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
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?
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?
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?
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?
Which parties AI put in front of this voter
Of the 32 answers this voter received, 25 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
National24 of 32 answers
Labour23 of 32 answers
Greens25 of 32 answers
ACT21 of 32 answers
NZ First20 of 32 answers
Te Pāti Māori7 of 32 answers
Opportunity12 of 32 answers
ChatGPT
4 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
1 of 8 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 · 32 answers
| Topic | National | Labour | Greens | ACT | NZ First | Te Pāti Māori | Opportunity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Climate and disaster resilience | |||||||
| Infrastructure and local services | |||||||
| Housing | |||||||
| Tax and public spending |
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, 2 of the 4 assistants named a different set of parties.
NamedNot namedNamed only from HastingsDropped when asked from Hastings
| PF154 · Climate and disaster resilience | Asked nationally | Asked from Hastings |
|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 6 parties named3,227 words
| 7 parties named2,519 words
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| Gemini | 5 parties named819 words
| 5 parties named747 words
|
| Google AI Mode | 5 parties named474 words
| 7 parties named654 words
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| AI Overviews | 5 parties named482 words
| 5 parties named753 words
|
How the assistants handled this voter's main question
Local institutions and separate party detail added; household funding remains broad
The rates-versus-central-tax and engineering-versus-broader-adaptation trade-offs persist. Edition 3 adds local flood-scheme and council names plus clearer separate ACT/NZ First descriptions, but omits Te Pāti Māori from Edition 2. It remains a broad account of political approaches rather than a verified household entitlement or protection-work timetable.
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 households on the Heretaunga Plains, navigating flood risk, insurance, and the escalating costs of protection is a central concern. As New Zealand looks toward the 2026 general election, political parties offer diverging philosophies on how to handle long-term climate adaptation, infrastructure funding, and recovery support.”Open in the answer
- 16 October 2026 · Refreshed answerGemini“Heretaunga Plains Flood Control Scheme (HPFCS)”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
59%government
Had sources8of 8
Showed you a link8of 8
- 1
environment.govt.nz, government,cited in 5 answers5 - 2
hbrc.govt.nz, government,cited in 5 answers5 - 3
beehive.govt.nz, government,cited in 4 answers4 - 4
labour.org.nz, party websites,cited in 4 answers4 - 5
national.org.nz, party websites,cited in 4 answers4 - 6
treasury.govt.nz, government,cited in 4 answers4 - 7
greens.org.nz, party websites,cited in 3 answers3 - 8
hastingsdc.govt.nz, government,cited in 3 answers3 - 9
reuters.com, news,cited in 3 answers3 - 10
elections.nz, government,cited in 2 answers2
Gemini
35%government
Had sources8of 8
Showed you a link0of 8
- 1hbrc.govt.nz, government,cited in 4 answers4
- 2environment.govt.nz, government,cited in 2 answers2
- 3nzbrands.ai, businesses,cited in 2 answers2
- 4
resilientrivers.nz, advocacy groups,cited in 2 answers2 - 5
whichparty.nz, comparison sites,cited in 2 answers2 - 6
dlapiper.com, businesses,cited in 1 answers1 - 7
en.wikipedia.org, other,cited in 1 answers1 - 8
forestandbird.org.nz, advocacy groups,cited in 1 answers1 - 9hastingsdc.govt.nz, government,cited in 1 answers1
- 10
insurspy.co.nz, other,cited in 1 answers1
Google AI Mode
41%news
Had sources8of 8
Showed you a link4of 8
- 1hbrc.govt.nz, government,cited in 6 answers6
- 2
rnz.co.nz, news,cited in 4 answers4 - 3
insurancebusinessmag.com, news,cited in 2 answers2 - 4
nzherald.co.nz, news,cited in 2 answers2 - 5
scoop.co.nz, news,cited in 2 answers2 - 6bonded.co.nz, other,cited in 1 answers1
- 7dlapiper.com, businesses,cited in 1 answers1
- 8environment.govt.nz, government,cited in 1 answers1
- 9
growregions.govt.nz, government,cited in 1 answers1 - 10hastingsdc.govt.nz, government,cited in 1 answers1
AI Overviews
30%news
Had sources8of 8
Showed you a link2of 8
- 1environment.govt.nz, government,cited in 5 answers5
- 2rnz.co.nz, news,cited in 5 answers5
- 3nzherald.co.nz, news,cited in 4 answers4
- 4
facebook.com, social media,cited in 3 answers3 - 5hbrc.govt.nz, government,cited in 3 answers3
- 6resilientrivers.nz, advocacy groups,cited in 3 answers3
- 7
youtube.com, social media,cited in 3 answers3 - 8ami.co.nz, other,cited in 2 answers2
- 9
consultations.nz, other,cited in 2 answers2 - 10en.wikipedia.org, other,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.