Tweeting the social census

The census provided a talking point for tweeting Kiwis. Photo / Natalie Slade

There ain't no party like a census party, 'cause a census party "is statistically within the margin of error."

This week New Zealanders whipped out their pens and keyboards to complete paper or digital versions of the census form in the first such national snapshot sampling since 2006.

Kiwi "tweeps" bantered their way through the completion process on Twitter, questioning the questions and suggesting their own:

@petrajane: There should be a census question about cheese. Our supermarkets are plagued with fridges full of Camembert because no one asks the real questions.

@alingham: Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar?
Not me?
Yes you?
Couldn't be?
Then who?
Greg

@liamdann: They should at least ask favourite band.
@WinstonAldworth: Census bosses can extrapolate favourite band with algorithm analysing place of birth, occupation, income, age and spouse's name.

- nzherald.co.nz