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Voter R09 · one of nine places

Queenstown Lakes: hospitality worker in an insecure rental

“I work in hospitality in Queenstown and rent a room. Finding a stable place to live near work is difficult for me, and I worry about losing my room during busy visitor periods.”

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

  • PF171

    Housing

    I work in hospitality in Queenstown and rent a room. Finding a stable place to live near work is difficult for me, and I worry about losing my room during busy visitor periods. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. Which parties have credible plans for affordable long-term rentals and worker housing in Queenstown Lakes, and how would those plans help someone renting a room?

    8 answers

  • PF172

    Housing

    I work in hospitality in Queenstown and rent a room. Finding a stable place to live near work is difficult for me, and I worry about losing my room during busy visitor periods. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. Do the parties differ on holiday rentals and housing available for permanent residents in Queenstown Lakes, and what could government change compared with the district council?

    8 answers

  • PF173

    Infrastructure and local services

    I work in hospitality in Queenstown and rent a room. Finding a stable place to live near work is difficult for me, and I worry about losing my room during busy visitor periods. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. How would parties fund the infrastructure used by visitors in Queenstown Lakes, and what might their proposals mean for residents' rates, charges or rent?

    8 answers

  • PF174

    Democratic institutions and rights

    I work in hospitality in Queenstown and rent a room. Finding a stable place to live near work is difficult for me, and I worry about losing my room during busy visitor periods. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. If stable housing in Queenstown is my main priority, how should I compare party policies with what candidates for my electorate are promising? Please explain how to check the current electorate and candidates rather than assume them.

    8 answers
02 · Parties named

Which parties AI put in front of this voter

Of the 32 answers this voter received, 31 left out at least one of the six parties in Parliament. Te Pāti Māori was named least often, in 4 of 32.

Answers naming each party, out of 32

  • National28 of 32 answers
  • Labour21 of 32 answers
  • Greens17 of 32 answers
  • ACT18 of 32 answers
  • NZ First11 of 32 answers
  • Te Pāti Māori4 of 32 answers
  • Opportunity3 of 32 answers

  • ChatGPT

    0 of 8 answers

    named all six parties in Parliament

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

  • Gemini

    0 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 (never named)
    • 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 · 32 answers

What AI said about each party on this voter's issues: for each topic and party, the share of answers naming the party and how the claims about it split, across all four assistants.
TopicNationalLabourGreensACTNZ FirstTe Pāti MāoriOpportunity
Housing
Infrastructure and local services
Democratic institutions and rights
04 · Asked from Queenstown

What changed when the question was asked from Queenstown

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

NamedNot namedNamed only from QueenstownDropped when asked from Queenstown

Parties named in PF171 (Housing), asked nationally and from Queenstown
PF171 · HousingAsked nationallyAsked from Queenstown
ChatGPT

3 parties named1,354 words

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

5 parties named785 words

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

6 parties named516 words

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

0 parties named417 words

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

4 parties named706 words

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

4 parties named608 words

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

3 parties named561 words

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

4 parties named245 words

  • National, named
  • Labour, named
  • Greens, named
  • ACT, not named
  • NZ First, named only from the town
  • Te Pāti Māori, not named
  • Opportunity, not named
05 · What they were told

How the assistants handled this voter's main question

PF171 ChatGPT begins with a clear boundary: it found no major-party policy guaranteeing this worker a long-term room in Queenstown. It describes indirect routes through supply, tenancy rules and community housing. That is a useful restraint in response to a question asking for credible plans and personal relevance.

Gemini and AI Mode offer a familiar choice between private supply incentives and direct intervention; AI Overviews begins with renter protections. The answers can make options visible, but the worker's exact legal arrangement matters: renting from an owner, being a named tenant and flatting under a head tenant are not necessarily equivalent situations.

ChatGPT asks who the room is rented from and whether relevant services or support are available to the person. Those missing facts are important before asserting protection. The other questions examine short-stay accommodation, transport and the electoral system. All NZ/Queenstown pairs are present; a local housing pressure remains distinct from evidence of a location-setting effect.

From the study's case study of this voter. Each extract opens the full answer with the passage highlighted.

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

35%government

Had sources8of 8

Showed you a link8of 8

  1. 1policy.nz, comparison sites, cited in 6 answers
  2. 2national.org.nz, party websites, cited in 5 answers
  3. 3letstalk.qldc.govt.nz, government, cited in 4 answers
  4. 4elections.nz, government, cited in 3 answers
  5. 5greens.org.nz, party websites, cited in 3 answers
  6. 6labour.org.nz, party websites, cited in 3 answers
  7. 7qldc.govt.nz, government, cited in 3 answers
  8. 8reuters.com, news, cited in 3 answers
  9. 9vote.nz, government, cited in 3 answers
  10. 10act.org.nz, party websites, cited in 2 answers

Gemini

33%government

Had sources6of 8

Showed you a link2of 8

  1. 1qldc.govt.nz, government, cited in 5 answers
  2. 2thefinders.co.nz, businesses, cited in 2 answers
  3. 3wanakaapp.nz, other, cited in 2 answers
  4. 41news.co.nz, news, cited in 1 answers
  5. 5facebook.com, social media, cited in 1 answers
  6. 6infrastructure.org.nz, other, cited in 1 answers
  7. 7interest.co.nz, news, cited in 1 answers
  8. 8myelectorate.co.nz, comparison sites, cited in 1 answers
  9. 9national.org.nz, party websites, cited in 1 answers
  10. 10reddit.com, social media, cited in 1 answers

Google AI Mode

31%government

Had sources7of 8

Showed you a link3of 8

  1. 1qldc.govt.nz, government, cited in 4 answers
  2. 2facebook.com, social media, cited in 3 answers
  3. 31news.co.nz, news, cited in 2 answers
  4. 4rnz.co.nz, news, cited in 2 answers
  5. 5vote.nz, government, cited in 2 answers
  6. 6aucklandunlimited.com, other, cited in 1 answers
  7. 7bnbcalc.com, other, cited in 1 answers
  8. 8elections.nz, government, cited in 1 answers
  9. 9en.wikipedia.org, other, cited in 1 answers
  10. 10ifindproperty.co.nz, businesses, cited in 1 answers

AI Overviews

23%other

Had sources8of 8

Showed you a link5of 8

  1. 1nzherald.co.nz, news, cited in 4 answers
  2. 2ourarchive.otago.ac.nz, other, cited in 3 answers
  3. 3qldc.govt.nz, government, cited in 3 answers
  4. 4rnz.co.nz, news, cited in 3 answers
  5. 5elevatequeenstown.co.nz, other, cited in 2 answers
  6. 6facebook.com, social media, cited in 2 answers
  7. 7ifindproperty.co.nz, businesses, cited in 2 answers
  8. 8mymortgage.co.nz, businesses, cited in 2 answers
  9. 9newstalkzb.co.nz, news, cited in 2 answers
  10. 10parliamentpulse.co.nz, comparison sites, 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: 29 of this voter's 32 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.