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Toby & Toby: The National leader wannabes, digested
Opinion - In a fortnight, the New Zealand National Party will have a new leader. Toby Manhire and Toby Morris lay out the options for the voters - all 56 of them.
Toby & Toby Awards 2017: Winners revealed
Opinion - Another year is coming to an end - time for Toby Manhire and Toby Morris to dish out awards for the year's greatest and grottiest achievements.
The Pencilsword: 'To the future we strive, to the challenge we rise'
Toby Morris on the election results.
Follow the Leader: Winston Peters - NZ First
Down at the RSA with the man who could be the kingmaker.
Follow the Leader: James Shaw - Greens
He'd lost his co-leader, his party had plummeted in the polls - what was he going to do?
Labour and the Greens: A memorandum of under-standing?
Opinion - As the polls show Labour gaining, apparently at the Greens' expense, Toby Morris wonders what it'll mean for the two parties' alliance.
Turei's exit no fairytale ending
Opinion - The Greens' Metiria Turei was a knight in shining armour for the disenfranchised, but the story ended too soon, Toby Morris suggests.
Cartoon: Wishing for a bit of the 'J' effect
Opinion - The media coverage enjoyed by Labour's new leader will have her rival wishing for more of his predecessor's charm, observes Toby Morris.
The Pencilsword: Greed vs Need
Who do we see when we picture a tax evader or a benefit cheat?
Toby on Thiel: How to be a Kiwi in 12 days
Opinion - What would US tech billionaire Peter Thiel's 12 days in New Zealand before being granted citizenship have been like, wonders Toby Morris.
No kidding around for Trump on climate?
Opinion - US President Donald Trump has decided not to play ball on climate change. Here's Toby Morris' take on it.
The Pencilsword: Elimination
Eighty-seven native New Zealand species have become extinct. Who's next?
'Claiming the centre': Toby's takes on Budget 2017
Opinion - Cartoonist Toby Morris delivers his series of takes on the government's election-year budget.
The Pencilsword: What about the renters?
Let's state this clearly - the majority of the country are renters.
Does the TAB get a free ride?
Reporting odds is part of sports coverage, but some say it’s marketing masked as news.
The Pencilsword: No 'I' in sex
What Toby Morris wishes someone had told him as a teenage boy.
The Pencilsword: More prisons, more problems
Don't snooze on politicians' promises of more cops and prison beds. The cost is higher than you realise, says Toby Morris.
The Pencilsword: She'll have the fish
Don't let anyone order for you at dinner, or in politics.
Breaking away from life on the streets
After five years of sleeping rough, what seems normal to most people takes some getting used to.
John Key: Everyone and no-one
Farewell to the everyman Prime Minister - familiar and forgettable at the same time.
Streeties #2: Trying to hold it together
The challenges of being a woman living on the street.