Times of India in top 10 for New Zealanders

A couple of things caught my eye in Hitwise‘s latest New Zealand newsletter.

The first is that nzherald.co.nz made it to number 10 on the list of online department stores:

Top 10 Shopping and Classifieds – Department Stores based on Visits for December 2009

1.    Amazon.com                      www.amazon.com 28.27%
2.    The Warehouse – New Zealand     www.thewarehouse.co.nz 21.92%
3.    3 Deals                         www.3deals.co.nz 10.36%
4.    amazon.co.uk www.amazon.co.uk 5.65%
5.    Dealaday                        www.dealaday.co.nz 3.74%
6.    Farmers                         www.farmers.co.nz 3.64%
7.    Snatchadeal                     www.snatchadeal.co.nz 2.27%
8.    6 Shooter                       www.6shooter.co.nz 2.22%
9.    Kmart New Zealand               www.kmart.co.nz 1.84%
10.   NZ Herald Shopping              shopping.nzherald.co.nz 1.48%

The second is that The Times of India came in at number 9 on this list of print-based media websites New Zealanders visit:

Top 10 News and Media – Print websites ranked by Visits – Week ending 20 March 2010

1.    The New Zealand Herald      www.nzherald.co.nz 30.73%
2.    Stuff                       www.stuff.co.nz 26.77%
3.    The New York Times          www.nytimes.com 1.93%
4.    Sydney Morning Herald       www.smh.com.au 1.04%
5.    Guardian.co.uk www.guardian.co.uk 1.02%
6.    Daily Mail                  www.dailymail.co.uk 1.02%
7.    The Press                   www.stuff.co.nz/thepress 0.89%
8.    The Dominion Post           www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost 0.83%
9.    The Times of India          timesofindia.indiatimes.com 0.68%
10.   Auto Trader New Zealand     www.autotrader.co.nz 0.64%

And the third is a question: when and how did New Zealanders start switching on to the Daily Mail?