The designated manager for the .nz country domain surveyed 1001 New Zealanders aged 18 and over for its annual Internet Insights.
It showed about six in 10 people worked in roles that allowed them to work from home and around 78 percent worked remotely some or all of the time.
While this was down from last year’s 83 percent, more than half of all respondents, 54 percent, who could work from home wanted to do so more than they currently could.
“Half of New Zealanders report that a barrier for them working from home more often is that they have to work in the office because they are required to for a certain amount of time (a new barrier this year),” the report said.
Respondents who worked from home very infrequently, or not at all, were the most eager to do it more, the report said.
InternetNZ chief executive Vivien Maidaborn said it was food for thought for employers.
The number of New Zealanders with a fibre connection at home has continued to increase to 64 percent in 2022, up 2 percent from 2021.
A net 65 percent of respondents decided not to use an online service because of security or privacy concerns in the last year.
Online crime, security of personal data, cyberbullying and threats to privacy also topped respondents’ concerns.
“In general, older New Zealanders, women, and Pacific peoples are more concerned about the top-rated concerns of the internet compared to New Zealanders on average,” the report said.
