Toby Manhire is the editor of the Spinoff. Where possible he collaborates with other people called Toby. Email him on toby@thespinoff.co.nz
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
Who'd bet against Collins having another tilt at the leadership before the next election?
The only plausible explanation for the Radio Sport host’s diatribe against my colleague is an elaborate attempt at performance art – the alternative is heroic incoherence
Spare a thought, please, for the commentators, battling desperately to string together coherent thoughts as the mercury hits ridiculous
Toby Manhire meets one of the most fascinating – and polarising – characters in NZ politics
Professor Juliet Gerrard on diversity in science, the political hot potatoes, and what constitutes science.
This year Winston Peters finally took the reins of power, albeit only for six weeks of maternity cover. We survey a truly extraordinary career
The bombshell story about a story that wasn’t a story sent shockwaves through the New Zealand reckons machine.
In the first days of 2018, as she embarked on a critical year for her newly formed government, Jacinda Ardern hosted Spinoff editor Toby Manhire at her Auckland home.
Today: Toby Manhire on an appalling trope that has too long haunted our screens.
The justice minister says he’s cautiously satisfied by assurances from the internet giant after they sent representatives to his parliamentary office yesterday in the wake of Spinoff revelations
To mark totemic resignation we asked a number of Leighton Smiths if they had a message for him.
That one of the world’s biggest companies rides roughshod over a New Zealand court name suppression tells you all you need to know about the giants of Silicon Valley, argues …
A sprint through the arguments for and against the immigration minister getting the boot.
The support party has called for a change in the law that sees incarcerated people ‘unjustifiably denied the right to vote’.
The justice minister says he’s keenly watching the UK-led inquiry into fake news and Facebook and backs calls for the company to be held accountable.
Parliaments including the UK, Australia, Canada and Brazil are waking up to the role of the social media giant. Why is NZ asleep?
‘Nine long years’ is a jazz standard in political debate. Using opinions and mathematics we have settled on the moment from which it is no longer acceptable to use this rhetorical device
Professor Juliet Gerrard on diversity in science, the political hot potatoes, and what constitutes science.
As Marcus Lush reveals ‘outrage about the NZME Christmas Party’, we launch our crowd-sourced investigation into the contemporary reality of the festive work do.
A new product from the upmarket US audio company promises to lull you to sleep. We take them to bed.
