Toby Manhire is the editor of the Spinoff. Where possible he collaborates with other people called Toby. Email him on toby@thespinoff.co.nz
Revealed: National MPs think about virtue signalling a lot
Eight snackable facts about the new co-leader of the NZ Green Party and the challenges she faces
Carol Hirschfeld has left the public broadcaster after misleading her boss over the nature of a meeting with Clare Curran. What’s going on, and what does it mean for the minister?
An exclusive glimpse into the steel trap psyche of the former health minister and political colossus as he makes for the exit.
A year after the publication of a book alleging civilian deaths in a botched NZ raid in Afghanistan, the Defence Force has quietly conceded its operation was in the same village depicted by the authors, and it makes the case for an inquiry overwhelming
Tomorrow, with the support of Vector, The Spinoff smashes a bottle across the bow of a new email newsletter rounding up the best and most important NZ news of the day. We think it will become an important part of your morning.
With the crucial caucus meeting only hours away, Judith Collins and Steven Joyce top preferred leader numbers – but it’s a different story in assessing leadership chops
UMR Research survey conducted mostly before the National leadership contest began puts the polarising MP in the lead – but only slightly.
Mark Mitchell and Steven Joyce have added their names to the ballot for the contest to succeed Bill English as party leader. With a week till MPs make their decision, here are five observations on the race
Revelations around the handling of a complaint at the HRC call for independent scrutiny of an organisation that depends on moral authority.
Will it be Simon or Nikki or Judith or Paula or Amy. Or ... Winston?
The prime minister on Winston Peters, the arts, sexism in politics, Auckland, and Donald Trump.
As she marks six months as Labour leader and embarks on a critical year for her newly formed government, Jacinda Ardern hosts Spinoff editor Toby Manhire at her Auckland home.
When backbench murmurings about leadership change seep through the media, the flow becomes hellishly difficult to staunch
Welcome to the Cheat Sheet, a clickable, shareable, bite-sized FAQ on the news of the moment. Today, the geodesic sphere deposited into space from the east coast of the North Island.
$40,000 dealing with one organisation's official information requests! How appalled is public spending watchdog the Taxpayers’ Union?
Three years after she was so dramatically unveiled as leader of Kim Dotcom's Internet Party, Laila Harré has returned to Labour. In a frank and revealing interview, she tells Toby Manhire what went down in 2014
The dynamic, polarising Newshub political editor has announced he's leaving the role.
After a 10 week hiatus, Colmar Brunton's poll for TVNZ is revealed on Sunday morning, with mobiles surveyed alongside landlines for the first time. Labour will expect a boost, but by how much?
The Labour PM has her work cut out for her with a pair of senior cabinet ministers hardly given to toeing the line, writes Toby Manhire.
A startling story that appears to contradict John Key's 2014 account around the abandonment of a surveillance scheme is a bombshell – and a depressing object lesson in delay tactics and attention spans.
The New Zealand PM has dismissed reports that the American president had confused her with the Canadian prime minister's spouse.
It's one thing for Winston Peters to snarl and threaten the press as an opposition MP, but taking legal action to force media to reveal their sources as deputy PM is quite another, writes Toby Manhire.
The long-awaited decision on the National Party's use of an 'Eminem-esque' track in its 2014 election advertising has finally arrived. These are our favourite parts from the judgment.
Jacinda Ardern and Winston Peters yesterday signed an agreement establishing a governing coalition. In the service of democracy and brevity, we’ve chiseled it, roughly, to its core.
The confidence and supply deal that Jacinda Ardern and James Shaw signed yesterday comes in at seven pages, or an appositely sized PDF of 4.20 MB (not kidding).
