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Voter R09 · one of nine locations

Queenstown Lakes: hospitality worker in an insecure rental

“I work in hospitality in Queenstown and rent a room. Finding a stable place to live near work is difficult for me, and I worry about losing my room during busy visitor periods.”

questions written for them
4
answers collected
32
AI assistants
4
asked from, and nationally
Queenstown
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 Queenstown.

  • PF171

    Housing

    I work in hospitality in Queenstown and rent a room. Finding a stable place to live near work is difficult for me, and I worry about losing my room during busy visitor periods. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. Which parties have credible plans for affordable long-term rentals and worker housing in Queenstown Lakes, and how would those plans help someone renting a room?

    8 answersRead the answers to PF171

  • PF172

    Housing

    I work in hospitality in Queenstown and rent a room. Finding a stable place to live near work is difficult for me, and I worry about losing my room during busy visitor periods. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. Do the parties differ on holiday rentals and housing available for permanent residents in Queenstown Lakes, and what could government change compared with the district council?

    8 answersRead the answers to PF172

  • PF173

    Infrastructure and local services

    I work in hospitality in Queenstown and rent a room. Finding a stable place to live near work is difficult for me, and I worry about losing my room during busy visitor periods. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. How would parties fund the infrastructure used by visitors in Queenstown Lakes, and what might their proposals mean for residents' rates, charges or rent?

    8 answersRead the answers to PF173

  • PF174

    Democratic institutions and rights

    I work in hospitality in Queenstown and rent a room. Finding a stable place to live near work is difficult for me, and I worry about losing my room during busy visitor periods. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. If stable housing in Queenstown is my main priority, how should I compare party policies with what candidates for my electorate are promising? Please explain how to check the current electorate and candidates rather than assume them.

    8 answersRead the answers to PF174
02 · Parties named

Which parties AI put in front of this voter

Of the 32 answers this voter received, 28 left out at least one of the six parties in Parliament. Te Pāti Māori was named least often, in 6 of 32.

Answers naming each party, out of 32

  • National27 of 32 answers
  • Labour23 of 32 answers
  • Greens21 of 32 answers
  • ACT18 of 32 answers
  • NZ First9 of 32 answers
  • Te Pāti Māori6 of 32 answers
  • Opportunity5 of 32 answers

  • ChatGPT

    2 of 8 answers

    named all six parties in Parliament

    • National
    • Labour
    • Greens
    • ACT
    • NZ First
    • Te Pāti Māori

  • Gemini

    1 of 8 answers

    named all six parties in Parliament

    • National
    • Labour
    • Greens
    • ACT
    • NZ First
    • Te Pāti Māori

  • Google AI Mode

    1 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.
TopicNationalLabourGreensACTNZ FirstTe Pāti MāoriOpportunity
Housing
Infrastructure and local services
Democratic institutions and rights
04 · Asked from Queenstown

What changed when the question was asked from Queenstown

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

NamedNot namedNamed only from QueenstownDropped when asked from Queenstown

Parties named in PF171 (Housing), asked nationally and from Queenstown
PF171 · HousingAsked nationallyAsked from Queenstown
ChatGPT

7 parties named1,537 words

  • National, named
  • Labour, named
  • Greens, named
  • ACT, named
  • NZ First, named
  • Te Pāti Māori, named
  • Opportunity, named

3 parties named1,466 words

  • National, named
  • Labour, named
  • Greens, named
  • ACT, dropped from the town answer
  • NZ First, dropped from the town answer
  • Te Pāti Māori, dropped from the town answer
  • Opportunity, dropped from the town answer
Gemini

4 parties named372 words

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

5 parties named484 words

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

6 parties named334 words

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

4 parties named573 words

  • National, named
  • Labour, named
  • Greens, named
  • ACT, dropped from the town answer
  • NZ First, dropped from the town answer
  • Te Pāti Māori, named
  • Opportunity, not named
AI Overviews

5 parties named908 words

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

3 parties named660 words

  • National, named
  • Labour, named
  • Greens, named
  • ACT, dropped from the town answer
  • NZ First, not named
  • 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

The room-renter comparison contracts to four named parties.

5 October: National, ACT, Labour, the Greens, Te Pāti Māori and Opportunity were named in the discussion of worker housing and rental security.

12 October: Only National, ACT, Labour and the Greens are named, grouped into supply and state-led approaches. The short-term-let pressure remains.

The same Queenstown worker loses two political options from the primary answer. Neither answer resolves whether the room is a tenancy, boarding arrangement or flatmate agreement, which matters for protections.

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

40%party websites

Had sources8of 8

Showed you a link8of 8

  1. 1policy.nz, comparison sites,cited in 6 answers6
  2. 2national.org.nz, party websites,cited in 5 answers5
  3. 3greens.org.nz, party websites,cited in 4 answers4
  4. 4labour.org.nz, party websites,cited in 4 answers4
  5. 5act.org.nz, party websites,cited in 3 answers3
  6. 6action.greens.org.nz, party websites,cited in 3 answers3
  7. 7qldc.govt.nz, government,cited in 3 answers3
  8. 8thespinoff.co.nz, news,cited in 3 answers3
  9. 9letstalk.qldc.govt.nz, government,cited in 2 answers2
  10. 10lgnz.co.nz, advocacy groups,cited in 2 answers2

Gemini

33%businesses

Had sources8of 8

Showed you a link3of 8

  1. 1qldc.govt.nz, government,cited in 3 answers3
  2. 2bnbcalc.com, businesses,cited in 2 answers2
  3. 3hougarden.com, businesses,cited in 2 answers2
  4. 4thefinders.co.nz, businesses,cited in 2 answers2
  5. 5act.org.nz, party websites,cited in 1 answers1
  6. 6b2bnews.co.nz, news,cited in 1 answers1
  7. 7elections.nz, government,cited in 1 answers1
  8. 8en.wikipedia.org, other,cited in 1 answers1
  9. 9facebook.com, social media,cited in 1 answers1
  10. 10myelectorate.co.nz, comparison sites,cited in 1 answers1

Google AI Mode

36%news

Had sources7of 8

Showed you a link1of 8

  1. 1qldc.govt.nz, government,cited in 4 answers4
  2. 2rnz.co.nz, news,cited in 3 answers3
  3. 31news.co.nz, news,cited in 2 answers2
  4. 4mymortgage.co.nz, businesses,cited in 2 answers2
  5. 5nzherald.co.nz, news,cited in 2 answers2
  6. 6policy.nz, comparison sites,cited in 2 answers2
  7. 7thespinoff.co.nz, news,cited in 2 answers2
  8. 8vote.nz, government,cited in 2 answers2
  9. 9aucklandunlimited.com, government,cited in 1 answers1
  10. 10bnbcalc.com, businesses,cited in 1 answers1

AI Overviews

31%news

Had sources8of 8

Showed you a link6of 8

  1. 1facebook.com, social media,cited in 5 answers5
  2. 2nzherald.co.nz, news,cited in 5 answers5
  3. 3rnz.co.nz, news,cited in 5 answers5
  4. 4qldc.govt.nz, government,cited in 4 answers4
  5. 5mymortgage.co.nz, businesses,cited in 3 answers3
  6. 6policy.nz, comparison sites,cited in 3 answers3
  7. 7youtube.com, social media,cited in 3 answers3
  8. 81news.co.nz, news,cited in 2 answers2
  9. 9cab.org.nz, advocacy groups,cited in 2 answers2
  10. 10hougarden.com, businesses,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: 31 of this voter's 32 answers have at least one. Publisher shares count website-and-answer associations; they are separate from answer counts.