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Networking site

Aucklander Lucie Irwin Whitney checks out her Myspace page from home. In the early 2000s young people were far less likely to read newspapers, or even watch television. They used the internet as a way of finding information and staying in touch with their friends.

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A. C. Wilson, Telecommunications – Internet, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/22034/networking-site (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by A. C. Wilson, published 13 April 2010, updated 1 April 2022.