Latest from Toby Manhire
Ardern: 'I'm not going to leave any room for doubt that I can do this'
The Prime Minister talks to Spinoff editor Toby Manhire about a year of big life changes.
Toby Manhire's Christmas carols
A tuneful farewell as columnist Toby Manhire signs off.
Manhire: Euphoric Ardern deserves to bask in the moment
With a slim majority, the new government can expect to face one hell of a opposition.
How many fixers helped Weinstein?
Harvey Weinstein was a creepy ogre but he had help abusing all those actresses.
Manhire: 11 insights from Winston's inbox
Comment: Demon hacktivist lays bare the secrets of the kingmaker's inbox.
Will Winston reel in blue cod or a red snapper?
How long to go? You may as well ask how long is a NZ First fishing line.
Critical moments: How small parties made big mistakes
Smaller parties squeezed out, but they did produce their own dramas.
Toby Manhire: What the parties are really saying
Toby Manhire presents a summary of the parties last, desperate election messages.
Toby Manhire: Who wants to buy a hole?
Steven Joyce can see a giant hole in Labour's sums - but no one else can.
Toby Manhire: Arden up! Strategies for Jacinda effect
COMMENT: Parties reach for their panic buttons as the election campaign bursts into life.
Toby Manhire: Our child abuse shame
It's well past time for the Government to investigate historic child abuse in state care.
Toby Manhire: Party ads: No danger of going viral
Risk-averse efforts online are early guide to the messages we'll get leading to election
Toby Manhire: time for Greens to get a bit crazy
It is altogether less easy, however, being Green. They need to get a bit crazy.
Toby Manhire: I dreamed of ...
COMMENT: Todd Barclay dreams of Thiel, or is it Cruise, and Joyce dreams of victory.
Toby Manhire: Feels like teen spirit
What will the political parties here do in an attempt to joy-ride the youthquake?
Manhire: Lessons from UK election for our politicians
Labour leader Corbyn's dramatic rise thanks to simple message - and robotic rival.
A Lions' guide to New Zealand
Toby Manhire gives the visiting Lions rugby team a quick guide to New Zealand.
Manhire: It's a middling Budget
COMMENT: The biggest risk of this Budget is that it lacks any big ambition.
Dangerous tripe of the anti-vaxxers
COMMENT: Science isn't controversial: refusing to vaccinate your child could harm others.
Meaty cyber leaks from English's inbox
COMMENT: The latest on the Prime Minister's correspondence - via alternative fax.
Toby Manhire: English's cunning plan
Toby Manhire says Bill English's social investment strategy raises a lot of questions.
A few tips for your visit, Mr Obama
COMMENT: It's not often we get a VVIP of your standing sir, says Toby Manhire.
Toby Manhire: Time to get on the buses
Forget volcanoes. All it takes to cripple Auckland's transport network is a bit of rain.
When politicians use social media
COMMENT: The hazards for social-media-using politicians are plentiful, writes Manhire.
Manhire: Hacker finds juice in PM emails
COMMENT: Notorious internet ninja hacking the PM's emails again, Toby Manhire writes.