This week the Gals are joined by special guest Ranjani Ponnuchetty from Local Government New Zealand to talk all about local government and the current election round.    How do you vote? What does local government do? What role does central government politics play in local government? Bed tax and GST sharing?    Ranjani answers all these questions and more. Happy voting!

This week Georgie and Brigitte chat about a rather vulgar description of women, the Tāmaki Makaurau by-election,  superannuation and a Green Party resignation.    Georgie launches a call to action to save art history and Brigitte shows some love to community boards.    Yass Queen to cocktails and Beehave Mate to the former Samoan PM for refusing to concede power. 

This week the Gals chat about China and Ukraine, regional airlines, immigration and a whole lot of health sector bits and bobs.  Yass Queen to the ladies and Beehave Mate to a Kiwi Aussie.  Question Time: can you explain party affiliations in local government politics?

In this episode the Gals chat to Hon Nicola Willis - Minister of Finance, Economic Growth and Social Investment - about budgets and tax, misogyny and pay equity.

This week the Gals ventured out of the recording studio to a Women in Business event hosted by the Wellington Chamber of Commerce and Forsyth Barr and talked about Election 2026.

This week, Esther, Georige and blast from the past, former co-host Holly Bennett returns to talk NCEA, people’s select committee, Green ambition, Aussie visitors and what happened at the Marae?  Listener question: comes from a long time fan who's looking to be filled in on the past 7 weeks of political news. 

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 Barbara Edmonds, MP for Mana, former Minister and now Labour Finance Spokesperson about whanau, taxation and budgets.

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 have a special guest host Maddy Burgess Smith who joins us from the Iron Duke podcast.    The gals talk family boost policy fixes, the Prime Minister's to do list, 'I just can't even deal with this anymore' Covid-19 inquiry and council rates. To round this off we talk about the giving and taking away of regulation by Act Ministers.   Yass Queen goes to an extinct bird and Beehave Mate probably gets us banned from a country.   Question Time: “Is it uncool to see a female MP showing emotion (crying) in parliament?”

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 wore it better - Chris Bishop or Miley Cyrus?

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.   Yass Queen gets contentious, and Beehave Mate sparks a conspiracy.   Question Time: Will Chris Hipkins be leader of the Opposition at the next election?

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.   Question Time: What happened in Parliament this week?

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?   You can email us your feedback, hot political tips and questions at 3gals1beehive@gmail.com

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 her views on the proposed suspensions for three Te Pāti Māori MPs known.   Yass Queen to pants and shorts and Beehave Mate to a local Labour Party branch for a distasteful social media post.   Question Time: Are there any rules/guides around what can be passed under urgency?   Email us at 3gals1beehive@gmail.com  

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.   Question Time: Has National shot itself in the foot re pay equity?