Toby Manhire is the editor of the Spinoff. Where possible he collaborates with other people called Toby. Email him on toby@thespinoff.co.nz
Tonight the Black Caps will be led on to Lord's for the World Cup Final by Kane Williamson, the most underestimated captain in world cricket
Kiwi journalist Anna Fifield on her new book about North Korea, working in China, and reporting from Christchurch after March 15
The online giant has written to Andrew Little saying it will immediately suspend the automated service that breached a court order
In a ferocious opinion piece for the Spinoff, the minister of justice says he would be ‘failing in my duty’ if he were to allow the internet giant to ‘ride roughshod’ over New Zealand law.
They’re hinting that new rules might make them quit their New Zealand operations, and you should feel bad about it.
Phil Twyford has avoided an official demotion in the Cabinet reshuffle, but the breakup of the housing portfolio reveals the desperate state of the KiwiBuild programme he oversaw
Flamingo and the Uber-owned Jump launch in the capital begin today, with the city becoming New Zealand's fifth to see shareable e-scooters
Melbourne joins two American cities as launch markets for Uber air taxis, part of plans to add a ‘third dimension’ to its ride-hailing services
In the land of hope and glory, the US president’s state visit is under way against a backdrop of wild insults between Donald Trump and the London mayor, Sadiq Khan. …
Two women who entered parliament at the age of 23, albeit 42 years apart, discuss their parliamentary experiences
Police have rebuffed the Treasury secretary’s complaint about purported hacking of Budget information. So what really happened, and has Simon Bridges been vindicated?
As Treasury says it’s registered thousands of attempts to hack its secure site and Simon Bridges accuses Grant Robertson of maliciously lying, the wellbeing budget is about to become the hell-fleeing budget for someone
Votes taken across the two big teachers’ unions, which represent almost 50,000 members, will bring a mass classroom closure across the country on May 29.
James Shaw tells the Spinoff why he's been bending over backwards to National's support.
Gases primarily emitted by agriculture get special treatment, and the law will not stand alone.
This is a big deal for NZ journalism. What will be paywalled and what won’t? And have they got the price right?
And she’s the only elected leader in the top 10.
Toby Manhire spends a day chasing kingis – and PM-adjacent yarns – with Fish of the Day host Clarke Gayford.
A whistlestop tour of the case for the National caucus to give Simon Bridges the boot in favour of JuCo, and the case for doing no such thing.
Ten days after the terrorist shooting in two Christchurch mosques took 50 lives, Jacinda Ardern spoke to Toby Manhire in her Beehive office.
The former NZ PM says the global policy boss for the online behemoth has contacted her saying he wants to visit NZ following the livestream of a mass terrorist murder at a Christchurch mosque
In New Zealand we're waiting to see if the all-powerful Facebook boss means what he says about 'moral responsibility'
What’s going on, and where, and what are the guidelines for participants?
As the United Kingdom wakes in yet another pool of fevered Brexit sweat, here are the essential things to know – and a glossary for bluffing your way through a conversation about it all
In the face of opposition to its involvement in mobile tech roll-outs around the world, the Chinese telecoms behemoth has unleashed several variations on a theme.
Joining dancing dildos, flags, Eminem and ponytails, getting-left-off-maps can now be added to our rolling collection of the Last Week Tonight show's coverage of NZ
