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COMMENT: Truth about failed raid must come out, says Toby Manhire.
COMMENT: Truth about failed raid must come out, says Toby Manhire.
COMMENT: Will Peters be another Trump or Brexit? writes Toby Manhire.
OPINION: PM's Super proposal has swept lethargic lot into generational battles of our time, says Toby Manhire.
Our three-yearly ritual is more fun with a bit of spark so here's some choice advice for our top politicians, says Toby Manhire.
COMMENT: Common driver in sector's gloomy headlines is growing dominance of internet and those who stand astride it, writes Toby Manhire.
COMMENT: It is a curious fact that neither of the two parties that dominated the first byelection of this term of government are taking part at all in the last., writes Toby Manhire.
COMMENT: Ignoring hiccups which fit easily into one sentence the President's first 20 days haven't been too bad really, writes Toby Manhire.
With September 23 inked into the calendar, Bill English unleashed yesterday his first big State of the Nation address as prime minister, writes Toby Manhire.
COMMENT: Peter Thiel makes for good copy, but the nub of the issue over his freshly revealed citizenship is straightforward: How'd he get it?
COMMENT: The appalling treatment of hundreds under govt care demands answers - but Anne Tolley says no.
More than 24 hours have now passed since Donald Trump delivered his first triumphant speech as President-elect, and, hey, the sky
COMMENT: As acclaimed thought leader Ecclesiastes once put it - it was a Ted Talk, I think - there is nothing new under the sun.
Precarious, unsettled: few organisations are confronting the realities of the contemporary workplace quite so directly as the NZ Labour Party.
COMMENT: In light of recent events, some of newly discovered William Shakespeare's work is eerily prescient. Excerpts follow.
COMMENT: Following a pursuit through "dark web" coms in underground carparks, we are able to reveal for the first time the contents of the Pavlova Papers.
COMMENT: Thanks to New Zealand's three-year terms, a general election is always in the recent past or the near future.
COMMENT: An embarrassing moment yesterday afternoon. I was confronted by Pak'nSave store security, who asked me to open my enormous rucksack.
Having filtered through the material obtained by the wholly fictitious Lambshank, I am able to present the salient correspondence sent to the PM, writes Toby Manhire.
New Zealanders tend to hold a fascination, a sometimes obsessive and unhealthy fascination, with the way we are regarded abroad, writes Toby Manhire.
TOBY MANHIRE: John Key's Waitangi decision is a victory for those who long for a national day more like Australia's twisted celebration.
There are plenty of phrases, idiom and slang that can be difficult to decipher in New Zealand. Here's a selection of terms in popular contemporary usage.
Apologies to all for any offence caused here, or anywhere, and especially to Colin Craig for failing to mention him. Merry Christmas.
Christmas; a season for long-simmering family resentments and bloody infuriating struggles to get those pine needles out of your car boot.
The annual flurry of politician-of-the-year punditry seems to have arrived earlier than ever.
Taylor Swift is a lovely young lady. I could tell immediately it was her by the blood dripping off her chin from feeding all day on endangered native birds, writes Toby Manhire.
Charlie Sheen's inbox was jawdropping, but lawyers strongly advise against publishing. Instead, here are some highlights from John Key's.
The pocock is not alone, for now the egg is clutched firmly, jealously between the clawed feet of the black-hooded macaw, writes Brian.
COMMENT: Are we battle-hardened going in to the third part of the trilogy, again in Cardiff, another eight years and 11 days on? Maybe, maybe not.
The TPP Hawaii talks had been meant to serve up a 12-way handshake but it ended in finger pointing instead, with participants blaming others for stalemates, writes Toby Manhire.
Truly, the complexities of these Red Peak cossacks' anti-Key, anti-fern jihad are too confusing for me. writes Toby Manhire. Mike Hosking? David Seymour? Rodney Hide?