Voter R06 · one of nine locations

Wellington: homeowner worried about water costs

“I own a home in Lower Hutt and am concerned about water bills, pipe repairs and the reliability of local water services. I want to understand which election promises could actually change these things.”

questions written for them: 3
answers collected: 24
AI assistants: 4
asked from, and nationally: Wellington

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 Wellington.

PF161
Infrastructure and local services
I own a home in Lower Hutt and am concerned about water bills, pipe repairs and the reliability of local water services. I want to understand which election promises could actually change these things. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. What can the national parties actually change about water services in Lower Hutt, and what is now the responsibility of Tiaki Wai or local councils?
8 answersRead the answers to PF161
PF162
Cost of living
I own a home in Lower Hutt and am concerned about water bills, pipe repairs and the reliability of local water services. I want to understand which election promises could actually change these things. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. How do parties compare on the cost of Wellington-region water services for households, and would their proposals reduce bills, shift costs or delay spending?
8 answersRead the answers to PF162
PF163
Tax and public spending
I own a home in Lower Hutt and am concerned about water bills, pipe repairs and the reliability of local water services. I want to understand which election promises could actually change these things. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. What do parties propose about paying for Wellington-region water infrastructure, and how would they balance affordable charges with repairing the network?
8 answersRead the answers to PF163

02 · Parties named

Which parties AI put in front of this voter

Of the 24 answers this voter received, 23 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

National20 of 24 answers
Labour20 of 24 answers
Greens19 of 24 answers
ACT15 of 24 answers
NZ First12 of 24 answers
Te Pāti Māori2 of 24 answers
Opportunity0 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
0 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)

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 · 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.
Topic	National	Labour	Greens	ACT	NZ First	Te Pāti Māori	Opportunity
Infrastructure and local services
Cost of living
Tax and public spending

04 · Asked from Wellington

What changed when the question was asked from Wellington

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

NamedNot namedNamed only from WellingtonDropped when asked from Wellington

Parties named in PF161 (Infrastructure and local services), asked nationally and from Wellington
PF161 · Infrastructure and local services	Asked nationally	Asked from Wellington
ChatGPT	5 parties named1,958 words National, named Labour, named Greens, named ACT, named NZ First, named Te Pāti Māori, not named Opportunity, not named	5 parties named2,065 words National, named Labour, named Greens, named ACT, named NZ First, named Te Pāti Māori, not named Opportunity, not named
Gemini	0 parties named658 words National, not named Labour, not named Greens, not named ACT, not named NZ First, not named Te Pāti Māori, not named Opportunity, not named	0 parties named669 words National, not named Labour, not named Greens, not named ACT, not named NZ First, not named Te Pāti Māori, not named Opportunity, not named
Google AI Mode	0 parties named566 words National, not named Labour, not named Greens, not named ACT, not named NZ First, not named Te Pāti Māori, not named Opportunity, not named	4 parties named683 words National, named only from the town Labour, named only from the town Greens, named only from the town ACT, named only from the town NZ First, not named Te Pāti Māori, not named Opportunity, not named
AI Overviews	3 parties named748 words National, named Labour, named Greens, named ACT, not named NZ First, not named Te Pāti Māori, not named Opportunity, not named	0 parties named430 words National, dropped from the town answer Labour, dropped from the town answer Greens, dropped from the town answer ACT, not named NZ First, not named Te Pāti Māori, not named Opportunity, not named

05 · What they were told

How the assistants handled this voter's main question

Preserves the national-versus-local distinction without naming parties

Both answers distinguish day-to-day pipe operations and pricing from national legislation, standards and financing. The refreshed response adds a statutory title and practical questions to ask parties, but omits the earlier shareholder/billing detail and leaves asset ownership less definite. Neither gives a party-by-party comparison. Generic National words in institutional titles are excluded from party identity counts; this is an institutional-explanation case, not party absence inferred from missing data.

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

34%government

Had sources6of 6

Showed you a link6of 6

1tiakiwai.co.nz, other,cited in 6 answers6
2comcom.govt.nz, government,cited in 4 answers4
3greens.org.nz, party websites,cited in 3 answers3
4haveyoursay.tiakiwai.co.nz, other,cited in 3 answers3
5huttcity.govt.nz, government,cited in 3 answers3
6labour.org.nz, party websites,cited in 3 answers3
7national.org.nz, party websites,cited in 3 answers3
8reuters.com, news,cited in 3 answers3
9legislation.govt.nz, government,cited in 2 answers2
10letstalk.wellington.govt.nz, government,cited in 2 answers2

Gemini

83%government

Had sources6of 6

Showed you a link0of 6

1huttcity.govt.nz, government,cited in 4 answers4
2gw.govt.nz, government,cited in 2 answers2
3wellington.govt.nz, government,cited in 2 answers2
4comcom.govt.nz, government,cited in 1 answers1
5legislation.govt.nz, government,cited in 1 answers1
6newswire.co.nz, other,cited in 1 answers1
7tiakiwai.co.nz, other,cited in 1 answers1

Google AI Mode

39%government

Had sources6of 6

Showed you a link0of 6

1rnz.co.nz, news,cited in 4 answers4
2huttcity.govt.nz, government,cited in 3 answers3
3wellington.govt.nz, government,cited in 3 answers3
4facebook.com, social media,cited in 2 answers2
5nzherald.co.nz, news,cited in 2 answers2
6thespinoff.co.nz, news,cited in 2 answers2
7tiakiwai.co.nz, other,cited in 2 answers2
8waternz.org.nz, other,cited in 2 answers2
9en.wikipedia.org, other,cited in 1 answers1
10gw.govt.nz, government,cited in 1 answers1

AI Overviews

40%other

Had sources6of 6

Showed you a link2of 6

1huttcity.govt.nz, government,cited in 6 answers6
2rnz.co.nz, news,cited in 5 answers5
3wellington.govt.nz, government,cited in 5 answers5
4tiakiwai.co.nz, other,cited in 4 answers4
5comprende.co.nz, other,cited in 3 answers3
6youtube.com, social media,cited in 3 answers3
7en.wikipedia.org, other,cited in 2 answers2
8facebook.com, social media,cited in 2 answers2
9labour.org.nz, party websites,cited in 2 answers2
10letskorero.upperhutt.govt.nz, government,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: 24 of this voter's 24 answers have at least one. Publisher shares count website-and-answer associations; they are separate from answer counts.

3 questions, each written as this voter would ask it

Infrastructure and local services

Cost of living

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 Wellington

How the assistants handled this voter's main question

Where the answers to this voter came from