Three Gals One Beehive
Join Georgina Stylianou, Brigitte Morten and Esther Robinson as they buzz through the spin, the jargon and the pointy-heads of New Zealand politics so you don‘t have to. The self-confessed political geeks will bring you a weekly update of all things politics but will try and make it sexy. Ok so maybe not sexy sexy, but not boring!
Episodes
This week, Esther and Brigitte are talking about dropkicks, more doctors, homelessness and the UK Prime Minister’s ultimatum to Israel.
Listener question: was the Finance Minister's meeting with Fonterra just a PR stunt?
Halfway through the election term, the Gals take the opportunity to talk to senior politicians about how it is all going.
In this episode we speak to Hon Kieran McAnulty former minister now opposition MP about his portfolios of housing and infrastructure and what drives him as a rural based MP.
This week, Esther and Brigitte are joined by guest host Maddy Burgess-Smith. Discussing by-elections, local government reform, cannabis cakes and whether the government should buy your flood damaged house.
Listener question this week – Is it fair for ministers to make decisions about teacher pay negotiations when their kids go private?
This week the Gals talk tough on crime and paywave fines, censorship of youth MPs and the ferries. Again.
Yass Queen goes to amazing young students Amelia and George, and Beehave Mate to the Warehouse for saying girls can’t do long division.
Halfway through the electoral term, the Gals take the opportunity to talk to senior politicians about how it is all going.
In this episode, Minister for Everything, Chris Bishop reveals why he got demoted from his favourite portfolio, that he hates small plates at restaurants and why housing is too important to be screwed up again.
This week the Gals discuss big new housing powers for central government, the dumpster fire that is the world right now, Scrutiny Week and a roundup of employment and health announcements.
Yass Queen to a new female boss and Beehave Mate to an obfuscating Kiwi bloke.
Question Time: Who...
This week the Gals chat about Fieldays and who is up and who is down with farmers, the country’s new stalking legislation, a jet setting senior citizen and a report about Tamariki Māori in state care.
Brigitte gets a telling off for weird pronunciation, Esther deals with literal s**t and Georgie admits to not caring about privacy.
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This week the Gals discuss the shocking revelations that led to the resignation of one of the PM’s staffers, two political polls, a verbal stoush at the NZ Music Awards and what’s in the biscuit tin?
Yass Queen to a young Wellington woman and mental health advocate and Beehave Mate to China’s secret web of prisons.
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This week the Gals discuss the Deputy PM swapsies, a leaky public service, post-Budget claims of fiscal holes and the Regulatory Standards Bill.
Yass Queen to bikes on buses and Beehave Mate to women taking down other women.
Question Time: RNZ or Newstalk ZB?
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This week the Gals digest Budget 2025 – The Growth Budget, the yeah nah budget, the marmite sandwich budget, the no BS Budget.
Winners, losers, wildcards and all of our reckons!
Question Time: What do you make of the education reprioritisations?
This week the Gals talk about the ongoing pay equity saga and C-bombs, the harshest punishments ever recommended by Parliament’s Privileges Committee, all things pre-Budget and the Greens’ alternate budget.
Georgie gets a defamation warning, Esther asks Labour leader Chris Hipkins if the rules around Urgency need to change, and Brigitte makes h...
This week the Gals discuss the Government’s surprise pay equity changes (at length!), the proposed social media age ban, pre-Budget announcements, and claims that a law change legalises the killing of our native kiwi.
Yass Queen to two Aussie blokes showing some class and Beehave Mate to some less classy Australians.
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This week the Gals talk about the Budget countdown, cops in the swimming pool, doctor strikes and prisoner voting rights and Trump winning the Canadian election.
Yass Queen to an MP advocating for vulnerable women and Beehave Mate to New Zealand’s failure to protect our most vulnerable children.
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This week the Gals chat about defence spending, trade wars, changes to our we run our elections and the demise of the Treaty Principles Bill.
Yass Queen to the departing political editor of the NZ Herald and a close-to-home Beehave Mate this week as the Gals recount a recent encounter outside Parliament.
This week the Gals celebrate the end of the ferry saga, congratulate Minister Chris Penk on more important, but boring, building reform and question whether the term “bussy” should ever caption a picture of a child.
Yass Queen goes to a brilliant street artist and Beehave Mate to Trump (cause he really did the dirty on Aotearoa this week).
This week the Gals talk about the pesky RMA, a shocking error by government agencies and disappearing electorates.
Yass Queen to a positive example of AI in politics and Beehave Mate to both our major political parties for bickering about working groups.
Question Time: How do staffers ...
This week the Gals discuss two big international trips, economic green shoots, the ACT Party and local government and the fact that winter is coming.
Esther has a fashion disaster, Brigitte dubs herself the good news bear and cricket expert and Georgie dreams of giving birth in the dark.
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