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Voter S14 · one of 23 households

Disabled adult seeking independent living

“I have a mobility impairment, rent and want to keep living independently. I rely on accessible transport and support services.”

questions written for them
5
answers collected
20
AI assistants
4
asked nationally
NZ
01 · What they asked

5 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.

  • PF073

    Poverty and welfare

    I have a mobility impairment, rent and want to keep living independently. I rely on accessible transport and support services. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. How do parties compare on disability support funding, eligibility and individual choice?

    4 answers

  • PF074

    Housing

    I have a mobility impairment, rent and want to keep living independently. I rely on accessible transport and support services. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. What are parties proposing about accessible, affordable housing for disabled people?

    4 answers

  • PF075

    Infrastructure and local services

    I have a mobility impairment, rent and want to keep living independently. I rely on accessible transport and support services. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. Which parties address accessible public transport and mobility access, and what would they change?

    4 answers

  • PF076

    Healthcare

    I have a mobility impairment, rent and want to keep living independently. I rely on accessible transport and support services. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. How do party policies differ on access to healthcare and disability-related services?

    4 answers

  • PF077

    Democratic institutions and rights

    I have a mobility impairment, rent and want to keep living independently. I rely on accessible transport and support services. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. How can I check accessible voting options and whether party policies address disabled people's rights?

    4 answers
02 · Parties named

Which parties AI put in front of this voter

Of the 20 answers this voter received, 13 left out at least one of the six parties in Parliament. Te Pāti Māori was named least often, in 12 of 20.

Answers naming each party, out of 20

  • National17 of 20 answers
  • Labour18 of 20 answers
  • Greens17 of 20 answers
  • ACT18 of 20 answers
  • NZ First14 of 20 answers
  • Te Pāti Māori12 of 20 answers
  • Opportunity7 of 20 answers

  • ChatGPT

    3 of 5 answers

    named all six parties in Parliament

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

  • Gemini

    2 of 5 answers

    named all six parties in Parliament

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

  • Google AI Mode

    2 of 5 answers

    named all six parties in Parliament

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

  • AI Overviews

    0 of 5 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 · 20 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
Poverty and welfare
Housing
Infrastructure and local services
Healthcare
Democratic institutions and rights
04 · What they were told

How the assistants handled this voter's main question

The independent-living question is about funding, eligibility and choice together. PF073 ChatGPT structures the comparison around those three dimensions and first describes the current context. This respects the person's stated aim of remaining independent rather than reducing disability policy to a benefit payment.

The Google answers illustrate why legal status must be checked. AI Mode refers to a passed Disability Support Services Act; AI Overviews describes a Bill and potential ministerial powers. Those are different temporal claims about the framework under which support is delivered. The report's accuracy register checks this specific discrepancy; it must not be flattened into a generic ideological disagreement.

Gemini's conditional descriptions link rights-based, fiscal or Māori-led approaches to different choices. Such framing can help explain a debate, but does not establish a particular person's support allocation or accessibility outcome. Transport, accessible housing and practical control over services remain separate tests, as reflected in the full question set.

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

39%party websites

Had sources5of 5

Showed you a link5of 5

  1. 1beehive.govt.nz, government, cited in 4 answers
  2. 2elections.nz, government, cited in 3 answers
  3. 3greens.org.nz, party websites, cited in 3 answers
  4. 4labour.org.nz, party websites, cited in 3 answers
  5. 5nzfirst.nz, party websites, cited in 3 answers
  6. 6act.org.nz, party websites, cited in 2 answers
  7. 7govt.nz, government, cited in 2 answers
  8. 8national.org.nz, party websites, cited in 2 answers
  9. 9policy.nz, comparison sites, cited in 2 answers
  10. 101news.co.nz, news, cited in 1 answers

Gemini

60%businesses

Had sources5of 5

Showed you a link0of 5

  1. 1drnz.co.nz, businesses, cited in 5 answers
  2. 2elections.nz, government, cited in 1 answers
  3. 3facebook.com, social media, cited in 1 answers
  4. 4kiwicoaches.co.nz, businesses, cited in 1 answers
  5. 5labour.org.nz, party websites, cited in 1 answers
  6. 6vote.nz, government, cited in 1 answers

Google AI Mode

50%news

Had sources5of 5

Showed you a link3of 5

  1. 1thespinoff.co.nz, news, cited in 5 answers
  2. 2drnz.co.nz, businesses, cited in 3 answers
  3. 31news.co.nz, news, cited in 2 answers
  4. 4elections.nz, government, cited in 2 answers
  5. 5facebook.com, social media, cited in 1 answers
  6. 6hansard.parliament.nz, government, cited in 1 answers
  7. 7legislation.govt.nz, government, cited in 1 answers
  8. 8stories.theconversation.com, news, cited in 1 answers

AI Overviews

28%news

Had sources5of 5

Showed you a link1of 5

  1. 1drnz.co.nz, businesses, cited in 5 answers
  2. 2thespinoff.co.nz, news, cited in 5 answers
  3. 3dpa.org.nz, other, cited in 4 answers
  4. 4greens.org.nz, party websites, cited in 4 answers
  5. 51news.co.nz, news, cited in 3 answers
  6. 6at.govt.nz, government, cited in 2 answers
  7. 7facebook.com, social media, cited in 2 answers
  8. 8govt.nz, government, cited in 2 answers
  9. 9inclusiveworld.org.nz, advocacy groups, cited in 2 answers
  10. 10nzdoctor.co.nz, news, 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: 20 of this voter's 20 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.