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Voter R03 · one of nine locations

Tauranga: family balancing housing and commuting

“We rent in Pāpāmoa, have school-age children and commute across Tauranga for work. We want a secure home and less time lost travelling.”

questions written for them
3
answers collected
24
AI assistants
4
asked from, and nationally
Tauranga
01 · What they asked

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 Tauranga.

  • PF151

    Infrastructure and local services

    We rent in Pāpāmoa, have school-age children and commute across Tauranga for work. We want a secure home and less time lost travelling. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. What are parties proposing for transport around Tauranga and Pāpāmoa, and which proposals could realistically improve our daily commute?

    8 answersRead the answers to PF151

  • PF152

    Housing

    We rent in Pāpāmoa, have school-age children and commute across Tauranga for work. We want a secure home and less time lost travelling. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. How would party policies affect affordable housing in Tauranga and western Bay of Plenty, including the roads and water infrastructure needed for new homes?

    8 answersRead the answers to PF152

  • PF153

    Tax and public spending

    We rent in Pāpāmoa, have school-age children and commute across Tauranga for work. We want a secure home and less time lost travelling. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. For new housing and transport infrastructure around Tauranga, what would national government fund and what would be left to councils and ratepayers?

    8 answersRead the answers to PF153
02 · Parties named

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

  • National21 of 24 answers
  • Labour18 of 24 answers
  • Greens17 of 24 answers
  • ACT16 of 24 answers
  • NZ First12 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

  • 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)
03 · Issue by issue

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.

Toggle assistants on or off to compare them, and click any number to see more detail about the responses.

Showing all four assistants · 24 answers

What AI said about each party on this voter's issues: for each topic and party, the share of answers named for the party and how the claims about it split, across all four assistants.
TopicNationalLabourGreensACTNZ FirstTe Pāti MāoriOpportunity
Infrastructure and local services
Housing
Tax and public spending
04 · Asked from Tauranga

What changed when the question was asked from Tauranga

The same question, word for word, asked nationally and from Tauranga. For this voter's main question, 2 of the 4 assistants named a different set of parties.

NamedNot namedNamed only from TaurangaDropped when asked from Tauranga

Parties named in PF151 (Infrastructure and local services), asked nationally and from Tauranga
PF151 · Infrastructure and local servicesAsked nationallyAsked from Tauranga
ChatGPT

4 parties named1,812 words

  • National, named
  • Labour, named
  • Greens, named
  • ACT, named
  • NZ First, not named
  • Te Pāti Māori, not named
  • Opportunity, not named

5 parties named985 words

  • National, named
  • Labour, named
  • Greens, named
  • ACT, named
  • NZ First, named only from the town
  • Te Pāti Māori, not named
  • Opportunity, not named
Gemini

4 parties named636 words

  • National, named
  • Labour, named
  • Greens, named
  • ACT, named
  • NZ First, not named
  • Te Pāti Māori, not named
  • Opportunity, not named

5 parties named459 words

  • National, named
  • Labour, named
  • Greens, named
  • ACT, named
  • NZ First, named only from the town
  • Te Pāti Māori, not named
  • Opportunity, not named
Google AI Mode

5 parties named645 words

  • National, named
  • Labour, named
  • Greens, named
  • ACT, named
  • NZ First, named
  • Te Pāti Māori, not named
  • Opportunity, not named

5 parties named685 words

  • National, named
  • Labour, named
  • Greens, named
  • ACT, named
  • NZ First, named
  • Te Pāti Māori, not named
  • Opportunity, not named
AI Overviews

5 parties named520 words

  • National, named
  • Labour, named
  • Greens, named
  • ACT, named
  • NZ First, named
  • Te Pāti Māori, not named
  • Opportunity, not named

5 parties named704 words

  • National, named
  • Labour, named
  • Greens, named
  • ACT, named
  • NZ First, named
  • Te Pāti Māori, not named
  • Opportunity, not named
05 · What they were told

How the assistants handled this voter's main question

The Tauranga party field narrows while construction and charging risks become clearer.

5 October: The answer named seven parties or groups and suggested arterial investment could directly benefit the family’s multi-stop commute.

12 October: Only National, Labour, the Greens and ACT remain explicit. Longer construction horizons, disruption and possible tolls receive more attention.

The refresh is more cautious about when road works help, but removes several named options. Actual benefits still depend on the workplace, school stops and funded local project.

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.

06 · Sources

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

56%government

Had sources6of 6

Showed you a link6of 6

  1. 1tauranga.govt.nz, government,cited in 5 answers5
  2. 2hud.govt.nz, government,cited in 4 answers4
  3. 3nzta.govt.nz, government,cited in 4 answers4
  4. 4policy.nz, comparison sites,cited in 4 answers4
  5. 5cilt.co.nz, advocacy groups,cited in 2 answers2
  6. 6infocouncil.tauranga.govt.nz, government,cited in 2 answers2
  7. 7labour.org.nz, party websites,cited in 2 answers2
  8. 8national.org.nz, party websites,cited in 2 answers2
  9. 9act.org.nz, party websites,cited in 1 answers1
  10. 10boprc.govt.nz, government,cited in 1 answers1

Gemini

56%businesses

Had sources6of 6

Showed you a link0of 6

  1. 1kiwicoaches.co.nz, businesses,cited in 4 answers4
  2. 2facebook.com, social media,cited in 2 answers2
  3. 3hud.govt.nz, government,cited in 1 answers1
  4. 4letstalk.tauranga.govt.nz, government,cited in 1 answers1
  5. 5minterellison.co.nz, businesses,cited in 1 answers1

Google AI Mode

35%news

Had sources6of 6

Showed you a link0of 6

  1. 1nzherald.co.nz, news,cited in 3 answers3
  2. 2beehive.govt.nz, government,cited in 2 answers2
  3. 3kiwicoaches.co.nz, businesses,cited in 2 answers2
  4. 4national.org.nz, party websites,cited in 2 answers2
  5. 5policy.nz, comparison sites,cited in 2 answers2
  6. 6rnz.co.nz, news,cited in 2 answers2
  7. 7tauranga.govt.nz, government,cited in 2 answers2
  8. 8act.org.nz, party websites,cited in 1 answers1
  9. 9auckland.scoop.co.nz, news,cited in 1 answers1
  10. 10greaterauckland.org.nz, advocacy groups,cited in 1 answers1

AI Overviews

36%news

Had sources6of 6

Showed you a link1of 6

  1. 1kiwicoaches.co.nz, businesses,cited in 4 answers4
  2. 2rnz.co.nz, news,cited in 4 answers4
  3. 3national.org.nz, party websites,cited in 3 answers3
  4. 4nzherald.co.nz, news,cited in 3 answers3
  5. 5act.org.nz, party websites,cited in 2 answers2
  6. 6business.scoop.co.nz, news,cited in 2 answers2
  7. 7policy.nz, comparison sites,cited in 2 answers2
  8. 8waateanews.com, news,cited in 2 answers2
  9. 91news.co.nz, news,cited in 1 answers1
  10. 10become.nz, businesses,cited in 1 answers1
  • 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: 24 of this voter's 24 answers have at least one. Publisher shares count website-and-answer associations; they are separate from answer counts.