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
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?
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?
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?
Which parties AI put in front of this voter
Of the 24 answers this voter received, 19 left out at least one of the six parties in Parliament. Te Pāti Māori was named least often, in 5 of 24.
Answers naming each party, out of 24
National22 of 24 answers
Labour18 of 24 answers
Greens17 of 24 answers
ACT16 of 24 answers
NZ First15 of 24 answers
Te Pāti Māori5 of 24 answers
Opportunity4 of 24 answers
ChatGPT
1 of 6 answers
named all six parties in Parliament
- National
- Labour
- Greens
- ACT
- NZ First
- Te Pāti Māori
Gemini
1 of 6 answers
named all six parties in Parliament
- National
- Labour
- Greens
- ACT
- NZ First
- Te Pāti Māori
Google AI Mode
2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infrastructure and local services | |||||||
| Housing | |||||||
| Tax and public spending |
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, 3 of the 4 assistants named a different set of parties.
NamedNot namedNamed only from TaurangaDropped when asked from Tauranga
| PF151 · Infrastructure and local services | Asked nationally | Asked from Tauranga |
|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 5 parties named1,680 words
| 7 parties named1,653 words
|
| Gemini | 3 parties named545 words
| 6 parties named717 words
|
| Google AI Mode | 5 parties named667 words
| 5 parties named586 words
|
| AI Overviews | 6 parties named785 words
| 5 parties named473 words
|
How the assistants handled this voter's main question
Specific local cost claim added; core travel-mode trade-off persists
Edition 3 turns generic tolling concerns into a specific asserted $1.10 Pāpāmoa East Interchange charge and names a statutory order and Regional Deal. It retains the school-run flexibility versus bus-priority trade-off but narrows the named party field to National/Labour/Greens. The precise toll and its effective status need a primary check before use as household-cost fact.
The excerpts compare answers to this voter’s main question on 12 October 2026 and 16 October 2026. The figures above include all produced answers for this situation. Each extract opens its dated original answer.
- 12 October 2026 · Earlier answerGemini“For families renting in Pāpāmoa with school-age children and working across Tauranga, the daily commute typically means navigating major arterial choke points like the Te Puke Highway/SH2, Domain Road, and the Hewletts Road/Totara Street corridor connecting to the Mount and Tauranga central city.”Open in the answer
- 16 October 2026 · Refreshed answerGemini“set at $1.10 for light vehicles”Open in the 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
47%government
Had sources6of 6
Showed you a link6of 6
- 1
tauranga.govt.nz, government,cited in 6 answers6 - 2
reuters.com, news,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
hud.govt.nz, government,cited in 4 answers4 - 6
labour.org.nz, party websites,cited in 4 answers4 - 7
nzta.govt.nz, government,cited in 4 answers4 - 8
national.org.nz, party websites,cited in 3 answers3 - 9
nzfirst.nz, party websites,cited in 3 answers3 - 10
policy.nz, comparison sites,cited in 3 answers3
Gemini
42%government
Had sources6of 6
Showed you a link0of 6
- 1
kiwicoaches.co.nz, businesses,cited in 3 answers3 - 2boprc.govt.nz, government,cited in 2 answers2
- 3
facebook.com, social media,cited in 2 answers2 - 4nzta.govt.nz, government,cited in 2 answers2
- 5waateanews.com, news,cited in 2 answers2
- 6
greaterauckland.org.nz, advocacy groups,cited in 1 answers1 - 7hud.govt.nz, government,cited in 1 answers1
- 8
legislation.govt.nz, government,cited in 1 answers1 - 9national.org.nz, party websites,cited in 1 answers1
- 10
nationalinfrastructure.govt.nz, government,cited in 1 answers1
Google AI Mode
43%news
Had sources6of 6
Showed you a link0of 6
- 1
nzherald.co.nz, news,cited in 5 answers5 - 2
rnz.co.nz, news,cited in 4 answers4 - 3kiwicoaches.co.nz, businesses,cited in 3 answers3
- 4policy.nz, comparison sites,cited in 3 answers3
- 5tauranga.govt.nz, government,cited in 2 answers2
- 6waateanews.com, news,cited in 2 answers2
- 7
1news.co.nz, news,cited in 1 answers1 - 8
beehive.govt.nz, government,cited in 1 answers1 - 9facebook.com, social media,cited in 1 answers1
- 10greens.org.nz, party websites,cited in 1 answers1
AI Overviews
28%government
Had sources6of 6
Showed you a link1of 6
- 1tauranga.govt.nz, government,cited in 5 answers5
- 2facebook.com, social media,cited in 4 answers4
- 3kiwicoaches.co.nz, businesses,cited in 4 answers4
- 4rnz.co.nz, news,cited in 4 answers4
- 5beehive.govt.nz, government,cited in 2 answers2
- 6
letstalk.tauranga.govt.nz, government,cited in 2 answers2 - 7
mpamag.com, news,cited in 2 answers2 - 8national.org.nz, party websites,cited in 2 answers2
- 9nzherald.co.nz, news,cited in 2 answers2
- 10waateanews.com, news,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.