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Voter S08 · one of 23 households

Worker recently made redundant

“I've recently been made redundant after years in the same industry. I have rent to pay, and I'm unsure whether to retrain or keep looking for similar work.”

questions written for them
6
answers collected
24
AI assistants
4
asked nationally
NZ
01 · What they asked

6 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.

  • PF039

    Jobs and unemployment

    I've recently been made redundant after years in the same industry. I have rent to pay, and I'm unsure whether to retrain or keep looking for similar work. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. What are parties offering people who lose their job: employment support, retraining, or measures to create new jobs?

    4 answers
  • PF040

    Poverty and welfare

    I've recently been made redundant after years in the same industry. I have rent to pay, and I'm unsure whether to retrain or keep looking for similar work. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. How do parties differ on support for someone between jobs, including eligibility rules and obligations?

    4 answers
  • PF041

    Education and childcare

    I've recently been made redundant after years in the same industry. I have rent to pay, and I'm unsure whether to retrain or keep looking for similar work. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. Which party policies would help an adult retrain without taking on unaffordable costs?

    4 answers
  • PF042

    Economy

    I've recently been made redundant after years in the same industry. I have rent to pay, and I'm unsure whether to retrain or keep looking for similar work. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. What evidence is there behind party claims that their economic policies will create jobs?

    4 answers
  • PF043

    Housing

    I've recently been made redundant after years in the same industry. I have rent to pay, and I'm unsure whether to retrain or keep looking for similar work. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. What do parties propose for people who cannot cover rent after losing their job?

    4 answers
  • PF044

    Jobs and unemployment

    I've recently been made redundant after years in the same industry. I have rent to pay, and I'm unsure whether to retrain or keep looking for similar work. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. Which party has the most convincing plan for someone in my position to get back into work, and what should I check before trusting that judgement?

    4 answers
02 · Parties named

Which parties AI put in front of this voter

Of the 24 answers this voter received, 17 left out at least one of the six parties in Parliament. Te Pāti Māori was named least often, in 12 of 24.

Answers naming each party, out of 24

  • National23 of 24 answers
  • Labour23 of 24 answers
  • Greens17 of 24 answers
  • ACT21 of 24 answers
  • NZ First13 of 24 answers
  • Te Pāti Māori12 of 24 answers
  • Opportunity3 of 24 answers
  • ChatGPT

    3 of 6 answers

    named all six parties in Parliament

    • National
    • Labour
    • Greens
    • ACT
    • NZ First
    • Te Pāti Māori
  • Gemini

    2 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

    1 of 6 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 · 24 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
Jobs and unemployment
Poverty and welfare
Education and childcare
Economy
Housing
04 · What they were told

How the assistants handled this voter's main question

PF039 treats redundancy as a transition involving income, training and job creation. ChatGPT explicitly joins those three elements. Gemini and AI Mode also ask whether the worker wants to retrain or remain in the same sector. This retains the uncertainty described in the prompt rather than presuming that retraining is necessarily the answer.

The responses nevertheless tend to organise party differences around broad economic approaches. For this worker, a general claim that a programme will create jobs is less actionable than details about eligible courses, support while studying, and local vacancies. The contrast is between explaining a theory of job creation and identifying an available route back to work.

Several closings offer help with assistance available now. That can be useful, provided the distinction between existing support and election promises stays visible. The inventory includes separate benefit, training, housing and recommendation questions, allowing readers to inspect whether the same separation is maintained when the worker asks about each pressure directly.

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

05 · 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

53%party websites

Had sources6of 6

Showed you a link6of 6

  1. 1labour.org.nz, party websites, cited in 5 answers
  2. 2act.org.nz, party websites, cited in 4 answers
  3. 3greens.org.nz, party websites, cited in 4 answers
  4. 4national.org.nz, party websites, cited in 4 answers
  5. 5reuters.com, news, cited in 4 answers
  6. 6nzfirst.nz, party websites, cited in 3 answers
  7. 7policy.nz, comparison sites, cited in 3 answers
  8. 8action.greens.org.nz, party websites, cited in 2 answers
  9. 9workandincome.govt.nz, government, cited in 2 answers
  10. 10assets.national.org.nz, party websites, cited in 1 answers

Gemini

36%comparison sites

Had sources5of 6

Showed you a link0of 6

  1. 1nzvotecheck.com, comparison sites, cited in 4 answers
  2. 2etu.nz, advocacy groups, cited in 3 answers
  3. 3mymortgage.co.nz, businesses, cited in 1 answers
  4. 4national.org.nz, party websites, cited in 1 answers
  5. 5waateanews.com, news, cited in 1 answers
  6. 6workandincome.govt.nz, government, cited in 1 answers

Google AI Mode

29%comparison sites

Had sources6of 6

Showed you a link3of 6

  1. 1policy.nz, comparison sites, cited in 4 answers
  2. 2labour.org.nz, party websites, cited in 2 answers
  3. 3greypowermag.co.nz, advocacy groups, cited in 1 answers
  4. 4ifindproperty.co.nz, businesses, cited in 1 answers
  5. 5ird.govt.nz, government, cited in 1 answers
  6. 6laneneave.co.nz, businesses, cited in 1 answers
  7. 7nzfirst.nz, party websites, cited in 1 answers
  8. 8nzier.org.nz, advocacy groups, cited in 1 answers
  9. 9rnz.co.nz, news, cited in 1 answers
  10. 10stories.theconversation.com, news, cited in 1 answers

AI Overviews

22%party websites

Had sources6of 6

Showed you a link1of 6

  1. 1national.org.nz, party websites, cited in 5 answers
  2. 2policy.nz, comparison sites, cited in 5 answers
  3. 3facebook.com, social media, cited in 4 answers
  4. 4labour.org.nz, party websites, cited in 4 answers
  5. 5rnz.co.nz, news, cited in 3 answers
  6. 6stories.theconversation.com, news, cited in 3 answers
  7. 7apex.org.nz, advocacy groups, cited in 2 answers
  8. 8nzherald.co.nz, news, cited in 2 answers
  9. 9awaaz.co.nz, news, cited in 1 answers
  10. 10beehive.govt.nz, government, cited in 1 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: 23 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.