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	<description>The New Zealand labour movement used to have its own newspaper. A group of us thought that now might be a good time for it to be digitally reborn: The Standard v2.0 - now in a new format The Standard v3.0</description>
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		<title>PSA launches myth busting campaign</title>
		<link>http://thestandard.org.nz/psa-launches-myth-busting-campaign/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 22:56:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenny Michie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[debt / deficit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[election 2011]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The PSA is launching its election campaign this evening.   Our big challenge is to break through the government’s narrative (now reaching  mythic proportions)  that NZ is sinking under debt the likes of Greece  tooand the only solution is to cut public spending and sell assets. As the well informed readers of The Standard know, NZ’s ...]]></description>
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		<title>Will National cave to threats from Hide?</title>
		<link>http://thestandard.org.nz/will-national-cave-to-threats-from-hide/</link>
		<comments>http://thestandard.org.nz/will-national-cave-to-threats-from-hide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>all_your_base</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[supercity]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thestandard.org.nz/?p=18936</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An email leaked to 3News suggests that Rodney Hide is holding the government to ransom over denying guaranteed Supercity representation for Maori. The email &#8211; reportedly from a senior National Party MP and sent to the whole caucus &#8211; reads, in part: Clearly we are at a crossroads. The ACT party has threatened to end ...]]></description>
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		<title>Abolishing equity</title>
		<link>http://thestandard.org.nz/abolishing-equity/</link>
		<comments>http://thestandard.org.nz/abolishing-equity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 23:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest post</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[workers' rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pay equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sst]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thestandard.org.nz/?p=14263</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[National has belatedly woken up to the fact that not all Kiwis are middle aged white males, and has been trying to make much of its new found diversity. It showcased supposed star Melissa Lee in the high profile Mt Albert by-election, and has trumpeted that &#8220;The Party has 17 women in the top 60&#8243;. ...]]></description>
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		<title>I can see South Auckland from my house! An interview with Melissa Lee</title>
		<link>http://thestandard.org.nz/i-can-see-south-auckland-from-my-house-an-interview-with-melissa-lee/</link>
		<comments>http://thestandard.org.nz/i-can-see-south-auckland-from-my-house-an-interview-with-melissa-lee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 05:44:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the sprout</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[auckland supercity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asia Downunder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[by-election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[melissa lee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mt albert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parody]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thestandard.org.nz/?p=13406</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Did your company use NZ On Air money to produce a National Party promotional video? Look, I didn&#8217;t keep records of who was working on what when and it doesn&#8217;t work like that the only people who have a problem are disgruntled employees but they were volunteers and we were having fun so it doesn&#8217;t ...]]></description>
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		<title>Govt&#8217;s refusal to listen sparks protests</title>
		<link>http://thestandard.org.nz/govts-refusal-to-listen-sparks-protests/</link>
		<comments>http://thestandard.org.nz/govts-refusal-to-listen-sparks-protests/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>all_your_base</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[auckland supercity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democracy under attack]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democratic participation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thestandard.org.nz/?p=12078</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The government&#8217;s refusal to listen on its fast-tracked Supercity plans is already resulting in protests. The unrest that&#8217;s building should hardly come as a surprise. I can certainly understand Aucklanders not wanting to be dictated to by Wellington &#8211; especially when the outcome is ACT running their city. I&#8217;m still at a loss as to ...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Who&#8217;s zooming who?</title>
		<link>http://thestandard.org.nz/whos-zooming-who/</link>
		<comments>http://thestandard.org.nz/whos-zooming-who/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 22:32:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the sprout</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[same old national]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BMW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plutocracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rich]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thestandard.org.nz/?p=11051</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Herald reports: Last week John Key used poor United States sales of the new BMW 7-series &#8211; 10 were sold in February, compared with more than 1500 in the same 2008 month &#8211; as an example of how much other countries were hurting in the economic crisis. But New Zealand&#8230;  sales of the top-of-the-line ...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>26</slash:comments>
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		<title>Third party returns</title>
		<link>http://thestandard.org.nz/third-party-returns/</link>
		<comments>http://thestandard.org.nz/third-party-returns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[election 2008]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election funding]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[council of trade unions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[david farrar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ema]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[epmu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family first]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[sensible sentencing trust]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thestandard.org.nz/?p=10164</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Electoral Commission has released the third party spending returns for the 2008 election campaign and it looks like for all National and ACT&#8217;s fears that the $120,000 third party cap would stop groups from being able to express themselves, only the Council of Trade Unions came close with a spend of around $100k. Other ...]]></description>
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		<title>90 axed at TVNZ</title>
		<link>http://thestandard.org.nz/90-axed-at-tvnz/</link>
		<comments>http://thestandard.org.nz/90-axed-at-tvnz/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 05:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the sprout</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[privatisation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[same old national]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thestandard.org.nz/?p=10002</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In what&#8217;s turning out to be the gift that just keeps on giving for National, the Recession Bogeyman is now being blamed for a need to axe 90 staff from TVNZ. The Minister for Broadcasting reckons the cuts are necessary to make sure TVNZ keeps returing a fat dividend, even in these extraordinary times, even ...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>56</slash:comments>
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		<title>PM eyes fetching tiara</title>
		<link>http://thestandard.org.nz/pm-eyes-fetching-tiara/</link>
		<comments>http://thestandard.org.nz/pm-eyes-fetching-tiara/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 05:14:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the sprout</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[john key]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thestandard.org.nz/?p=9470</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The world may be going to hell in a hand-basket and National may have been pretty derelict so far in coming up with any real plan to combat the recession, but clearly they&#8217;ve been busy focusing on the really important business of dragging us back into the past. The British titles of Knights and Dames ...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>61</slash:comments>
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		<title>Meat and Wool NZ: &#8220;Job Summit Disappointing&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://thestandard.org.nz/meat-and-wool-nz-job-summit-disappointing/</link>
		<comments>http://thestandard.org.nz/meat-and-wool-nz-job-summit-disappointing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the sprout</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[farming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[job summit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meat and wool nz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Petersen]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thestandard.org.nz/?p=9371</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been said by some of the Government&#8217;s supporters that criticism of the Job Summit is nothing more than rantings of the embittered Left. Well, I may be doing Chairman of Meat and Wool NZ Mike Petersen a great disservice, but I&#8217;m willing to gamble that he&#8217;s not a hardcore lefty. Here&#8217;s what Petersen had ...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Some cold day in hell</title>
		<link>http://thestandard.org.nz/a-cold-day-in-hell/</link>
		<comments>http://thestandard.org.nz/a-cold-day-in-hell/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the sprout</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maori party]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Seabed and Foreshore]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thestandard.org.nz/?p=9281</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Observant msm spectators may have noticed this gem from TV1 news last night: &#8216;A radical shake-up of the controversial Seabed and Foreshore Act is on the cards it could result in new powers for Maori to test their rights in court, but John Key is vowing no New Zealander will lose their access to the ...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>30</slash:comments>
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		<title>It&#8217;s raining men</title>
		<link>http://thestandard.org.nz/its-raining-men/</link>
		<comments>http://thestandard.org.nz/its-raining-men/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 04:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>all_your_base</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[john key]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national/act government]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[sexism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thestandard.org.nz/?p=8991</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A reader just sent us this one minute montage of photos from John Key&#8217;s jobs summit. Enjoy.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>58</slash:comments>
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		<title>Conservatism and Progressivism</title>
		<link>http://thestandard.org.nz/conservatism-and-progressivism/</link>
		<comments>http://thestandard.org.nz/conservatism-and-progressivism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the sprout</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thestandard.org.nz/?p=7542</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Conservatism is all about maintaining the status quo. It assumes that the status quo is essentially ok, while change is best avoided. The idea comes from philosophers like Edmund Burke who figured the reason conventions and structures get to endure in the first place is because they work. Of course if you&#8217;re in the middle ...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>99</slash:comments>
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		<title>Guest Post: QoT &#8211; Mmm, delicious linear time</title>
		<link>http://thestandard.org.nz/guest-post-qot-mmm-delicious-linear-time/</link>
		<comments>http://thestandard.org.nz/guest-post-qot-mmm-delicious-linear-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lprent</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[humour]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thestandard.org.nz/?p=4585</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I loved this post for QoT so much that I asked to reproduce it in full here. It resonated with me after reading the comment stream today. So, from Ideologically Impure, an observation on the patently ridiculous&#8230; Lynn This comment over at The Standard cites one of my favourite (or, really, least-favourite) bits of political ...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>28</slash:comments>
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		<title>No policy?</title>
		<link>http://thestandard.org.nz/no-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://thestandard.org.nz/no-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 02:11:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>all_your_base</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[no policy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A reader just sent us the screenshot below with the attached explanation: Thought I should start to read up on some of the content from parties involved &#8211; from their own websites of course.  Mainly to educate myself as a voter. National party site &#8211; loaded up, but then Firefox tells me the flash script ...]]></description>
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