Apparently Kiwis are big users of social networking sites such as MySpace, Bebo and Facebook:

Australians and New Zealanders have jumped on the global social networking bandwagon with more than 60 per cent of online Kiwis using the sites followed by 55 per cent of web users across the Tasman.

The numbers come from a social networking report released [13 February 2008] by Nielsen Online, which shows that 62 per cent, or 1.3 million adult Kiwis, and 55 per cent of Aussies have browsed other people’s online social networking profiles in the last 12 months, while 49 per cent and 44 per cent respectively had updated their own online profile.

…In New Zealand, the Trade Me affiliated site, Old Friends, remains the country’s most visited social network site, followed by Bebo and MySpace.

… In New Zealand, social networking has largely been driven by a desire to reconnect with people, with 42 per cent of those surveyed saying they wanted to reconnect with former colleagues and old school friends.

[Via : 1.3 million Kiwis use social network sites - m-net - ICT business news and information.]

If that’s where the people are, your community organisation definitely needs to at least know about it, do some exploring, figure out how it fits with your work.

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