Voter R07 · one of nine places
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
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 answersPF165
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 answersPF166
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 answers
Which parties AI put in front of this voter
Of the 24 answers this voter received, 20 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
National16 of 24 answers
Labour16 of 24 answers
Greens15 of 24 answers
ACT21 of 24 answers
NZ First12 of 24 answers
Te Pāti Māori4 of 24 answers
Opportunity8 of 24 answers
ChatGPT
2 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rural and agricultural policy | |||||||
| Environment | |||||||
| Democratic institutions and rights |
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, 3 of the 4 assistants named a different set of parties.
NamedNot namedNamed only from AshburtonDropped when asked from Ashburton
| PF164 · Rural and agricultural policy | Asked nationally | Asked from Ashburton |
|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 7 parties named2,396 words
| 6 parties named2,123 words
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| Gemini | 5 parties named616 words
| 6 parties named668 words
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| Google AI Mode | 5 parties named450 words
| 6 parties named400 words
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| AI Overviews | 6 parties named722 words
| 6 parties named594 words
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How the assistants handled this voter's main question
The irrigating farmer asks about water security and farm viability across generations. PF164 ChatGPT separates water-take security, environmental improvement, rule-setting and compliance cost, then says the replacement planning laws have been enacted. The report's public-source check supports assent, while implementation and local rules still require separate treatment.
Gemini and the Google experiences frame the choice largely as economic flexibility versus environmental limits. AI Mode also names IrrigationNZ, making an industry perspective visible in how the problem is introduced. That is relevant expertise but not proof of any projected farm benefit.
The answers ask whether water comes from a bore, a river consent or a cooperative scheme. This is a useful refinement because no single national policy translates directly into every consent or allocation. The dossier links the freshwater and participation questions so farm costs do not displace environmental outcomes or decision rights from the analysis.
From the study's case study of this voter. Each extract opens the full answer with the passage highlighted.
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
43%party websites
Had sources6of 6
Showed you a link6of 6
- 1
ecan.govt.nz, government, cited in 6 answers - 2
environment.govt.nz, government, cited in 4 answers - 3
national.org.nz, party websites, cited in 4 answers - 4
act.org.nz, party websites, cited in 3 answers - 5
greens.org.nz, party websites, cited in 3 answers - 6
labour.org.nz, party websites, cited in 3 answers - 7
nzfirst.nz, party websites, cited in 3 answers - 8
fishandgame.org.nz, advocacy groups, cited in 2 answers - 9
mpi.govt.nz, government, cited in 2 answers - 10
reuters.com, news, cited in 2 answers
Gemini
67%government
Had sources5of 6
Showed you a link0of 6
- 1ecan.govt.nz, government, cited in 3 answers
- 2environment.govt.nz, government, cited in 2 answers
- 3
ruralnewsgroup.co.nz, news, cited in 2 answers - 4
beehive.govt.nz, government, cited in 1 answers - 5
dairynz.co.nz, advocacy groups, cited in 1 answers - 6
greenpeace.org, advocacy groups, cited in 1 answers - 7groundrules.mpi.govt.nz, government, cited in 1 answers
- 8mpi.govt.nz, government, cited in 1 answers
Google AI Mode
50%news
Had sources6of 6
Showed you a link1of 6
- 1
rnz.co.nz, news, cited in 5 answers - 2environment.govt.nz, government, cited in 3 answers
- 3national.org.nz, party websites, cited in 3 answers
- 4
nzherald.co.nz, news, cited in 2 answers - 5ruralnewsgroup.co.nz, news, cited in 2 answers
- 6
beeflambnz.com, advocacy groups, cited in 1 answers - 7
country-wide.co.nz, news, cited in 1 answers - 8ecan.govt.nz, government, cited in 1 answers
- 9eli.org.nz, other, cited in 1 answers
- 10
facebook.com, social media, cited in 1 answers
AI Overviews
33%news
Had sources5of 6
Showed you a link1of 6
- 1nzherald.co.nz, news, cited in 5 answers
- 2rnz.co.nz, news, cited in 5 answers
- 3greenpeace.org, advocacy groups, cited in 4 answers
- 4
ourlandandwater.nz, advocacy groups, cited in 4 answers - 5ruralnewsgroup.co.nz, news, cited in 4 answers
- 6national.org.nz, party websites, cited in 3 answers
- 7
1news.co.nz, news, cited in 2 answers - 8act.org.nz, party websites, cited in 2 answers
- 9
animaljustice.org.nz, party websites, cited in 2 answers - 10beeflambnz.com, advocacy groups, cited in 2 answers
- 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 the scan attached to each answer: 22 of this voter's 24 answers have at least one. We assigned a publisher type by hand to every website in a top-ten list; any other website counts as Other.