Manhire was editor of student magazine
Salient in 1997. From 2000 to 2010 he worked at
The Guardian, and has edited
The Guardians comment pages. His work has also appeared in
The New Zealand Herald and the
New Zealand Listener, among other publications. In 2012, he edited a book
The Arab Spring: Rebellion, Revolution, and a New World Order, published by
Guardian Books. Manhire is active on Twitter, and was included in Bryce Edwards and Geoffrey Miller's list of the top 100 tweeters to follow in the
2014 election. On reviewing the list, social media blogger Matthew Beveridge concluded that Manhire's place was deserved: "Toby always has a quick comment for whatever is happening. Engages in a lot of discussions, and doesn’t retweet too much. Overall deserving of his place on the list." In 2016, he began hosting a political
podcast titled
Gone By Lunchtime alongside journalist
Annabelle Lee-Mather and PR consultant Ben Thomas. The podcast's guests have included
Jacinda Ardern and
Mihingarangi Forbes. In May 2017, he became the politics editor at the New Zealand online magazine
The Spinoff, becoming editor in January 2018. In 2019, Manhire profiled Ardern for
The Guardian. Manhire connected microbiologist
Siouxsie Wiles with
Spinoff creative director
Toby Morris, with the two partnering to produce globally-popular shareable content containing factual information about
COVID-19. Manhire was succeeded as
Spinoff editor by
Madeleine Chapman on 1 November 2021. He shares a birthday with Chapman; both were born on 16 March. ==References==