Three Gals One Beehive

Minister Trump and Golden Oldies

This week the Gals talk about KiwiSaver reform, tax, conservation land and serious failings in our mental health system. 
 
Yass Queen to Smokefree Rockquest and Beehave Mate to the UK. 
 
Question Time: What would happen after the election if no party could negotiate to achieve a coalition that delivered a majority in the House? 

Scrutinising the scrutineers!

This week the Gals debrief after Scrutiny Week, talk about new Labour Party policies, more on fiscal holes and tentative peace in the Middle East. 
 
Yass Queen to a lovely kumbaya moment on infrastructure and Beehave Mate to David Seymour. 
 
Question Time: could we have a Sinn Féin scenario where seats are won but there’s no representatives in Parliament? 

Polls and holes

This week the Gals are feisty chatting about Labour’s policy announcement, Labour’s party list, Budget holes and gumboots and tractors. 
 
Yass Queen to a practical health announcement for paramedics and a quasi Beehave Mate to some question marks over taxpayer funded contracts. 
 
Question Time: how do polls represent NZ as a whole? 

Nuclear propulsion and freedom of the press

This week the Gals discuss the aftermath of Budget 2026, a range of foreign policy bits and pieces, voting rights on local government committees and agreeing to disagree with Dame Lynda Topp. 
 
Yass Queen to the beautiful game and Beehave Mate to the cluster that is Reform councillors across the UK. 
 
Question Time: are our political donations undemocratic? 

The Livin’ on a Prayer Budget

This week it’s all about Budget 2026 in a special episode sponsored by Robert Walters. 
 
The Gals break down what’s in the Budget, including key headlines, trade-offs, winners, losers, and wildcards. 
 
Happy listening! 

Half Time Talks: Ginny Andersen

In this episode Ginny Andersen, Labour party spokesperson for Education, Jobs and Incomes, Police, Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations talks about playing with play dough, staying classy and is Grant Roberson actually the weatherman?

Half Time Talks: Chris Penk

In this episode, the Gals talk to 'boyfriend of the pod' Chris Penk, who is also the Minister of Defence, Minister for Building and Construction, Minister for Veterans, Minister Responsible for the GCSB and NZSIS, Minister for Space and Associate Minister for Emergency Management and Recovery. 
 
Listen to hear a little exclusive on the episode - enjoy! 

Halftime Talks: Opportunity Party leader Qiulae Wong

In this episode, the Gals speak to Opportunity Party leader Qiulae Wong about why she put herself forward to lead a small political party, what she thinks about the state of politics right now and what policies Opportunity is running on this year. 
 
We get stuck into a good debate about tax, universal basic income, balancing the books and citizens’ assemblies. 

Email-gate and ultimatums

This week the Gals talk about the PM’s Singapore trip, immigration, local government amalgamation and email-gate.
 
Yass Queen to the Singaporean PM for an emotional speech, Beehave Mate to David Seymour and Wayne Brown’s childish squabble.
 
Question Time: How do petitions become laws?

Half Time Talks: Mariameno Kapa- Kingi

With over two thirds of this election term complete, the Gals take the opportunity to talk to politicians about how it is all going.
 
In this episode, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, MP for Te Tai Tokarau has a kōrero with the Gals about winning the her seat by about 500 votes in 2023, whānau, Te Reo Māori and that strange place called Parliament

Won't someone think about Winston?

This week the gals are talking about the outcome of National's marathon caucus meeting, Treaty Clauses, the politics of signing a free trade deal with India and the State of the Planet.
 
Yass Queen and Beehave Mate go to international contenders this week and a great question on the benefits of Single Transferable Voting (STV) versus the Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) voting systems.

Woke weather and are we broadcasters?

This week the Gals talk about our weather warning systems, the future of the Broadcasting Standards Authority and NZ First attracting some big guns. 
 
Yass Queen to Hungary and Beehave Mate to our outdated sex offence laws. 
 
Question Time: what should the government look to do in terms of the debt trajectory in the Budget? The Gals’ opinions may surprise you! 

Feijoas, fence sitters and forgetting Ministers

This week the Gals discuss the evolving situation in the Middle East, a whole bunch of economic and polling numbers, another set of blunders from our PM and a stolen election. Yass Queen to ceasefire negotiations and Beehave Mate to those who dislike feijoas. Georgie has been kicked out of the country as a result.

Half time talks: Laura McClure

Half time talks: Laura McClure
In this episode the gals talk to first term ACT list MP Laura McClure about deep fakes, Shakespeare, the parliamentary biscuit tin, and Education.

It’s all getting a bit Eggsbenny

In this week’s episode the gals talk fuel relief and fuel levels, fishing u-turns and the Cabinet reshuffle winners and losers. Esther shows off her impressive selection of National Party impersonations and Georgie defends the time she spent at the hairdresser.