Voter S06 · one of 23 households
Sole parent balancing preschool care and paid work
“I'm a sole parent with a preschool child, renting and working part time. Childcare costs and support rules affect how many hours I can take on.”
- questions written for them
- 6
- answers collected
- 24
- AI assistants
- 4
- asked nationally
- NZ
6 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.
PF029
Education and childcare
I'm a sole parent with a preschool child, renting and working part time. Childcare costs and support rules affect how many hours I can take on. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. How do parties compare on childcare availability, fees and support for parents who want to work?
PF030
Poverty and welfare
I'm a sole parent with a preschool child, renting and working part time. Childcare costs and support rules affect how many hours I can take on. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. What would party policies mean for a sole parent combining part-time work with income support?
PF031
Housing
I'm a sole parent with a preschool child, renting and working part time. Childcare costs and support rules affect how many hours I can take on. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. What do parties propose about secure rentals and help with housing costs for families on low incomes?
PF032
Cost of living
I'm a sole parent with a preschool child, renting and working part time. Childcare costs and support rules affect how many hours I can take on. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. Which party policies could help with food, power and essentials for a sole-parent household, and who would qualify?
PF033
Healthcare
I'm a sole parent with a preschool child, renting and working part time. Childcare costs and support rules affect how many hours I can take on. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. What do parties propose about the cost and availability of healthcare for children and their parents?
PF034
Education and childcare
I'm a sole parent with a preschool child, renting and working part time. Childcare costs and support rules affect how many hours I can take on. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. I want to work more, but childcare has to be affordable. Which parties should I look at most closely, and why?
Which parties AI put in front of this voter
Of the 24 answers this voter received, 15 left out at least one of the six parties in Parliament. Te Pāti Māori was named least often, in 11 of 24.
Answers naming each party, out of 24
National24 of 24 answers
Labour24 of 24 answers
Greens24 of 24 answers
ACT19 of 24 answers
NZ First20 of 24 answers
Te Pāti Māori11 of 24 answers
Opportunity4 of 24 answers
ChatGPT
3 of 6 answers
named all six parties in Parliament
- National
- Labour
- Greens
- ACT
- NZ First
- Te Pāti Māori
Gemini
4 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
1 of 6 answers
named all six parties in Parliament
- National
- Labour
- Greens
- ACT
- NZ First
- Te Pāti Māori
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Education and childcare | |||||||
| Poverty and welfare | |||||||
| Housing | |||||||
| Cost of living | |||||||
| Healthcare |
How the assistants handled this voter's main question
Culturally grounded childcare enters the comparison as an existing support mechanism disappears.
5 October: The answer named FamilyBoost and explained 20 Hours ECE and the Childcare Subsidy alongside market-versus-public provision.
12 October: Te Pāti Māori receives a dedicated kaupapa Māori provision discussion. FamilyBoost is not named, and the answer concentrates on policy philosophies and abatement.
Broader party coverage coexists with reduced detail about assistance the sole parent could investigate now. The separate guidance question still exposes stale FamilyBoost figures in AI Overviews.
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
49%party websites
Had sources6of 6
Showed you a link6of 6
- 1
labour.org.nz, party websites,cited in 5 answers5 - 2
national.org.nz, party websites,cited in 5 answers5 - 3
act.org.nz, party websites,cited in 4 answers4 - 4
greens.org.nz, party websites,cited in 4 answers4 - 5
policy.nz, comparison sites,cited in 4 answers4 - 6
workandincome.govt.nz, government,cited in 4 answers4 - 7
nzfirst.nz, party websites,cited in 3 answers3 - 8
education.govt.nz, government,cited in 2 answers2 - 9
action.greens.org.nz, party websites,cited in 1 answers1 - 10
beehive.govt.nz, government,cited in 1 answers1
Gemini
36%comparison sites
Had sources6of 6
Showed you a link0of 6
- 1
nzvotecheck.com, comparison sites,cited in 3 answers3 - 2greens.org.nz, party websites,cited in 2 answers2
- 3msd.govt.nz, government,cited in 2 answers2
- 4
oece.nz, advocacy groups,cited in 2 answers2 - 5
budget.govt.nz, government,cited in 1 answers1 - 6
nzelectionhub.com, comparison sites,cited in 1 answers1 - 7
sspa.org.nz, advocacy groups,cited in 1 answers1 - 8
thefinders.co.nz, businesses,cited in 1 answers1 - 9
whichparty.nz, comparison sites,cited in 1 answers1
Google AI Mode
36%news
Had sources6of 6
Showed you a link2of 6
- 1
facebook.com, social media,cited in 3 answers3 - 2
rnz.co.nz, news,cited in 3 answers3 - 3policy.nz, comparison sites,cited in 2 answers2
- 4
stories.theconversation.com, news,cited in 2 answers2 - 5
1news.co.nz, news,cited in 1 answers1 - 6
govt.nz, government,cited in 1 answers1 - 7greens.org.nz, party websites,cited in 1 answers1
- 8labour.org.nz, party websites,cited in 1 answers1
- 9national.org.nz, party websites,cited in 1 answers1
- 10
nzherald.co.nz, news,cited in 1 answers1
AI Overviews
37%news
Had sources6of 6
Showed you a link3of 6
- 1facebook.com, social media,cited in 4 answers4
- 2greens.org.nz, party websites,cited in 4 answers4
- 3labour.org.nz, party websites,cited in 3 answers3
- 4national.org.nz, party websites,cited in 3 answers3
- 5nzherald.co.nz, news,cited in 3 answers3
- 6rnz.co.nz, news,cited in 3 answers3
- 7stories.theconversation.com, news,cited in 3 answers3
- 8
theparentcircle.com, other,cited in 3 answers3 - 91news.co.nz, news,cited in 2 answers2
- 10oece.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: 24 of this voter's 24 answers have at least one. Publisher shares count website-and-answer associations; they are separate from answer counts.