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
11/06/2026 | 43 mins.
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
04/06/2026 | 47 mins.
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
28/05/2026 | 39 mins.
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
23/05/2026 | 43 mins.
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?
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!