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: 30
AI assistants: 4
asked from, and nationally: Hastings

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 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?
8 answersRead the answers to PF154
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?
6 answersRead the answers to PF155
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?
8 answersRead the answers to PF156
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?
8 answersRead the answers to PF157

02 · Parties named

Which parties AI put in front of this voter

Of the 30 answers this voter received, 23 left out at least one of the six parties in Parliament. Te Pāti Māori was named least often, in 10 of 30.

Answers naming each party, out of 30

National23 of 30 answers
Labour23 of 30 answers
Greens22 of 30 answers
ACT20 of 30 answers
NZ First16 of 30 answers
Te Pāti Māori10 of 30 answers
Opportunity17 of 30 answers

ChatGPT
3 of 8 answers
named all six parties in Parliament
- National
- Labour
- Greens
- ACT
- NZ First
- Te Pāti Māori
Gemini
3 of 8 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
AI Overviews
1 of 8 answers
named all six parties in Parliament
- National
- Labour
- Greens
- ACT
- NZ First
- Te Pāti Māori

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 · 30 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.
Topic	National	Labour	Greens	ACT	NZ First	Te Pāti Māori	Opportunity
Climate and disaster resilience
Infrastructure and local services
Housing
Tax and public spending

04 · Asked from Hastings

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, 3 of the 4 assistants named a different set of parties.

NamedNot namedNamed only from HastingsDropped when asked from Hastings

Parties named in PF154 (Climate and disaster resilience), asked nationally and from Hastings
PF154 · Climate and disaster resilience	Asked nationally	Asked from Hastings
ChatGPT	7 parties named2,090 words National, named Labour, named Greens, named ACT, named NZ First, named Te Pāti Māori, named Opportunity, named	7 parties named2,928 words National, named Labour, named Greens, named ACT, named NZ First, named Te Pāti Māori, named Opportunity, named
Gemini	6 parties named794 words National, named Labour, named Greens, named ACT, named NZ First, named Te Pāti Māori, named Opportunity, not named	5 parties named709 words National, named Labour, named Greens, named ACT, named NZ First, dropped from the town answer Te Pāti Māori, named Opportunity, not named
Google AI Mode	6 parties named614 words National, named Labour, named Greens, named ACT, named NZ First, named Te Pāti Māori, not named Opportunity, named	4 parties named785 words National, named Labour, named Greens, named ACT, dropped from the town answer NZ First, dropped from the town answer Te Pāti Māori, named only from the town Opportunity, dropped from the town answer
AI Overviews	7 parties named675 words National, named Labour, named Greens, named ACT, named NZ First, named Te Pāti Māori, named Opportunity, named	5 parties named563 words National, named Labour, named Greens, named ACT, named NZ First, dropped from the town answer Te Pāti Māori, named Opportunity, dropped from the town answer

05 · What they were told

How the assistants handled this voter's main question

Adds Te Pāti Māori and groups the major parties

The earlier answer names the local flood-control scheme and separately describes National, Labour and smaller parties. The refreshed response pairs National/ACT and Labour/Greens, adds Te Pāti Māori, and introduces a nature-based rivers framing. It continues to distinguish physical works, insurance and rates exposure, but remains largely ideological and supplies no verified household contribution or buyout entitlement.

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

55%government

Had sources7of 8

Showed you a link7of 8

1hbrc.govt.nz, government,cited in 7 answers7
2environment.govt.nz, government,cited in 4 answers4
3treasury.govt.nz, government,cited in 4 answers4
4beehive.govt.nz, government,cited in 2 answers2
5climateclub.nz, other,cited in 2 answers2
6hastingsdc.govt.nz, government,cited in 2 answers2
7national.org.nz, party websites,cited in 2 answers2
8nzfirst.nz, party websites,cited in 2 answers2
9policy.nz, comparison sites,cited in 2 answers2
10reuters.com, news,cited in 2 answers2

Gemini

47%government

Had sources8of 8

Showed you a link0of 8

1hbrc.govt.nz, government,cited in 4 answers4
2insurancebusinessmag.com, other,cited in 3 answers3
3forestandbird.org.nz, other,cited in 2 answers2
4nationalinfrastructure.govt.nz, government,cited in 2 answers2
5whichparty.nz, comparison sites,cited in 2 answers2
6bonded.co.nz, other,cited in 1 answers1
7hastingsdc.govt.nz, government,cited in 1 answers1
8naturalhazards.govt.nz, government,cited in 1 answers1
9policy.nz, comparison sites,cited in 1 answers1
10resilientrivers.nz, other,cited in 1 answers1

Google AI Mode

43%other

Had sources6of 6

Showed you a link2of 6

1reidbasher.substack.com, other,cited in 5 answers5
2rnz.co.nz, news,cited in 5 answers5
3facebook.com, social media,cited in 2 answers2
4hawkesbaynews.co.nz, other,cited in 2 answers2
5insurancebusinessmag.com, other,cited in 2 answers2
6nzherald.co.nz, news,cited in 2 answers2
7policy.nz, comparison sites,cited in 2 answers2
8dlapiper.com, other,cited in 1 answers1
9environment.govt.nz, government,cited in 1 answers1
10hbrc.govt.nz, government,cited in 1 answers1

AI Overviews

39%other

Had sources8of 8

Showed you a link5of 8

1nzherald.co.nz, news,cited in 6 answers6
2hbrc.govt.nz, government,cited in 5 answers5
3environment.govt.nz, government,cited in 4 answers4
4reidbasher.substack.com, other,cited in 4 answers4
5rnz.co.nz, news,cited in 4 answers4
6greens.org.nz, party websites,cited in 3 answers3
7policy.nz, comparison sites,cited in 3 answers3
8whichparty.nz, comparison sites,cited in 3 answers3
9ami.co.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: 29 of this voter's 30 answers have at least one. Publisher shares count website-and-answer associations; they are separate from answer counts.

4 questions, each written as this voter would ask it

Climate and disaster resilience

Infrastructure and local services

Housing

Tax and public spending

Which parties AI put in front of this voter

What AI said about each party on this voter's issues

What changed when the question was asked from Hastings

How the assistants handled this voter's main question

Where the answers to this voter came from