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	<title>The Standard &#187; &#8216;new zealand sucks&#8217; campaign</title>
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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>Key, still telling lies</title>
		<link>http://thestandard.org.nz/key-still-telling-lies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Pierson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[election 2008]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ahead of the final leaders&#8217; debate tonight, 08wire has produced a video on John Key&#8217;s lies in the second debate. What strikes me about these lies is how they are, for the most part, of the &#8216;New Zealand sucks&#8217; ilk and that they are quite petty. I guess telling lots of smaller lies lessens the ...]]></description>
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		<title>Right questions, wrong answer</title>
		<link>http://thestandard.org.nz/right-questions-wrong-answer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:53:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>IrishBill</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA['new zealand sucks' campaign]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Colin James has a column in today&#8217;s Herald in which he lays out the difference between perception and reality in New Zealand politics. In it he goes through seven points: crime, healthcare, education, the treaty, immigration, poverty and social engineering and points out that in nearly every case Labour has taken action and in each ...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>56</slash:comments>
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		<title>Nats&#8217; &#8216;NZ sucks&#8217; campaign vs the facts</title>
		<link>http://thestandard.org.nz/nats-nz-sucks-campaign-vs-the-facts/</link>
		<comments>http://thestandard.org.nz/nats-nz-sucks-campaign-vs-the-facts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Pierson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[election 2008]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thestandard.org.nz/?p=3204</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[08wire produces some of the most well-thought out and best argued pieces on the blogosphere, as well as great videos. Well, I know what to do when I see gold  &#8211; thief it. From 08wires&#8217; post, here&#8217;s a table of arguments that comprise National&#8217;s &#8216;New Zealand sucks&#8217; campaign and how they stack up against the facts: (sources) I ...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>67</slash:comments>
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		<title>Nats&#8217; &#8216;NZ sucks&#8217; campaign continues</title>
		<link>http://thestandard.org.nz/nats-nz-sucks-campaign-continues/</link>
		<comments>http://thestandard.org.nz/nats-nz-sucks-campaign-continues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Pierson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[crime]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[spin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA['new zealand sucks' campaign]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thestandard.org.nz/?p=3155</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I remember the first time I met Simon Power, when he had just come into Parliament. He struck me as a man who would be a future leader of National and an excellent one at that &#8211; articulate, informed, and moderate. Oh, what he has let himself become over 9 years in opposition &#8211; just ...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>39</slash:comments>
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		<title>So much for ambition</title>
		<link>http://thestandard.org.nz/so-much-for-ambition/</link>
		<comments>http://thestandard.org.nz/so-much-for-ambition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Pierson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[labour]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kiwirail]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thestandard.org.nz/?p=2491</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday on Agenda, SOE Minister Trevor Mallard said that the Government was undertaking an exploratory study to see whether the factory that currently repairs trains could also be used to assemble trains. If its economical, specialised parts would still be imported but a major manufacturing job would take place in New Zealand, building up New ...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>39</slash:comments>
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		<title>The grass isn&#8217;t greener across the ditch</title>
		<link>http://thestandard.org.nz/the-grass-isnt-greener-across-the-ditch/</link>
		<comments>http://thestandard.org.nz/the-grass-isnt-greener-across-the-ditch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Pierson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[im/migration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[workers' rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA['new zealand sucks' campaign]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thestandard.org.nz/?p=2269</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The cornerstone of National&#8217;s &#8216;New Zealand sucks&#8217; campaign is that Australia is much better (and we have to lower taxes and slash work rights to catch up). Now, the Sunday-Star Times produced a well-researched article on standards of living here and in Australia. A year late, but good to see, nonetheless. The conclusions: Your tax ...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>71</slash:comments>
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		<title>More bluster, still no policies</title>
		<link>http://thestandard.org.nz/more-bluster-still-no-policies/</link>
		<comments>http://thestandard.org.nz/more-bluster-still-no-policies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Pierson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every month, Stats releases migration figures. Each month, they show little change in the pattern from last month. And each month, National comes out all in a fury over the figures as if they herald Armageddon while offering no substance, just a lot of bluster. Nothing has changed from April. In the month of April, ...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>48</slash:comments>
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		<title>The wage gap and the Nats&#8217; crediblity gap</title>
		<link>http://thestandard.org.nz/the-wage-gap-and-the-nats-crediblity-gap/</link>
		<comments>http://thestandard.org.nz/the-wage-gap-and-the-nats-crediblity-gap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Pierson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[national]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thestandard.org.nz/?p=2188</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Remember when National was all about the wage gap, whinging about it every day? Heard them talk about it lately? The last mention we can find is three weeks ago. Has the issue suddenly gone away? No, there is still a wage gap and solutions to it require serious debate. But National wasn&#8217;t talking about ...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>30</slash:comments>
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		<title>New Zealand, a great place to be a mum</title>
		<link>http://thestandard.org.nz/new-zealand-a-great-place-to-be-a-mum/</link>
		<comments>http://thestandard.org.nz/new-zealand-a-great-place-to-be-a-mum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 04:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Pierson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[election 2008]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[families]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA['new zealand sucks' campaign]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thestandard.org.nz/?p=1897</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We hear an awful lot from the Right about how much New Zealand sucks: &#8216;crime is up&#8217; they cry (when it&#8217;s down), &#8216;taxes are too high&#8217; (when they&#8217;re down), &#8216;too many dole bludgers&#8217; (when benefit numbers are way, way down), &#8216;everyone&#8217;s leaving for Australia&#8217; (when fewer than 0.7% of people went last year), &#8216;labour costs ...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>47</slash:comments>
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		<title>Talking down the economy</title>
		<link>http://thestandard.org.nz/talking-down-the-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://thestandard.org.nz/talking-down-the-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 23:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Pierson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election 2008]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[same old national]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA['new zealand sucks' campaign]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thestandard.org.nz/?p=1832</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[National is a party weak on policy. It has had to drop nearly every one of its principled but unpopular policies to get itself in a position to win an election. This raises the question of why someone would vote for National, rather than keep the current lot. One of National&#8217;s answers is to claim ...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>57</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mythbusting: Crime is down, not up</title>
		<link>http://thestandard.org.nz/mythbusting-crime-is-down-not-up/</link>
		<comments>http://thestandard.org.nz/mythbusting-crime-is-down-not-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Pierson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA['new zealand sucks' campaign]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[garth mcvicar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[myths]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sensible sentencing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s hard to know why people keep interviewing Garth McVicar from Sensible Sentencing. The organisation has no credibility, no research every statement on policy is really just â€˜Garth guesses X&#8217;. And of course, they made those disgusting comments around the death of Pihema Cameron. Nevertheless, he was on National Radio this morning regarding new stats ...]]></description>
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