Toby Manhire is the editor of the Spinoff. Where possible he collaborates with other people called Toby. Email him on toby@thespinoff.co.nz
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.
The big announcement was funding for 600 new staff in schools to assist students with learning needs as the prime minister addressed an adoring crowd at the Dunedin Town Hall
A year ago today, Bill English and Winston Peters formally tied the political knot. Toby Manhire assesses the first 12 months for the coalition and the challenge for Jacinda Ardern, leading a Labour Party left out in the cold again.
In a series of interviews this morning, a very high-ranking member of the National caucus has set the clock ticking
A new Colmar Brunton poll for TVNZ conducted in one of National's bleakest weeks makes tough reading both for the party and its leader.
Here are some of the issues an internal probe following the Jami Lee-Ross saga will confront.
In a week like no other in NZ politics, the Botany MP turned on his former party and its leader, going about as rogue as you can go
Even a unanimous vote by the National caucus to give the rebel MP may not be enough to save the leader
New Zealand’s methane emissions problem prompts a new analogy from Ardern: the moon landing
Jacinda Ardern pops by the Spinoff to talk about what's been achieved, what hasn't, and whether or not she's allowed to say 'Labour-led government'
