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A surge in Google searches from some US states shows a trend of people interested in moving to New Zealand.

Data from Google reveals a significant increase in people search the words “move to New Zealand” on Google from the US today, as presidential candidates Donald Trump and Joe Biden sparred in their first televised debate.

It was searched more times in the two-hour period of the debate than at any other point within the last week.

In particular, the hottest interest is seen to come from Hawaii, Oregon and Colorado.

As well as the presidential debate, the US has been grappling with Covid-19 outbreaks across the country.

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