Concerns about the internet among adults in New Zealand
2025, % of people aged 18+
| Survey option | % of people |
|---|---|
| Access is poor in remote areas | 67.57248821222% |
| Cost of internet access | 72.9736934606% |
| Cyber bullying | 87.39410723156% |
| Distracting and a waste of time | 76.55604479979% |
| It is a forum for extremist material and hate speech | 83.16879980469% |
| Identity theft | 88.24053918309% |
| Information is misleading or wrong (e.g., “misinformation”) | 91.37192659415% |
| Online crime | 89.19394223467% |
| People becoming socially or physically isolated from each other | 84.0615919907% |
| People from low socio-economic backgrounds may have limited access | 60.31951938361% |
| Slow internet speed in NZ | 59.71613851002% |
| The security of personal data | 91.3429242282% |
| Threats to privacy (location tracking etc) | 85.85079016681% |
| Young children can access inappropriate content | 90.79700911428% |
| Online conspiracy theories | 72.37608998703% |
| Being used to share dangerous or discriminatory messages about individuals, groups, or communities | 84.81625667221% |
| People being cut off from the Internet for a considerable amount of time due to a natural disaster or an infrastructure issue | 69.88808245905% |
| Artificial Intelligence (AI’s) impact on society | 81.96521519115% |
| The misuse of intellectual property | 80.0909854937% |
Notes
Respondents were asked the following question:
- How concerned are you about each of the following aspects of the internet? For each aspect please indicate on the scale your level of concern. Please think about society as a whole, rather than anything you may or may not have personally experienced.
Data calculation/treatment
A combination of pre-survey quotas and post survey weighting is used to ensure results are representative of all people in New Zealand by age, gender, region, and ethnicity.
Exclusions
It should be noted that the sample does not cover New Zealanders who are not online and therefore the results are not truly representative of all New Zealanders.
Data provided by
Dataset name
Aotearoa Internet Insights 2025
Webpage:
https://internetnz.nz/new-zealands-internet-insights/new-zealands-internet-insights-2025/
How to find the data
This file was provided to us by InternetNZ
Import & extraction details
File as imported: Aotearoa Internet Insights 2025
From the dataset Aotearoa Internet Insights 2025, this data was extracted:
- Sheet: Q36
- Range:
B3:I21 - Provided: 152 data points
This data forms the table Internet - Concerns about the Internet 2025.
About this dataset
In 2018 InternetNZ conducted a consolidated research project that incorporated three historical research projects for both the former NZRS, and InternetNZ. This project covered business and consumer use and attitudes towards domain names, as well as public perceptions of the Internet in general. In 2019 they have replicated a section of this research project, to understand any changes in consumer perceptions of the Internet. The survey follows the same processes for 2018, however from 2019 onwards, the survey focused only on consumer use of and perceptions of the Internet.
Method of collection/Data provider
Respondents were sourced from Verian's (formerly Kantar Public) online consumer panels.
Fieldwork was conducted from November 25 to December 8, 2025.