Three Gals One Beehive

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?

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!

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?

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!

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.