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!
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Listen to your wife, Stu!
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.
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Don’t rain on my parade
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?
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Half time talks: Hon Nicola Willis
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.
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LIVE IN THE CAPITAL
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.
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!
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