna
7. The Boys
8. Moon Knight
9. The Sandman
10. Anatomy of a Scandal

How to… ?:

1. How to do a RAT test
2. How to play Wordle
3. How to screenshot on Windows
4. How to tie a tie
5. How to find Matariki
6. How to screenshot on Mac
7. How to spell askew Google joke
8. How to solve a Rubik's cube
9. How to be single
10. How to make self-raising flour