QUEEN OF THE BEEHIVE
It isn’t easy finding Tova O’Brien. First, you have to get past numerous security guards and a metal detector. Then there’s a rabbit-warren of corridors that lead deep into the Beehive which, on this sunny weekday, is a blur of red-eyed, over-caffeinated politicians and staff.
It’s a different story in Newshub’s loud, fun and laughter-filled press gallery office. This is girl power at its best – the first time in Three’s history all three political reporters are female.
“They’re brilliant women who are incredibly smart but also have a huge brain for politics,” says Newshub political editor Tova of her staff – Jenna Lynch and Anna Bracewell-Worrall. She’s not the only one who thinks so: last year retiring MP Chris Finlayson called the team “young, clever and classy”.
While most
