One frustrating thing I’ve noticed since arriving on Telecom Broadband is the provider’s tenacity when it comes to google.co.nz. For 99% of searches in New Zealand, I understand that this is cool.

But what if you want to research google overseas? google.co.uk, I’ve noticed, loads normally. So we can search the UK alright. But google.com doesn’t. It just auto forwards to google.co.nz, leaving your search results all New Zealandised. Sometimes not what we want!

Almost by accident, the other day I discovered how to access google.com from New Zealand. For Americanized google search results, simply use the URL www.google.com/webhp.