Sources

Every source we use, what kind it is, how far we trust it, and the terms it's used under. Pages cite the exact document for each fact.

New Zealand

• Who To Lobby editorial (hand-entered, each row cites its document)editorial, confidence 90/100

  Entered by a person. Facts only; every observation carries the URL of the document it comes from

• New Zealand Parliamentprimary, confidence 95/100

  Read by a person in a browser. Crown copyright; bot-protected, so a person browses and the assistant reads the open tab

• DPMC Ministerial List (PDF)primary, confidence 95/100

  Downloaded. Crown copyright; public PDF, direct download allowed (tested 16 Sep 2026)

• DPMC Schedule of Responsibilities Delegated to Associate Ministers and Parliamentary Under-Secretaries (PDF)primary, confidence 95/100

  Downloaded. Crown copyright; public PDF, direct download allowed (tested 18 Sep 2026)

• Electoral Commission (vote.nz / elections.nz)primary, confidence 95/100

  Entered by a person. Crown copyright; bot-protected, official files downloaded by a person

• Beacon / Cohort Insights index (TG internal)discovery, confidence 20/100

  Entered by a person. TG internal rough first pass, never reviewed (Ben, 16 Sep 2026). Discovery only; supplies legacy IDs so Beacon can join later

• Wikidatadiscovery, confidence 20/100

  Open API. CC0

• Wikipedia, 54th New Zealand Parliamentdiscovery, confidence 20/100

  Open API. CC BY-SA 4.0; facts only, used for discovery and cross-checks

• Wikipedia, candidates in the 2026 NZ general election by electoratediscovery, confidence 20/100

  Open API. CC BY-SA 4.0; electorate names only, until elections.nz confirms them

• Green Party candidates 2026party, confidence 85/100

  Downloaded. Party website; robots.txt allows /candidates_2026 (checked 16 Sep 2026)

• The Opportunity Party candidatesparty, confidence 85/100

  Downloaded. Party website; robots.txt allows the home page and /candidate-* (checked 16 Sep 2026)

• Wikipedia, candidates in the 2026 NZ general election by electorate (leads only)discovery, confidence 20/100

  Open API. CC BY-SA 4.0. Never publishes; each row's cited page is checked and, if it confirms the row, the candidacy is recorded against that page (raw/<source>/). Leads and outcomes in raw/wikipedia-2026-candidates/<date>-leads.jsonl

• RNZ (Radio New Zealand), public broadcastermedia, confidence 75/100

  Downloaded. Public broadcaster news articles; facts only

• 1News (TVNZ), public broadcastermedia, confidence 75/100

  Downloaded. News articles; facts only

• Newsroommedia, confidence 75/100

  Downloaded. News articles; facts only

• The Spinoffmedia, confidence 75/100

  Downloaded. News articles; facts only

• Waatea News (Māori news)media, confidence 75/100

  Downloaded. News articles; facts only

• Pacific Media Network (PMN)media, confidence 75/100

  Downloaded. News articles; facts only

• Party websites (announcements and candidate pages cited by Wikipedia)party, confidence 85/100

  Downloaded. Parties' own announcements; facts only. robots.txt allows the cited paths (checked 16 Sep 2026)

• RNZ, "National Party announces list for 2026 General Election" (8 Aug 2026)media, confidence 75/100

  Downloaded. RNZ news article; facts only (names, ranks, electorates). robots.txt allows /news (checked 16 Sep 2026)

• RNZ, "Who's in, who's out? Labour unveils list for November election" (8 Jun 2026)media, confidence 75/100

  Downloaded. RNZ news article; facts only (names and ranks; the article gives no electorates). robots.txt allows /news (checked 16 Sep 2026)

• RNZ, "2026 election - Lan Pham moves higher than two fellow MPs in Greens list" (22 Apr 2026)media, confidence 75/100

  Downloaded. RNZ news article; facts only (names and ranks). robots.txt allows /news (checked 16 Sep 2026)

• RNZ, "ACT unveils party list, Paul Henry could enter Parliament on current polling" (13 Sep 2026)media, confidence 75/100

  Downloaded. RNZ news article; facts only. Prints ranks 1-20 only

• 1News, "Opportunity Party announces candidate list for 2026 election" (31 Jul 2026)media, confidence 75/100

  Downloaded. TVNZ news article; facts only (names, ranks, electorates). robots.txt allows it (checked 16 Sep 2026)

• 1News, "Henry leapfrogs sitting MPs to fourth on ACT party list" (13 Sep 2026)media, confidence 75/100

  Downloaded. TVNZ news article; facts only. Prints ranks 1-38 (no electorates) and 7 unranked names, which are not collected

• Green Party team pageparty, confidence 85/100

  Downloaded. Party website; robots.txt allows the page (checked 16 Sep 2026). Candidates are on /candidates_2026 (party-green)

• National Party team pageparty, confidence 85/100

  Downloaded. Party website; robots.txt allows /team (checked 16 Sep 2026). Lists MPs and 2026 candidates

• Labour Party team pageparty, confidence 85/100

  Read by a person in a browser. Party website; robots.txt allows /our-team (checked 16 Sep 2026). The grid is built by JavaScript, so a person's browser reads it (raw/party-labour-team/<date>-browser.txt). No candidates page found

• Labour Party candidates pageparty, confidence 85/100

  Read by a person in a browser. Party website; robots.txt allows it (checked 16 Sep 2026). Built by JavaScript, so a person's browser reads it (raw/party-labour-candidates/<date>-browser.txt). Electorate or list only, no ranks

• ACT team pageparty, confidence 85/100

  Downloaded. Party website; robots.txt allows everything (checked 16 Sep 2026). Lists MPs and 2026 candidates, then local-government reps (ignored)

• NZ First team pageparty, confidence 85/100

  Downloaded. Party website; robots.txt allows /our-team (checked 16 Sep 2026). Lists MPs and 2026 candidates

• Te Pāti Māori team pageparty, confidence 85/100

  Downloaded. Party website; robots.txt allows /our-people (checked 16 Sep 2026). MPs and party officers only; candidates are announced in news posts