Voter R04 · one of nine locations

Hawke’s Bay: homeowner concerned about flooding

“We own a home on the Heretaunga Plains in Hawke's Bay and have school-age children. Flood risk, insurance and the cost of protecting our home are major concerns for us.”

questions written for them: 4
answers collected: 32
AI assistants: 4
asked from, and nationally: Hastings

01 · What they asked

4 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 Hastings.

PF154
Climate and disaster resilience
We own a home on the Heretaunga Plains in Hawke's Bay and have school-age children. Flood risk, insurance and the cost of protecting our home are major concerns for us. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. How do parties compare on long-term flood protection and recovery support for Hawke's Bay, and what would their plans mean for households on the Heretaunga Plains?
8 answersRead the answers to PF154
PF155
Infrastructure and local services
We own a home on the Heretaunga Plains in Hawke's Bay and have school-age children. Flood risk, insurance and the cost of protecting our home are major concerns for us. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. Which Hawke's Bay flood-protection works are already funded or underway, and which are still future options or election promises? Who is responsible for delivering each?
8 answersRead the answers to PF155
PF156
Housing
We own a home on the Heretaunga Plains in Hawke's Bay and have school-age children. Flood risk, insurance and the cost of protecting our home are major concerns for us. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. What do parties propose for homeowners in flood-prone places who face insurance problems or may need to relocate, and do any proposals specifically address Hawke's Bay?
8 answersRead the answers to PF156
PF157
Tax and public spending
We own a home on the Heretaunga Plains in Hawke's Bay and have school-age children. Flood risk, insurance and the cost of protecting our home are major concerns for us. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. How would parties share the cost of flood protection between central government, councils and affected homeowners, and what are the trade-offs for our family?
8 answersRead the answers to PF157

02 · Parties named

Which parties AI put in front of this voter

Of the 32 answers this voter received, 27 left out at least one of the six parties in Parliament. Te Pāti Māori was named least often, in 7 of 32.

Answers naming each party, out of 32

National23 of 32 answers
Labour22 of 32 answers
Greens20 of 32 answers
ACT17 of 32 answers
NZ First12 of 32 answers
Te Pāti Māori7 of 32 answers
Opportunity8 of 32 answers

ChatGPT
3 of 8 answers
named all six parties in Parliament
- National
- Labour
- Greens
- ACT
- NZ First
- Te Pāti Māori
Gemini
2 of 8 answers
named all six parties in Parliament
- National
- Labour
- Greens
- ACT
- NZ First
- Te Pāti Māori
Google AI Mode
0 of 8 answers
named all six parties in Parliament
- National
- Labour
- Greens
- ACT
- NZ First
- Te Pāti Māori
AI Overviews
0 of 8 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 · 32 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.
Topic	National	Labour	Greens	ACT	NZ First	Te Pāti Māori	Opportunity
Climate and disaster resilience
Infrastructure and local services
Housing
Tax and public spending

04 · Asked from Hastings

What changed when the question was asked from Hastings

The same question, word for word, asked nationally and from Hastings. For this voter's main question, 3 of the 4 assistants named a different set of parties.

NamedNot namedNamed only from HastingsDropped when asked from Hastings

Parties named in PF154 (Climate and disaster resilience), asked nationally and from Hastings
PF154 · Climate and disaster resilience	Asked nationally	Asked from Hastings
ChatGPT	5 parties named2,577 words National, named Labour, named Greens, named ACT, named NZ First, named Te Pāti Māori, not named Opportunity, not named	6 parties named2,522 words National, named Labour, named Greens, named ACT, named NZ First, named Te Pāti Māori, named only from the town Opportunity, not named
Gemini	6 parties named508 words National, named Labour, named Greens, named ACT, named NZ First, named Te Pāti Māori, named Opportunity, not named	6 parties named710 words National, named Labour, named Greens, named ACT, named NZ First, named Te Pāti Māori, named Opportunity, not named
Google AI Mode	4 parties named712 words National, named Labour, named Greens, named ACT, not named NZ First, not named Te Pāti Māori, named Opportunity, not named	2 parties named631 words National, named Labour, named Greens, dropped from the town answer ACT, not named NZ First, not named Te Pāti Māori, dropped from the town answer Opportunity, not named
AI Overviews	5 parties named490 words National, named Labour, named Greens, named ACT, not named NZ First, named Te Pāti Māori, not named Opportunity, named	3 parties named848 words National, named Labour, named Greens, named ACT, not named NZ First, dropped from the town answer Te Pāti Māori, not named Opportunity, dropped from the town answer

05 · What they were told

How the assistants handled this voter's main question

More parties enter the Hawke’s Bay adaptation comparison.

5 October: National, Labour and the Greens framed the comparison around stopbanks, insurance and cost-sharing.

12 October: ACT, NZ First and Te Pāti Māori become explicit, while household rates versus central taxes remain the main funding question.

The political field expands but the physical problem and funding trade-off remain. No household-level insurance guarantee or completed protection work is established.

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

49%government

Had sources8of 8

Showed you a link8of 8

1hbrc.govt.nz, government,cited in 7 answers7
2environment.govt.nz, government,cited in 5 answers5
3greens.org.nz, party websites,cited in 5 answers5
4national.org.nz, party websites,cited in 5 answers5
5labour.org.nz, party websites,cited in 4 answers4
6treasury.govt.nz, government,cited in 4 answers4
7nzfirst.nz, party websites,cited in 3 answers3
8act.org.nz, party websites,cited in 2 answers2
9growregions.govt.nz, government,cited in 2 answers2
10hastingsdc.govt.nz, government,cited in 2 answers2

Gemini

35%government

Had sources8of 8

Showed you a link0of 8

1hbrc.govt.nz, government,cited in 3 answers3
2facebook.com, social media,cited in 2 answers2
3hastingsdc.govt.nz, government,cited in 2 answers2
4insurancebusinessmag.com, news,cited in 2 answers2
5whichparty.nz, comparison sites,cited in 2 answers2
6bellgully.com, businesses,cited in 1 answers1
7environment.govt.nz, government,cited in 1 answers1
8labour.org.nz, party websites,cited in 1 answers1
9legislation.govt.nz, government,cited in 1 answers1
10national.org.nz, party websites,cited in 1 answers1

Google AI Mode

37%government

Had sources8of 8

Showed you a link2of 8

1hbrc.govt.nz, government,cited in 5 answers5
2rnz.co.nz, news,cited in 4 answers4
3environment.govt.nz, government,cited in 2 answers2
4facebook.com, social media,cited in 2 answers2
5cogo.co, businesses,cited in 1 answers1
6community.scoop.co.nz, news,cited in 1 answers1
7consultations.nz, other,cited in 1 answers1
8ecan.govt.nz, government,cited in 1 answers1
9elections.nz, government,cited in 1 answers1
10growregions.govt.nz, government,cited in 1 answers1

AI Overviews

38%news

Had sources8of 8

Showed you a link2of 8

1hbrc.govt.nz, government,cited in 7 answers7
2rnz.co.nz, news,cited in 7 answers7
3nzherald.co.nz, news,cited in 6 answers6
4facebook.com, social media,cited in 4 answers4
5whichparty.nz, comparison sites,cited in 4 answers4
6environment.govt.nz, government,cited in 3 answers3
7insurancebusinessmag.com, news,cited in 3 answers3
8dlapiper.com, businesses,cited in 2 answers2
9farmersweekly.co.nz, news,cited in 2 answers2
10icnz.org.nz, advocacy groups,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: 32 of this voter's 32 answers have at least one. Publisher shares count website-and-answer associations; they are separate from answer counts.

4 questions, each written as this voter would ask it

Climate and disaster resilience

Infrastructure and local services

Housing

Tax and public spending

Which parties AI put in front of this voter

What AI said about each party on this voter's issues

What changed when the question was asked from Hastings

How the assistants handled this voter's main question

Where the answers to this voter came from