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Voter R07 · one of nine locations

Canterbury: farmer using irrigation

“I farm in mid-Canterbury and use irrigation. Reliable access to water, farm costs and protecting freshwater all matter to whether the farm is viable for the next generation.”

questions written for them
3
answers collected
24
AI assistants
4
asked from, and nationally
Ashburton
01 · What they asked

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 Ashburton.

  • PF164

    Rural and agricultural policy

    I farm in mid-Canterbury and use irrigation. Reliable access to water, farm costs and protecting freshwater all matter to whether the farm is viable for the next generation. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. How do parties differ on irrigation, water access and farming rules that would affect a farm in mid-Canterbury?

    8 answersRead the answers to PF164

  • PF165

    Environment

    I farm in mid-Canterbury and use irrigation. Reliable access to water, farm costs and protecting freshwater all matter to whether the farm is viable for the next generation. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. What are the parties' approaches to nutrient runoff, freshwater quality and farm environment plans in Canterbury, and what evidence supports the trade-offs they claim?

    8 answersRead the answers to PF165

  • PF166

    Democratic institutions and rights

    I farm in mid-Canterbury and use irrigation. Reliable access to water, farm costs and protecting freshwater all matter to whether the farm is viable for the next generation. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. Which Canterbury farming and water rules can a national government change, and which decisions still sit with Environment Canterbury or depend on individual consents?

    8 answersRead the answers to PF166
02 · Parties named

Which parties AI put in front of this voter

Of the 24 answers this voter received, 22 left out at least one of the six parties in Parliament. Te Pāti Māori was named least often, in 4 of 24.

Answers naming each party, out of 24

  • National21 of 24 answers
  • Labour17 of 24 answers
  • Greens17 of 24 answers
  • ACT16 of 24 answers
  • NZ First13 of 24 answers
  • Te Pāti Māori4 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

    0 of 6 answers

    named all six parties in Parliament

    • National
    • Labour
    • Greens
    • ACT
    • NZ First
    • Te Pāti Māori (never named)

  • AI Overviews

    0 of 6 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.

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Showing all four assistants · 24 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
Rural and agricultural policy
Environment
Democratic institutions and rights
04 · Asked from Ashburton

What changed when the question was asked from Ashburton

The same question, word for word, asked nationally and from Ashburton. For this voter's main question, 2 of the 4 assistants named a different set of parties.

NamedNot namedNamed only from AshburtonDropped when asked from Ashburton

Parties named in PF164 (Rural and agricultural policy), asked nationally and from Ashburton
PF164 · Rural and agricultural policyAsked nationallyAsked from Ashburton
ChatGPT

5 parties named1,699 words

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

5 parties named1,869 words

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

7 parties named602 words

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

6 parties named720 words

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

5 parties named651 words

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

6 parties named530 words

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

5 parties named599 words

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

5 parties named589 words

  • National, named
  • Labour, named
  • Greens, named
  • ACT, named
  • NZ First, named
  • Te Pāti Māori, not named
  • Opportunity, not named
05 · What they were told

How the assistants handled this voter's main question

Funding/input detail added; transition-status assertion not repeated

Edition 3 adds an asserted $300 million concessional-loan amount and input-security detail, but groups Labour/Greens/Te Pāti Māori/Opportunity together for water access, reducing differentiation. Edition 2’s assertion that the RMA has been replaced is not repeated; Edition 3 does not affirmatively explain enactment versus staged transition or existing-consent obligations.

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.

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

42%party websites

Had sources6of 6

Showed you a link6of 6

  1. 1ecan.govt.nz, government,cited in 5 answers5
  2. 2environment.govt.nz, government,cited in 5 answers5
  3. 3reuters.com, news,cited in 5 answers5
  4. 4act.org.nz, party websites,cited in 4 answers4
  5. 5greens.org.nz, party websites,cited in 4 answers4
  6. 6national.org.nz, party websites,cited in 4 answers4
  7. 7nzfirst.nz, party websites,cited in 4 answers4
  8. 8labour.org.nz, party websites,cited in 3 answers3
  9. 9legislation.govt.nz, government,cited in 2 answers2
  10. 10planning.govt.nz, government,cited in 2 answers2

Gemini

25%advocacy groups

Had sources6of 6

Showed you a link0of 6

  1. 1national.org.nz, party websites,cited in 4 answers4
  2. 2ecan.govt.nz, government,cited in 2 answers2
  3. 3environment.govt.nz, government,cited in 2 answers2
  4. 4nzkgi.org.nz, advocacy groups,cited in 2 answers2
  5. 5ruralnewsgroup.co.nz, news,cited in 2 answers2
  6. 6angusnz.com, businesses,cited in 1 answers1
  7. 7beeflambnz.com, advocacy groups,cited in 1 answers1
  8. 8farmersweekly.co.nz, news,cited in 1 answers1
  9. 9greenpeace.org, advocacy groups,cited in 1 answers1
  10. 10harcourts.net, businesses,cited in 1 answers1

Google AI Mode

35%news

Had sources5of 6

Showed you a link3of 6

  1. 1farmersweekly.co.nz, news,cited in 3 answers3
  2. 2ecan.govt.nz, government,cited in 2 answers2
  3. 3environment.govt.nz, government,cited in 2 answers2
  4. 4nzherald.co.nz, news,cited in 2 answers2
  5. 5al.nz, businesses,cited in 1 answers1
  6. 6beehive.govt.nz, government,cited in 1 answers1
  7. 7environmentguide.org.nz, other,cited in 1 answers1
  8. 8facebook.com, social media,cited in 1 answers1
  9. 9journals.lincoln.ac.nz, other,cited in 1 answers1
  10. 10national.org.nz, party websites,cited in 1 answers1

AI Overviews

25%government

Had sources6of 6

Showed you a link2of 6

  1. 1nzherald.co.nz, news,cited in 5 answers5
  2. 2beehive.govt.nz, government,cited in 3 answers3
  3. 3ecan.govt.nz, government,cited in 3 answers3
  4. 4environment.govt.nz, government,cited in 3 answers3
  5. 5facebook.com, social media,cited in 3 answers3
  6. 6farmersweekly.co.nz, news,cited in 3 answers3
  7. 7national.org.nz, party websites,cited in 3 answers3
  8. 8fedfarm.org.nz, advocacy groups,cited in 2 answers2
  9. 9greenpeace.org, advocacy groups,cited in 2 answers2
  10. 10newstalkzb.co.nz, 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: 23 of this voter's 24 answers have at least one. Publisher shares count website-and-answer associations; they are separate from answer counts.