Yass Queen to Spain and Beehave Mate to a Dunedin City councillor.

Question Time: why do we treat family violence and child abuse as a social issue to discuss rather than a national emergency to act on?

Yass Queen to a US company behind Trump’s tariff take-down and Beehave Mate to the UK Government for passport chaos.

Brigitte gets out-nerded in a lively Question Time: “dinner with two PMs - who would you pick?”

Yass Queen to Larry and Beehave Mate to the English Language Bill.

Question Time: how hard is bipartisanship planning really?

Question Time: What is our favourite political scandal of all time?

Brigitte is fired from selecting Yass Queens and Beehave Mate to Peter Mandelson.

A thought provoking Question Time: How should each party approach election year?

Yass Queen to bipartisanship for making progress on modern slavery and Beehave Mate to a game of shag, shoot, marry.

Question Time is all about Judith Collins!

Special feature from Producer Andrew who has secretly collected bloopers from the year.

Yass Queen to the end of the road cone hotline and Beehave Mate to the Electoral Commission. 

Question Time: who do you have your money on next year?

Yass Queen to striking a pay deal and Beehave Mate to the closing of our public gallery.

Question Time: Will Labour repeal or reform the rates cap?

Yass Queen to Deborah Russell so we can stop lying to the government and Beehave Mate to those pesky young people.

Yass Queen to Parliament’s top animal lover and Beehave Mate also has an animal theme.

Question Time: what are the black and white tiles?

Yass Queen to Jim Bolger and a great question from a listener about Parliament legislating over judicial decisions. Happy listening!

Yass Queen to our first female Reserve Bank governor and Beehave Mate to some serious flip-flopping. 

Question Time: what do you make of the growing online political scene in NZ? 

Yass Queen to the ladies and Beehave Mate to a Kiwi Aussie. 

Question Time: can you explain party affiliations in local government politics?

Listener question: was the Finance Minister's meeting with Fonterra just a PR stunt?

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.

Listener question this week – Is it fair for ministers to make decisions about teacher pay negotiations when their kids go private?

Yass Queen goes to amazing young students Amelia and George, and Beehave Mate to the Warehouse for saying girls can’t do long division.

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.

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?

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?

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?

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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Winners, losers, wildcards and all of our reckons!

Question Time: What do you make of the education reprioritisations?

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?

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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?

Yass Queen to an MP advocating for vulnerable women and Beehave Mate to New Zealand’s failure to protect our most vulnerable children.

Question Time: How do we make a change for our country with respect to ‘no social media before 16’?

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.

Question Time: Is Gerry Brownlee doing a good job as Speaker?

Yass Queen goes to a brilliant street artist and Beehave Mate to Trump (cause he really did the dirty on Aotearoa this week).

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 get matched to Ministers?

Esther has a fashion disaster, Brigitte dubs herself the good news bear and cricket expert and Georgie dreams of giving birth in the dark.

Yass Queen to a new pill for endometriosis and Beehave Mate to a chardonnay-loving Judge.

Brigitte delves into the complexities of an obscure Wildlife Act rule and Esther tries to explain how procurement can be sexy.

Yass Queen goes to both Gerry Brownlee and Esther’s impersonation of Gerry Brownlee.

Yass Queen to some new research, but mainly to Georgie’s potty mouth, and Beehive Mate to the Chair of Wellington Water.

Question Time: Can NZ have motions of no confidence in Prime Ministers?

Esther has an idea for the Government’s clearance sale, Brigitte praises Labour leader Chris Hipkins and Georgie has some words for Brian Tamaki.

Yass Queen to our Parliamentary Service and Office of the Clerk and Beehave Mate to a mansplaining MP who needs to get out of our vaginas.

The Gals have found a new third Gal so here’s a cheeky wee bonus episode to introduce…. Esther Robinson!

Esther talks about her political journey thus far, including what motivated her to be interested in politics in the first place. Brigitte and Esther have both worked for Education Ministers – albeit very different ones – and Georgie and Esther have crossed paths both professionally, and personally…. you’ll have to listen for the goss.

Brigitte finds herself defending David Seymour and Georgie has some dental tips for the listeners.

Yass Queen to an organisation calling out dangerous behaviour and Beehave Mate to an MP for his use of unparliamentary language.

Yass Queen to slightly better behaved angry white men and Beehave Mate to an own goal social media post.

Brigitte calls out the Labour Party for “oppositioning for opposition’s sake” and Georgie speaks her mind about duck face influencers.

Yass Queen to a new visa type and Beehave Mate to Google Maps.

Merry Christmas wonderful listeners and we’ll speak to you again soon. Ka kite!

Yass Queen to our Deputy Prime Minister and Beehave Mate to ACC.

Question Time: Democracy nerd Brigitte provides an explanation on the difference between select committee and committee stages.

Plus, we have a bit of bonus content this week…. Our Gal Holly pops in to share a bit of news.

Yass Queen to the hopeful saviours of the Santa Parade and Beehave Mate to a martial law declaration in an Asian democracy.

Question Time – all the information you’ve never known you’ve needed on Parliament’s mace.

The Gals also reflect on the death of former National Party Minister, and Brigitte’s friend and old boss, Nikki Kaye.

Yass Queen to a media outlet for doing the hard yards and Brigitte has Georgie in tears over this week’s Beehave Mate (clue – it’s to do with discrimination against green people and talking animals).

Then Georgie sounds like a boomer in Question Time about IShowSpeed’s visa.

The Gals also chat about the gang patch ban, changes to name suppression rules, a proposal to charge for access to public conservation land, the Regulatory Standards Bill and Regional Deals.

Yass Queen to a private member’s bill for righting an historic wrong and this week’s Beehave Mate has it all – embezzling public funds, bank accounts in the Cayman Islands, Presidential ties and so many sex tapes. Enjoy!

We also cover the key points from the UK Labour Government’s first Budget.

In other business, the Gals chat tunnels and infrastructure, police raids, the use of force in military-style youth academies and the surprise introduction of the Treaty Principles Bill.

Yass Queen to two Ministers making life a bit easier for small businesses and Beehave Mate to a Chinese Government department… it’s a goodie.

Brigitte crowns Consumer NZ as Yass Queen and Georgie gives the Beehave Mate title to Health NZ for excess spending.

Question Time: What’s your pick for the US election

Yass Queen to our Defence Minister Judith Collins for calling out blatant sexism and Beehave Mate to hurricane misinfo.

Question Time: If there ends up being a reshuffle mid-term that portfolios would stay within the parties?

Yass Queen to women’s suffrage and Beehave Mate to a government agency disclosing taxpayers’ personal details on social media. 

And, in Question Time, the Gals give their hot takes for who will be fired from Cabinet…

Yass Queen to Dr David Wilson and the Parliament Bill and Beehave Mate to a Minister with some slack timelines. 

In Question Time we offer a brief explainer of the principles in the Treaty Principles Bill.

They applaud new Major General Rose King whilst questioning whether the Ministry for Primary Industries understands what it means to serve the government of the day.

All the gals are jetting off for holidays so will be back with the next episode on 13 September.

Holly crowns a US rapper as Yass Queen, Georgie has a misheard lyric moment and Brigitte handles a listener question about overturning the GMO ban.

Yass Queen goes to a Minister who has now vindicated all three Gals’ illegal behaviour and Beehave Mate to a rogue PowerPoint presentation.

Yass Queen to an American journalist for his mental tenacity and Beehave Mate (for a second time) to one city council. 

Question Time: What would a second Trump presidency mean for NZ and the world?

Yass Queen to the Olympic spirit and Beehave Mate to an overseas idiot. 

Question Time is about what information you can request under the Official Information Act.

Pylons, Pharmac, emissions and school attendance in The Biz and Yass Queen to something that has taken more than 700 years. 

Our Beehave Mate goes to the Kiwi version of a Parks and Recreation episode and democracy nerd Brigitte answers a listener question about different titles for List MPs.

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Brigitte goes full geek on Yass Queen and then Holly somehow outdoes her on Beehave Mate. 

Plus big love for NZ and Georgie hates on Australia.

Catch you for the Budget Bonanza next week!

Our Yass Queen crown goes to an Aussie budget initiative and an MP gets the Beehave Mate title for the week.

Holly has some issues with strong language used by Te Pāti Māori, Brigitte can’t change a lightbulb and Georgie consumes too much wine to make any sense.

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Our Yass Queen goes to democracy wine, the world’s worst arts spokesperson gets our Beehave Mate and we answer a listener’s question about the political leanings of journalists and commentators.

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Brigitte puts her democracy nerd hat on to answer this week’s listener question and we crown our first non-human Yass Queen.

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You'll also find out how former Prime Minister, Sir John Key's legacy is informing the recently announced coalition targets.

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In other business, we talk about attracting more teachers to New Zealand, cash-strapped councils and how the Government plans to make doing some DIY a bit easier.

An awesome group of Northland school students are given the Yass Queen Crown while our Beehave Mate goes to a government agency…

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Holly fires a senior public servant (Brigitte just relegates them to cleaning duty) and Georgie sips cognac…. The results were interesting.

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Holly has some thoughts on the Government’s expectations of Kāinga Ora, Brigitte crowns a voting stuff-up as our Beehave Mate for the week and Georgie speaks about how Winston Peters has improved her drive to work.

We also answer a question from a listener about the Family Boost payments promised by National.

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The Yass Queen crown is shared by three amazing young people, and Holly gets her Karen on for Beehave Mate.

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Georgie gets the rage when discussing the news of the week and Brigitte crowns an anonymous heckler from the Wellington City Council as our Beehave Mate.

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Brigitte displays her shockingly poor knowledge of cricket and her shockingly huge knowledge about all things democracy.

Georgie gives Winston Peters some praise and we giggle about one politician’s chameleon accent.

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Brigitte reaches peak democracy nerd and Georgie and Holly decide to go into the speed bump business.

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Holly has some words for Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown (bro), Brigitte gives us a Caucus lesson and Georgie fails at an investigation into a pot plant swearing in.

Yass Queen to the “greatest political doco ever made” and Beehave Mate for some deliberate copy and pasting.

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