Voter R02 · one of nine locations
Northland: small business moving goods along SH1
“I run a small business near Whangārei and move goods to Auckland using State Highway 1. Disruptions to that route affect deliveries and cash flow.”
- questions written for them
- 3
- answers collected
- 24
- AI assistants
- 4
- asked from, and nationally
- Whangārei
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 Whangārei.
PF148
Infrastructure and local services
I run a small business near Whangārei and move goods to Auckland using State Highway 1. Disruptions to that route affect deliveries and cash flow. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. What would the parties do to make the road connection between Whangārei and Auckland more reliable, and how do their plans differ?
PF149
Infrastructure and local services
I run a small business near Whangārei and move goods to Auckland using State Highway 1. Disruptions to that route affect deliveries and cash flow. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. What is actually approved and funded for the Northland Corridor and the alternative to the Brynderwyn Hills, compared with what is still planned or promised for the future?
PF150
Economy
I run a small business near Whangārei and move goods to Auckland using State Highway 1. Disruptions to that route affect deliveries and cash flow. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. How do parties compare on funding these Northland roads, including tolls or other charges, and what might that mean for a small business moving goods?
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 2 of 24.
Answers naming each party, out of 24
National16 of 24 answers
Labour16 of 24 answers
Greens14 of 24 answers
ACT12 of 24 answers
NZ First15 of 24 answers
Te Pāti Māori2 of 24 answers
Opportunity2 of 24 answers
ChatGPT
0 of 6 answers
named all six parties in Parliament
- National
- Labour
- Greens
- ACT
- NZ First
- Te Pāti Māori (never named)
Gemini
1 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
0 of 6 answers
named all six parties in Parliament
- National
- Labour
- Greens
- ACT
- NZ First
- Te Pāti Māori (never named)
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 | |||||||
| Economy |
What changed when the question was asked from Whangārei
The same question, word for word, asked nationally and from Whangārei. For this voter's main question, 2 of the 4 assistants named a different set of parties.
NamedNot namedNamed only from WhangāreiDropped when asked from Whangārei
| PF148 · Infrastructure and local services | Asked nationally | Asked from Whangārei |
|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 5 parties named1,481 words
| 5 parties named1,710 words
|
| Gemini | 6 parties named681 words
| 5 parties named780 words
|
| Google AI Mode | 3 parties named655 words
| 5 parties named494 words
|
| AI Overviews | 4 parties named765 words
| 4 parties named578 words
|
How the assistants handled this voter's main question
Broader party coverage, less delivery-stage qualification
The refreshed answer adds ACT, Greens and Te Pāti Māori to the earlier National/NZ First/Labour field. It replaces detailed staging and capacity constraints with broader ideological contrasts, then describes the road option as guaranteed. That is stronger language than the preceding funding discussion warrants. The answer offers useful road-versus-backup-mode choices, but does not verify a completion date or guarantee an uninterrupted freight route.
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.
- 16 October 2026 · Earlier answerGemini“Te Hana to Whangārei / Port Marsden Highway: Pushed out to slower, longer-term phases, with NZTA balancing overall fiscal limits and construction sector capacity rather than lodging designations for the entire stretch immediately.”Open in the answer
- 19 October 2026 · Refreshed answerGemini“If you want a guaranteed, high-speed four-lane expressway built to bypass bottlenecks like the Brynderwyns as quickly as possible through central government capital and private-sector toll/PPP funding, the National-led coalition parties align closest with that vision.”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
41%government
Had sources6of 6
Showed you a link6of 6
- 1
nzta.govt.nz, government,cited in 6 answers6 - 2act.org.nz, party websites,cited in 3 answers3
- 3
cilt.co.nz, other,cited in 3 answers3 - 4
greaterauckland.org.nz, other,cited in 3 answers3 - 5
nationalinfrastructure.govt.nz, government,cited in 3 answers3 - 6
transport.govt.nz, government,cited in 3 answers3 - 7national.org.nz, party websites,cited in 2 answers2
- 8nzfirst.nz, party websites,cited in 2 answers2
- 9
reuters.com, news,cited in 2 answers2 - 10
businessdesk.co.nz, other,cited in 1 answers1
Gemini
56%other
Had sources6of 6
Showed you a link0of 6
- 1
kiwicoaches.co.nz, other,cited in 4 answers4 - 2nzta.govt.nz, government,cited in 3 answers3
- 3
fasttrack.govt.nz, government,cited in 1 answers1 - 4wsp.com, other,cited in 1 answers1
Google AI Mode
41%government
Had sources6of 6
Showed you a link1of 6
- 1nzta.govt.nz, government,cited in 5 answers5
- 2kiwicoaches.co.nz, other,cited in 3 answers3
- 3
elections.nz, government,cited in 2 answers2 - 4
facebook.com, social media,cited in 2 answers2 - 5fasttrack.govt.nz, government,cited in 2 answers2
- 6greaterauckland.org.nz, other,cited in 2 answers2
- 7
nzherald.co.nz, news,cited in 2 answers2 - 8
rnz.co.nz, news,cited in 2 answers2 - 9
beehive.govt.nz, government,cited in 1 answers1 - 10
ema.co.nz, other,cited in 1 answers1
AI Overviews
44%other
Had sources6of 6
Showed you a link2of 6
- 1nzta.govt.nz, government,cited in 6 answers6
- 2kiwicoaches.co.nz, other,cited in 4 answers4
- 3nzherald.co.nz, news,cited in 4 answers4
- 4facebook.com, social media,cited in 2 answers2
- 5greaterauckland.org.nz, other,cited in 2 answers2
- 6
northlandnz.com, other,cited in 2 answers2 - 7
1news.co.nz, news,cited in 1 answers1 - 8beehive.govt.nz, government,cited in 1 answers1
- 9fasttrack.govt.nz, government,cited in 1 answers1
- 10
forestandbird.org.nz, other,cited in 1 answers1
- 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.