Entertainment
From Middle East to middle New Zealand: Kamahl Santamaria on joining Breakfast
The new host of Breakfast talks about coming home after more than 15 years at Al Jazeera.
Latest from Toby Manhire
Stories and analysis from The Northern Express Herald.
How the March 15 terror attacks 'sparked a wave of hatred' in Australia
OPNION: But how about New Zealand? What does it say about the online-offline interplay?
'The worry is being completely overwhelmed': NZ regions brace for a Covid summer
Toby Manhire asks the experts about the risks facing regional health systems.
Health watchdog demands 'urgent attention' after home isolation deaths
It comes after three deaths of Covid-positive people who were isolating at home.
The week the Govt's world-beating Covid response lost its way
OPINION: Jacinda Ardern's exceptional communication skills have left the building.
Facebook livestreams of PM's 1pm update swarmed by anti-vax misinformation
The benefits of reaching the wider audience outweigh the risk of damage, Ardern says.
New Zealand urgently needs a serious opposition leader
OPINION: Judith Collins' bizarre behaviour is not that of a leader in waiting.
Breaking: There is one new case of a disgraced politician in New Zealand
Hopes of curbing community transmission of political disgrace in New Zealand are fading.
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.
Ardern's year beyond a shadow of doubt
The opening of Parliament sees the Speaker of the House dragged by MPs to the chair.
Manhire: Peek inside PM's Instagram account
Revealed: the private message inbox of the prime minister's Instagram account.
Toby Manhire: When the troll is the President
COMMENT: Trump's tweets stir up hatred against Muslims - and we should not ignore them.
Manhire: What the world is really saying about us
Comment: It's all tied up with our old friend cultural cringe.
The minister whose homework was eaten by a dog
Who's responsible for what in the new Government? Toby Manhire reveals all.
Hasn't the Deputy PM got better things to do?
COMMENT: National MPs are fair game for Peters, but targeting journalists is problematic.
Toby Manhire: Hey mate, this Manus thing's got to stop
This is what Jacinda Ardern should say to the Aussie PM, writes Toby Manhire.
Toby Manhire: Foreign relations loom large for coalition
Comment: NZ's international role as a source of trivia could change.
A journey through bad Australian takes on our election
COMMENT: Toby Manhire reads them so you don't have to.
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.
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: The election alphabet
COMMENT: Toby Manhire spells out the trends, twists and turns of the campaign.
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.
Who's next in the resignation election?
The party leaders are now a bunch of novices - with the exception of Winston Peters.
Pollwatch: Labour surges, Greens slump
Toby Manhire weighs up the results from Newshub's political polls.
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.