'Maori twerk': NZ's Kiwi as 2017 porn habits revealed by PornHub

From "Maori twerk", to "Surprise threesomes", it appears New Zealanders have developed some unique tastes when it comes to searching for porn online.

Pornhub has revealed exclusively to the Herald the top categories, search terms and most popular people looked up by Kiwis in 2017.

"Maori twerk", "Auckland", "Cheerleader", and "Surprise threesome" made the top trending searches over the past 12 months and, according to Pornhub, "Maori Twerk" searches increased by 1453 per cent from the previous year.

As well, looking up the word "Maori" hit a new high, becoming the number one searched term in New Zealand and outranking other popular terms such as "Lesbian", "New Zealand" and "Samoan".

When it came to favourite faces, Kim Kardashian ranked number one, followed by Mia Khalifa and Riley Reid.

New Zealand's most searched people, categories and terms in 2017. Image / NZ Herald, Pornhub

Comparing Kiwi habits to our Aussie neighbours, New Zealand users clocked up more time on Pornhub on average while the proportion of our female viewers - 30 per cent -sits at two per cent higher than that of Aussie women and four per cent more than women internationally.

Looking to the rest of the world, New Zealand is ranked at 34th place and views the categories tagged "Lesbian", "Babysitter" and "Asian" over 30 per cent more than other countries.

A Pornhub spokesperson said: "Visitors from New Zealand last about half a minute longer on Pornhub compared to their neighbours in Australia, and have a higher proportion of female visitors at 30%."