Privacy
Updated 2026-11-10
Who runs this
Election HQ is a free, independent site about the 2026 New Zealand general election. It is not affiliated with any political party or with the Electoral Commission. There are no accounts and no ads.
What the site measures
To see what's useful and fix what's confusing, the site records how it is used: the pages and electorates viewed, the buttons and gestures used, the type of device and browser, and an approximate location worked out from your IP address. It doesn't ask who you are, and visitors are not identified.
This is done with PostHog (usage analytics and session recordings), Google Analytics (through Google Tag Manager) and Vercel Web Analytics. Their data is stored overseas, mainly in the United States.
Session recordings
PostHog records some visits as a replay of the page: what was on screen, scrolling, taps and clicks. Anything you type, such as a search or feedback, is hidden in recordings. Recordings are deleted after 30 days.
Opting out
If your browser sends a Do Not Track signal, PostHog records nothing. You can also block these tools with a content blocker: the map and results work the same without them.
Cookies and browser storage
PostHog and Google Analytics use cookies or browser storage to recognise a returning browser. The site itself stores one thing in your browser: whether you have seen the latest What's new.
Feedback
If you send feedback, the site receives your message, the page you were on and, if you give it, your email address, which is used only to reply. A bot check from Vercel guards the form, and an AI service reads each message to filter out spam and sort it. Messages are then kept privately on GitHub.
What doesn't happen
Your information isn't sold, used for advertising, or used to work out who you are.
Your rights
Under New Zealand's Privacy Act 2020 you can ask what information is held about you, and ask for it to be corrected or deleted. Because visitors aren't identified, analytics usually can't be linked to a person, but feedback you sent can be deleted. Ask through the feedback form.
Candidates
Election results come from the Electoral Commission. Candidate photos come from the parties' own websites, and any photo will be removed on request.