Heads-up
Pick a story. Get a Heads-up.
Explore trending searches by time range. Each Heads-up story has at least one relevant news source.
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What do these labels mean?
We compare Google’s trend start, or our first search observation when that’s unavailable, with the earliest qualifying linked article. Older background coverage stays in Sources.
- News-first
- The news came first. The first linked article appeared more than an hour before the search trend began.
- Search-first
- Searches came first. The search trend began more than an hour before the first news story we track.
- Same time
- Searches and linked news coverage began within an hour of each other.
Search-first
A red thunderstorm warning was issued for Auckland
20,000+ searchesSearch growth +1000%
3 news outletsSame time
Vector Outages
10,000+ searchesSearch growth +900%
2 news outletsSearch-first
Russell Brand
10,000+ searchesSearch growth +1000%
2 news outletsSearch-first
Penrose Fire
10,000+ searchesSearch growth +1000%
1 news outletNews-first
Rugby league great Paul Langmack has died at age 61
5,000+ searchesSearch growth +1000%
6 news outletsTrending searches
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Weather Tomorrow20,000+ searchesPower Outage Auckland10,000+ searchesEllerslie Fire10,000+ searchesAirplane5,000+ searchesThunderstorm5,000+ searchesGuy Fawkes NZ5,000+ searchesCave2,000+ searchesTractor2,000+ searchesSubmarine2,000+ searchesElection Polls NZ2,000+ searchesSlavia Praha vs Arsenal2,000+ searchesAbout the search figures and timing labels
Search figures use Google’s 48-hour measurement window. Timing labels compare qualifying linked article dates with the search timestamps; older background coverage is excluded; they do not establish cause or the first report anywhere.
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