Toby Manhire is senior editor at the Spinoff. He also writes columns for the NZ Herald and with other people called Toby for RNZ. Email him on toby@thespinoff.co.nz
Five days out from the election, is the Jacinda effect still alive? As farmers protest in Morrinsville amid talk of a rural-urban divide, Toby Manhire joins the Labour leader on the trail in Whanganui.
Pollwatch: Labour continues to thrive and the Memorandum of Understanding lurches back into life, if the numbers in tonight’s Colmar poll are a guide, writes Toby Manhire
As the campaign enters its final weekend, Jacinda Ardern and Grant Robertson have attempted to lance the boil, pledging Labour won't introduce new tax changes before 2021. Now the attacks will switch from tax to leadership, writes Toby Manhire
Pollwatch: National open up lead of almost 10 points in a poll that lives up to the hype. And the Greens, on these numbers, are finished.
Frustration within the Greens over perceived disregard for their Memorandum of Understanding partner is increasingly coming to the surface. Will it aid or enfeeble the smaller party, wonders Toby Manhire. At …
Following a poll of readers, the tireless team behind the Spinoff Policy tool have added a bunch of extra categories.
Pollwatch: National drops into the 30s as Labour charges on after Joyce attack on their numbers.
Almost a hundred thousand people have explored the main parties' policy platforms on Policy since it launched three weeks on the Spinoff. And now it has an amazing new feature, blinkers, which challenges users to select the policies they prefer without a party logo beside them.
Pollwatch: An eagerly awaited Reid poll for Newshub gives National a slim lead, but the most fascinating numbers are NZ First's.
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