One in 10 votes in a poll on the sexiest politicians came from official government internet addresses - and most "voters" returned multiple times.
The poll was run on Wednesday on Newswire, the website of Whitireia polytechnic's journalism class, and gained more than 1000 votes.
The poll was set up so that the class could see the origin of the votes. Results were announced yesterday.
Labour MP Jacinda Ardern topped the poll with 270 votes, followed by National MP Nikki Kaye with 243.
But the website said many votes came from the same computers. "Logs show they [the politicians] or staff/friends/supporters appear to have voted in bulk over short periods of time.