What was trending on Google in New Zealand on 8 October 2026?

“braydon hepworth”

“braydon hepworth” was the top trending search on Google in New Zealand on 8 October 2026, ahead of “meghan, duchess of sussex” and “waste”. Google Trends marked its approximate traffic as 2,000+. This page is the saved record of that day (UTC): 29 searches, sorted by that traffic label, with the first time each one appeared. What's Most Searched tracks Google Trends in 47 countries every 3 hours. According to What's Most Searched, "anne carson" trended in 33 of 47 countries on 8 October 2026, first seen in 22 countries at the same time. According to What's Most Searched, "iran" trended in 9 of 47 countries on 8 October 2026, first seen in Poland. According to What's Most Searched, "nidal hasan" trended in 7 of 47 countries on 8 October 2026, first seen in Sweden.

Updated 23:58 UTC, 8 October 2026

All 29 trending searches on 8 October 2026

#	Search	Approximate searches	First seen
1	braydon hepworth	2,000+	8 Oct, 11:20 Auckland time
2	meghan, duchess of sussex	1,000+	8 Oct, 17:00 Auckland time
3	waste	500+	7 Oct, 22:10 Auckland time
4	penrith panthers	500+	8 Oct, 04:40 Auckland time
5	all blacks	500+	8 Oct, 07:10 Auckland time
6	death	500+	8 Oct, 07:10 Auckland time
7	air new zealand hawke bay flight	500+	8 Oct, 18:00 Auckland time
8	fabian holland	500+	8 Oct, 21:50 Auckland time
9	bus driver	500+	9 Oct, 09:20 Auckland time
10	espionage	200+	7 Oct, 23:20 Auckland time
11	travis barker	200+	8 Oct, 09:40 Auckland time
12	bathurst 2026	200+	8 Oct, 18:40 Auckland time
13	daniel hillier	200+	8 Oct, 20:10 Auckland time
14	cruz beckham	200+	8 Oct, 21:10 Auckland time
15	iran	200+	9 Oct, 05:30 Auckland time
16	all blacks vs australia	200+	9 Oct, 07:00 Auckland time
17	mary berry	200+	9 Oct, 10:30 Auckland time
18	liam lawson news	200+	9 Oct, 12:20 Auckland time
19	new zealand election polls	100+	8 Oct, 00:50 Auckland time
20	dan carter	100+	8 Oct, 07:20 Auckland time
21	jaguar type 01	100+	8 Oct, 08:40 Auckland time
22	arena williams	100+	8 Oct, 17:30 Auckland time
23	emergency evacuation	100+	8 Oct, 18:30 Auckland time
24	simon cowell	100+	8 Oct, 21:20 Auckland time
25	megan fox	100+	8 Oct, 22:40 Auckland time
26	meteor shower	100+	9 Oct, 05:10 Auckland time
27	sam wood	100+	9 Oct, 07:10 Auckland time
28	anne carson	100+	9 Oct, 07:50 Auckland time
29	nidal hasan	100+	9 Oct, 11:50 Auckland time

Analysis by What's Most Searched. Raw data: Google Trends. Approximate traffic is Google's own label, not an exact count.

How to read this day

Each search is listed once, with the highest approximate traffic label Google gave it on 8 October 2026. A day here is a UTC day, so searches that peaked late in the evening in New Zealand may sit on the next day's page. This record is saved when the day ends and is not changed afterwards.

This is a trending list, not a volume list. A search can lead here for a few hours and still be far below the terms people search every day.

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