Voter R02 · one of nine locations
Northland: small business moving goods along SH1
“I run a small business near Whangārei and move goods to Auckland using State Highway 1. Disruptions to that route affect deliveries and cash flow.”
- questions written for them
- 3
- answers collected
- 24
- AI assistants
- 4
- asked from, and nationally
- Whangārei
3 questions, each written as this voter would ask it
The issue each question is about, and how much it matters to this voter. Open any question to read the assistants' answers in full, asked nationally and from Whangārei.
PF148
Infrastructure and local services
I run a small business near Whangārei and move goods to Auckland using State Highway 1. Disruptions to that route affect deliveries and cash flow. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. What would the parties do to make the road connection between Whangārei and Auckland more reliable, and how do their plans differ?
PF149
Infrastructure and local services
I run a small business near Whangārei and move goods to Auckland using State Highway 1. Disruptions to that route affect deliveries and cash flow. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. What is actually approved and funded for the Northland Corridor and the alternative to the Brynderwyn Hills, compared with what is still planned or promised for the future?
PF150
Economy
I run a small business near Whangārei and move goods to Auckland using State Highway 1. Disruptions to that route affect deliveries and cash flow. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. How do parties compare on funding these Northland roads, including tolls or other charges, and what might that mean for a small business moving goods?
Which parties AI put in front of this voter
Of the 24 answers this voter received, 23 left out at least one of the six parties in Parliament. Te Pāti Māori was named least often, in 2 of 24.
Answers naming each party, out of 24
National16 of 24 answers
Labour16 of 24 answers
Greens14 of 24 answers
ACT12 of 24 answers
NZ First11 of 24 answers
Te Pāti Māori2 of 24 answers
Opportunity0 of 24 answers
ChatGPT
0 of 6 answers
named all six parties in Parliament
- National
- Labour
- Greens
- ACT
- NZ First
- Te Pāti Māori (never named)
Gemini
0 of 6 answers
named all six parties in Parliament
- National
- Labour
- Greens
- ACT
- NZ First
- Te Pāti Māori (never named)
Google AI Mode
1 of 6 answers
named all six parties in Parliament
- National
- Labour
- Greens
- ACT
- NZ First
- Te Pāti Māori
AI Overviews
0 of 6 answers
named all six parties in Parliament
- National
- Labour
- Greens
- ACT
- NZ First
- Te Pāti Māori (never named)
What AI said about each party on this voter's issues
Each row is one of this voter's issues. Each column is a party. The number shows how often the party came up in the answers to this voter. The coloured line under it shows whether what the AI said about the party was positive, neutral or negative.
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Showing all four assistants · 24 answers
| Topic | National | Labour | Greens | ACT | NZ First | Te Pāti Māori | Opportunity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infrastructure and local services | |||||||
| Economy |
What changed when the question was asked from Whangārei
The same question, word for word, asked nationally and from Whangārei. For this voter's main question, 3 of the 4 assistants named a different set of parties.
NamedNot namedNamed only from WhangāreiDropped when asked from Whangārei
| PF148 · Infrastructure and local services | Asked nationally | Asked from Whangārei |
|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 5 parties named1,925 words
| 5 parties named727 words
|
| Gemini | 5 parties named624 words
| 4 parties named624 words
|
| Google AI Mode | 5 parties named597 words
| 3 parties named439 words
|
| AI Overviews | 5 parties named574 words
| 4 parties named676 words
|
How the assistants handled this voter's main question
The road-versus-alternatives comparison gains explicit funding trade-offs.
5 October: The answer contrasted a motorway-first approach with road, rail and coastal-shipping resilience.
12 October: The Greens are added and a separate discussion of tolls, private finance and public borrowing links construction promises to freight overheads.
The business receives a clearer payer question alongside resilience. Neither primary answer establishes a funded completion date for the entire Whangārei–Auckland corridor.
The excerpts compare Gemini’s national answers to this voter’s main question on 5 and 12 October. The figures above include all produced answers for this situation. Each extract opens its dated original answer.
Where the answers to this voter came from
The websites each assistant drew on when it answered this voter, and what kind of publisher they are. Pick an issue to see the websites for that question.
ChatGPT
42%government
Had sources6of 6
Showed you a link6of 6
- 1
nzta.govt.nz, government,cited in 6 answers6 - 2
cilt.co.nz, advocacy groups,cited in 3 answers3 - 3
transport.govt.nz, government,cited in 3 answers3 - 4
act.org.nz, party websites,cited in 2 answers2 - 5
policy.nz, comparison sites,cited in 2 answers2 - 6
1news.co.nz, news,cited in 1 answers1 - 7
fasttrack.govt.nz, government,cited in 1 answers1 - 8
greaterauckland.org.nz, advocacy groups,cited in 1 answers1 - 9
greens.org.nz, party websites,cited in 1 answers1 - 10
labour.org.nz, party websites,cited in 1 answers1
Gemini
54%businesses
Had sources5of 6
Showed you a link0of 6
- 1
kiwicoaches.co.nz, businesses,cited in 5 answers5 - 2nzta.govt.nz, government,cited in 2 answers2
- 3
buddlefindlay.com, businesses,cited in 1 answers1 - 4fasttrack.govt.nz, government,cited in 1 answers1
- 5
grantshand.co.nz, businesses,cited in 1 answers1 - 6
infrastructurepipeline.org, advocacy groups,cited in 1 answers1 - 7
localmatters.co.nz, news,cited in 1 answers1 - 8
nzvotecheck.com, comparison sites,cited in 1 answers1
Google AI Mode
37%government
Had sources6of 6
Showed you a link1of 6
- 1
nzherald.co.nz, news,cited in 4 answers4 - 2nzta.govt.nz, government,cited in 4 answers4
- 3kiwicoaches.co.nz, businesses,cited in 3 answers3
- 4fasttrack.govt.nz, government,cited in 2 answers2
- 5
rnz.co.nz, news,cited in 2 answers2 - 6
elections.nz, government,cited in 1 answers1 - 7
facebook.com, social media,cited in 1 answers1 - 8
national.org.nz, party websites,cited in 1 answers1 - 9
transporttalk.co.nz, news,cited in 1 answers1
AI Overviews
38%news
Had sources6of 6
Showed you a link1of 6
- 11news.co.nz, news,cited in 5 answers5
- 2nzherald.co.nz, news,cited in 5 answers5
- 3nzta.govt.nz, government,cited in 5 answers5
- 4fasttrack.govt.nz, government,cited in 3 answers3
- 5kiwicoaches.co.nz, businesses,cited in 3 answers3
- 6rnz.co.nz, news,cited in 3 answers3
- 7grantshand.co.nz, businesses,cited in 2 answers2
- 8infrastructurepipeline.org, advocacy groups,cited in 2 answers2
- 9
newstalkzb.co.nz, news,cited in 2 answers2 - 10
northlandnz.com, other,cited in 2 answers2
- Party websites
- Government
- News
- Comparison sites
- Advocacy groups
- Businesses
- Social media
- Other
A website counts once per answer, however many times the answer used it. Counts come from the sources recorded with each answer: 23 of this voter's 24 answers have at least one. Publisher shares count website-and-answer associations; they are separate from answer counts.