Hawke's Bay people are more interested in the royal family than local body politics, if Google searches are anything to go by.
Postal voting for New Zealand's last local elections began on September 20, 2013 and voting closed on October 12.
Hawke's Bay searches for the term "elections" relative to total searches reached its 2013 peak between October 6 and 12, according to Google Trends.
Google rated levels of interest from low at one, rising as interest levels go up. Search interest in "elections" went from six to 100 in one week.
However, the America's Cup attracted more interest the previous month, when Emirates Team New Zealand narrowly lost the competition to Oracle Team USA.