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Voter R01 · one of nine locations

Auckland: renter commuting from West Auckland

“I rent in Henderson, West Auckland, work in central Auckland and want to buy a home eventually. Rent and the time and cost of commuting are my main concerns.”

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

  • PF144

    Infrastructure and local services

    I rent in Henderson, West Auckland, work in central Auckland and want to buy a home eventually. Rent and the time and cost of commuting are my main concerns. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. How do the parties compare on the cost and reliability of buses and trains for someone commuting from Henderson to central Auckland?

    8 answersRead the answers to PF144

  • PF145

    Housing

    I rent in Henderson, West Auckland, work in central Auckland and want to buy a home eventually. Rent and the time and cost of commuting are my main concerns. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. Which parties have plans to make renting or buying near reliable public transport in Auckland more affordable, and what would still depend on Auckland Council?

    8 answersRead the answers to PF145

  • PF146

    Infrastructure and local services

    I rent in Henderson, West Auckland, work in central Auckland and want to buy a home eventually. Rent and the time and cost of commuting are my main concerns. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. What is the current status of the City Rail Link, and what are parties promising beyond what is already committed? What would each change for West Auckland commuters?

    8 answersRead the answers to PF146

  • PF147

    Tax and public spending

    I rent in Henderson, West Auckland, work in central Auckland and want to buy a home eventually. Rent and the time and cost of commuting are my main concerns. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. Who would pay for the parties' Auckland transport proposals: taxpayers, ratepayers or passengers, and what are the trade-offs?

    8 answersRead the answers to PF147
02 · Parties named

Which parties AI put in front of this voter

Of the 32 answers this voter received, 29 left out at least one of the six parties in Parliament. Te Pāti Māori was named least often, in 3 of 32.

Answers naming each party, out of 32

  • National32 of 32 answers
  • Labour31 of 32 answers
  • Greens32 of 32 answers
  • ACT24 of 32 answers
  • NZ First21 of 32 answers
  • Te Pāti Māori3 of 32 answers
  • Opportunity6 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

    0 of 8 answers

    named all six parties in Parliament

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

  • 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
Infrastructure and local services
Housing
Tax and public spending
04 · Asked from Auckland

What changed when the question was asked from Auckland

The same question, word for word, asked nationally and from Auckland. For this voter's main question, 3 of the 4 assistants named a different set of parties.

NamedNot namedNamed only from AucklandDropped when asked from Auckland

Parties named in PF144 (Infrastructure and local services), asked nationally and from Auckland
PF144 · Infrastructure and local servicesAsked nationallyAsked from Auckland
ChatGPT

5 parties named1,594 words

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

6 parties named1,605 words

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

5 parties named563 words

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

4 parties named643 words

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

5 parties named469 words

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

4 parties named369 words

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

5 parties named563 words

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

5 parties named503 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

Same parties, more security framing and less implementation timing

Both answers distinguish fare relief from service reliability for the Henderson commute and name the same five parties. Edition 4 adds public-transport security and governance to National’s account, while dropping the earlier July 2027 timing for Labour’s fare-cap proposal. Calling future proposals immediate savings risks blurring a pledge with a current entitlement; the primary-source check retains the commencement qualification.

The excerpts compare answers to this voter’s main question on 16 October 2026 and 19 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

39%party websites

Had sources8of 8

Showed you a link8of 8

  1. 1greens.org.nz, party websites,cited in 8 answers8
  2. 2at.govt.nz, government,cited in 7 answers7
  3. 3labour.org.nz, party websites,cited in 7 answers7
  4. 4reuters.com, news,cited in 6 answers6
  5. 5greaterauckland.org.nz, other,cited in 5 answers5
  6. 6national.org.nz, party websites,cited in 5 answers5
  7. 7policy.nz, comparison sites,cited in 5 answers5
  8. 8act.org.nz, party websites,cited in 3 answers3
  9. 9akhaveyoursay.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz, government,cited in 3 answers3
  10. 10cilt.co.nz, other,cited in 3 answers3

Gemini

94%other

Had sources8of 8

Showed you a link1of 8

  1. 1kiwicoaches.co.nz, other,cited in 7 answers7
  2. 2greaterauckland.org.nz, other,cited in 5 answers5
  3. 3cityraillink.co.nz, other,cited in 2 answers2
  4. 4nzvotecheck.com, other,cited in 2 answers2
  5. 5at.govt.nz, government,cited in 1 answers1
  6. 6knowyourvotenz.com, other,cited in 1 answers1

Google AI Mode

44%other

Had sources8of 8

Showed you a link0of 8

  1. 1rnz.co.nz, news,cited in 7 answers7
  2. 2greaterauckland.org.nz, other,cited in 4 answers4
  3. 3kiwicoaches.co.nz, other,cited in 4 answers4
  4. 4facebook.com, social media,cited in 3 answers3
  5. 5labour.org.nz, party websites,cited in 3 answers3
  6. 6national.org.nz, party websites,cited in 3 answers3
  7. 7cityraillink.co.nz, other,cited in 2 answers2
  8. 8policy.nz, comparison sites,cited in 2 answers2
  9. 9waateanews.com, other,cited in 2 answers2
  10. 10at.govt.nz, government,cited in 1 answers1

AI Overviews

46%other

Had sources8of 8

Showed you a link0of 8

  1. 1kiwicoaches.co.nz, other,cited in 7 answers7
  2. 2facebook.com, social media,cited in 6 answers6
  3. 3rnz.co.nz, news,cited in 6 answers6
  4. 4greaterauckland.org.nz, other,cited in 5 answers5
  5. 5nzherald.co.nz, news,cited in 5 answers5
  6. 61news.co.nz, news,cited in 3 answers3
  7. 7at.govt.nz, government,cited in 3 answers3
  8. 8policy.nz, comparison sites,cited in 3 answers3
  9. 9cityraillink.co.nz, other,cited in 2 answers2
  10. 10transporting.nz, 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.