Toby Manhire

It's been nearly a month since election day and a week since the special votes were counted. And the secretive talks for a new government are still ongoing! What does ACT want? What does New Zealand… Audio

A week on from the General Election, editor-at-large at the Spinoff Toby Manhire reflects on lessons learned during the times of previous National and Labour opposition, with cautionary tales for… Audio

The Spinoff's editor-at-large Toby Manhire has been spending much of his recent time following the highs and lows of the local body election campaigns across the country. Audio

The political editor at The Spinoff, Toby Manhire, has taken a look at what can be expected from tonight's political leaders debate on TV1. Toby talks to Jesse about what he's expecting. Audio

Serhii Plokhy argues that the catastrophe at Chernobyl was a nuclear disaster waiting to happen. He talks to Toby Manhire. Audio

Since launching as an independent TV-and-pop-culture website five years ago, The Spinoff website has changed the face of New Zealand media. Audio

New Zealanders are drowning in comment. Auckland University staff alone wrote 220 comment pieces for general audiences in 2017. Think tanks and sector groups churn them out op-eds, and many others do… Audio

This week: Mediawatch asks if comment is free who's paying the bill? Talks to the CEO of a company dedicated to the facts and nothing but the facts. And looks at how a jokey interviewlanded the leader… Audio

The date for the election's set for September 23. Our panel discusses what we can expect during this year's election campaign. Audio

2017 is an election year. Will it be a goldmine for our political journalists, or a big yawn? Did John Key's resignation late last year really stir things up? Will New Zealanders bother to vote or can… Audio