Voter S10 · one of 23 households
Café owner with a small team
“I run a café with a small team. Food and power costs are squeezing margins, customers are spending less, and we've experienced a break-in.”
- questions written for them
- 7
- answers collected
- 28
- AI assistants
- 4
- asked nationally
- NZ
7 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.
PF050
Economy
I run a café with a small team. Food and power costs are squeezing margins, customers are spending less, and we've experienced a break-in. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. What would parties do to improve conditions for small hospitality businesses, and what evidence supports their plans?
4 answersPF051
Jobs and unemployment
I run a café with a small team. Food and power costs are squeezing margins, customers are spending less, and we've experienced a break-in. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. How do parties differ on minimum wages, employment rules and support for hiring and training staff?
4 answersPF052
Tax and public spending
I run a café with a small team. Food and power costs are squeezing margins, customers are spending less, and we've experienced a break-in. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. Which parties propose changes to small-business tax and compliance, and what would those mean for a café?
4 answersPF053
Fuel and energy
I run a café with a small team. Food and power costs are squeezing margins, customers are spending less, and we've experienced a break-in. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. What would parties do about electricity costs for small businesses?
4 answersPF054
Crime and justice
I run a café with a small team. Food and power costs are squeezing margins, customers are spending less, and we've experienced a break-in. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. What do parties propose about retail and small-business crime, prevention and policing?
4 answersPF055
Immigration
I run a café with a small team. Food and power costs are squeezing margins, customers are spending less, and we've experienced a break-in. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. How do parties compare on immigration settings for hospitality workers?
4 answersPF056
Economy
I run a café with a small team. Food and power costs are squeezing margins, customers are spending less, and we've experienced a break-in. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. If I want to keep the business viable and treat my staff fairly, which party would you recommend, and where might those priorities conflict?
4 answers
Which parties AI put in front of this voter
Of the 28 answers this voter received, 20 left out at least one of the six parties in Parliament. Te Pāti Māori was named least often, in 11 of 28.
Answers naming each party, out of 28
National27 of 28 answersLabour28 of 28 answers
Greens23 of 28 answers
ACT28 of 28 answers
NZ First24 of 28 answers
Te Pāti Māori11 of 28 answers
Opportunity6 of 28 answers
ChatGPT
1 of 7 answers
named all six parties in Parliament
NationalLabour
Greens
ACT
NZ First
Te Pāti Māori
Gemini
5 of 7 answers
named all six parties in Parliament
NationalLabour
Greens
ACT
NZ First
Te Pāti Māori
Google AI Mode
2 of 7 answers
named all six parties in Parliament
NationalLabour
Greens
ACT
NZ First
Te Pāti Māori
AI Overviews
0 of 7 answers
named all six parties in Parliament
NationalLabour
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 · 28 answers
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| Economy | |||||||
| Jobs and unemployment | |||||||
| Tax and public spending | |||||||
| Fuel and energy | |||||||
| Crime and justice | |||||||
| Immigration |
How the assistants handled this voter's main question
The café's margins, customer demand and break-in create several policy needs at once. PF050 ChatGPT identifies four pressures and begins with the Restaurant Association's agenda. That is locally relevant sector context, but the source represents an industry perspective and should not be treated as independent proof that a party's proposed response will work.
Gemini gives a specific small-business tax proposal, while AI Mode tells the user that their vote depends on choosing market deregulation and tax relief or intervention and social spending. That wording is a particularly strong reduction of the decision: a café owner could support a mixture of measures across food supply, wages, security and demand.
AI Overviews groups proposals by cost pressure and acknowledges multiple parties around supermarket reform. This offers a example showing a different result to a simple left/right account. The next substantive test is incidence: a company-tax change, cheaper wholesale inputs and customers having more disposable income reach the café by different routes and on different timetables.
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
63%party websites
Had sources7of 7
Showed you a link7of 7
- 1
labour.org.nz, party websites, cited in 7 answers - 2
national.org.nz, party websites, cited in 7 answers - 3
act.org.nz, party websites, cited in 6 answers - 4
greens.org.nz, party websites, cited in 6 answers - 5
nzfirst.nz, party websites, cited in 6 answers - 6
opportunity.org.nz, party websites, cited in 3 answers - 7
reuters.com, news, cited in 3 answers - 8
beehive.govt.nz, government, cited in 2 answers - 9
policy.nz, comparison sites, cited in 2 answers - 10retail.kiwi, advocacy groups, cited in 2 answers
Gemini
27%advocacy groups
Had sources7of 7
Showed you a link0of 7
- 1
nzvotecheck.com, comparison sites, cited in 3 answers - 2
phcc.org.nz, advocacy groups, cited in 3 answers - 3
pwc.co.nz, businesses, cited in 2 answers - 4
1news.co.nz, news, cited in 1 answers - 5
act.org.nz, party websites, cited in 1 answers - 6
electrification.co.nz, advocacy groups, cited in 1 answers - 7
etu.nz, advocacy groups, cited in 1 answers - 8
hospitalitybusiness.co.nz, news, cited in 1 answers - 9
labour.org.nz, party websites, cited in 1 answers - 10
laneneave.co.nz, businesses, cited in 1 answers
Google AI Mode
41%news
Had sources7of 7
Showed you a link1of 7
- 1
nzherald.co.nz, news, cited in 4 answers - 2
rnz.co.nz, news, cited in 4 answers - 3
1news.co.nz, news, cited in 3 answers - 4
act.org.nz, party websites, cited in 3 answers - 5
labour.org.nz, party websites, cited in 2 answers - 6
nzfirst.nz, party websites, cited in 2 answers - 7
policy.nz, comparison sites, cited in 2 answers - 8
consumer.org.nz, advocacy groups, cited in 1 answers - 9
elections.nz, government, cited in 1 answers - 10
en.wikipedia.org, other, cited in 1 answers
AI Overviews
44%news
Had sources7of 7
Showed you a link4of 7
- 1
rnz.co.nz, news, cited in 7 answers - 2
nzherald.co.nz, news, cited in 4 answers - 3
stories.theconversation.com, news, cited in 4 answers - 4
1news.co.nz, news, cited in 3 answers - 5retail.kiwi, advocacy groups, cited in 3 answers
- 6
youtube.com, social media, cited in 3 answers - 7
act.org.nz, party websites, cited in 2 answers - 8
businessnz.org.nz, advocacy groups, cited in 2 answers - 9businessstudio.co.nz, other, cited in 2 answers
- 10
labour.org.nz, party websites, 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: 28 of this voter's 28 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.