At Large with Toby Manhire
By The Spinoff
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Subscribers: 17
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Episodes: 65
Jane
Aug 6, 2026
Always enlightening. Highly recommended for an insight into NZ issues.
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Bringing the insight, wit and energy of The Spinoff to your podcast feed, At Large with Toby Manhire dives into a story in the news, drawing on Spinoff talent and newsmakers to cast light on the issues of the moment. Each episode centres on an illuminating but unstuffy interview that helps the listener get their head around a subject, followed by How Good, a short, unashamedly exuberant celebration of something new = anything from a live band to a biscuit.
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How National ankle-tapped Labour on KiwiSaver, with Sam Stubbs
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Sep 07, 2026 |
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‘Freaking bizarre’: NZ’s former man in Washington on trade, Trump and a whole lot more
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Sep 03, 2026 |
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Simeon Brown is a no-show at the senior doctors’ conference. What is their message for him?
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Sep 02, 2026 |
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The electric election: Mike Casey on a solar revolution
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Aug 31, 2026 |
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Luxon vs Brown, and how the govt fell so violently out of love with localism
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Aug 27, 2026 |
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How will NZ’s under-16 social media ban work? (And why do NZ First and Act hate it?)
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Aug 25, 2026 |
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Where in NZ is basking in economic recovery, where is not – and why?
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Aug 24, 2026 |
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From Ooshie-itis to Smeg-mania, supermarket promo fever grips NZ
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Aug 20, 2026 |
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Flu season overdrive in NZ – how bad is it and what can we do?
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Aug 18, 2026 |
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Think hot, think deep: The odds on a geothermal silver bullet for NZ’s energy future
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Aug 17, 2026 |
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Tiki Taane on a life in music, quitting Spotify and doing it different
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Aug 14, 2026 |
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Luxon on the brink: emergency caucus meeting countdown
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Aug 11, 2026 |
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Election 2026: State of the race with three months to go
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Aug 10, 2026 |
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CRL opening date is go – is it really a gamechanger?
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Aug 06, 2026 |
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Unemployment hits 11-year high – with Bernard Hickey
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Aug 05, 2026 |
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Christopher Luxon’s communication problem
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Aug 03, 2026 |
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Where is NZ’s Count Binface, with Ben Uffindell
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Jul 30, 2026 |
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It’s harder to vote in 2026 – with Andrew Geddis
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Jul 29, 2026 |
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NZ v Australia: the economy Bledisloe Cup, with Shamubeel Eaqub
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Jul 27, 2026 |
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How the Māori seats hold the key to election 2026, with Lara Greaves
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Jul 23, 2026 |
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How’s that under-16 social media ban going for you, Australia?
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Jul 20, 2026 |
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Is the Reserve Bank’s blunt tool just too blunt? With Bernard Hickey
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Jul 15, 2026 |
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Memories of Sam Neill
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Jul 14, 2026 |
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The Smellie Plan to make NZ ‘a place we want to stay in’
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Jul 13, 2026 |
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View from media-politics junction, with Mike Munro
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Jul 09, 2026 |
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Beijing’s ballistic message in the Pacific, and its meaning for NZ
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Jul 07, 2026 |
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The void in the housing matrix
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Jul 06, 2026 |
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El Niño is coming: what does it mean for NZ weather?
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Jul 02, 2026 |
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Party season is on for election 2026
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Jul 01, 2026 |
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Why is everything closing?
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Jun 29, 2026 |
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Is the NZ economy all sweet now? We asked Shamubeel
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Jun 24, 2026 |
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Britain’s great big prime minister problem, continued
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Jun 23, 2026 |
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The strange renaissance of Michael Jackson
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Jun 22, 2026 |
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Behind the Story: Outrageous Fortune: 20 years on
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Jul 06, 2025 |
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Behind the Story: Is everyone getting Botox without me?
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Jun 29, 2025 |
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Behind the Story: The rise and rise of Botox in Aotearoa
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Jun 29, 2025 |
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Behind the Story: The unreported reality for NZ veterans
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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Behind the Story: Why are big shows shorter in New Zealand?
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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Behind the Story: The war on woke continues as people march for gender-affirming care
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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Behind the Story: The Spinoff Book Club - Live in Wellington!
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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Behind the Story: When should a journalist tell their own story?
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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Behind the Story: If you sleuth hard enough, there are new answers to old questions
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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Behind the Story: Everyone’s got an opinion, here’s mine
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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Behind the Story: Live! Bryn & Ku’s Singles Club
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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Behind the Story: Help Me Hera - Live in Wellington!
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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Behind the Story: Aotearoa and its love of movies
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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Behind the Story: My near decade of violent harassment by a man I barely know
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Nov 24, 2024 |
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Behind the Story: Inside the urgent race to solve homelessness in Aotearoa
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Nov 10, 2024 |
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Behind the Story: Homelessness in Aotearoa and how to solve it
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Nov 10, 2024 |
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Behind the Story: Best TV Show Ever - Live!
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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Behind the Story: The top 100 NZ TV shows of the 21st century
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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Behind the Story: When the police call you to say ‘get off your phone’
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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Behind the Story: Ten years of The Spinoff
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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Behind the Story: Help Me Hera - Live!
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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Behind the Story: Takeout Kids and growing up inside a shop
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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Behind the Story: The insidious trend of skincare for kids
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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Behind the Story: The sports that should be culled from the Olympics
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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Behind the Story: The rise of home surveillance cameras
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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Behind the Story: Remembering Suzanne Paul’s ‘cursed’ Māori Village
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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Behind the Story: Staring down the ‘silent epidemic’ of myopia in children
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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Behind the Story: A year of My Life in TV
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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Behind the Story: A turning point for Māori activism
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May 31, 2024 |
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Behind the Story: Inside the Unsilenced anti-trans event
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May 24, 2024 |
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Behind the Story: Where NZ's food comes from... and where it goes
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May 10, 2024 |
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Behind the Story: If you love a dog, you must also love disposing of its shit
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May 03, 2024 |