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		<title>Open Mike 28/06/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-28-06-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-28-06-2026/#comments</comments>
		
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[open mike]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3611836</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …]]></description>
		
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		<title>With friends like NZ First &#8230;</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/with-friends-like-nz-first/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/with-friends-like-nz-first/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mickysavage]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kiwisaver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[same old national]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shane Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simeon brown]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This week Tama Potaka announced the Government will backtrack on a proposal that would have allowed for the sale of up to 60% of the country's conservation land.  But Shane Jones then completely undermined the announcement by talking about using Conservation land for mining.]]></description>
		
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			<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
		
		
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		<title>The simple case for Universalism.</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/the-simple-case-for-universalism/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/the-simple-case-for-universalism/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[KJT]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 22:35:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[uncategorized]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Yeah. Why don't we means test education, health, sickness benefit,  the military, disaster help, police.....? ]]></description>
		
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			<slash:comments>29</slash:comments>
		
		
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		<title>Open Mike 27/06/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-27-06-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-27-06-2026/#comments</comments>
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[open mike]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3611815</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …]]></description>
		
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			<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
		
		
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		<title>Daily review 26/06/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/daily-review-26-06-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/daily-review-26-06-2026/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily review]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3611799</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …]]></description>
		
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			<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		
		
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		<title>Talking to the “enemy”: an interview with Russian Ambassador Stanislav Krans</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/talking-to-the-enemy-an-interview-with-russian-ambassador-stanislav-krans/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/talking-to-the-enemy-an-interview-with-russian-ambassador-stanislav-krans/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[eugenedoyle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 05:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[boycott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diplomacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Free Trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kremlinology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NATO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Propaganda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ukraine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3611806</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[The reason I chose to interview the ambassador is because I accept as self-evident the truism that all wars end with diplomacy and the sooner we return to diplomacy the better.]]></description>
		
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			<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
		
		
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		<title>Open Mike 26/06/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-26-06-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-26-06-2026/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[open mike]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3611798</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …]]></description>
		
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			<slash:comments>29</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3611798</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Daily review 25/06/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/daily-review-25-06-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/daily-review-25-06-2026/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily review]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3611786</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …]]></description>
		
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			<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		
		
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		<title>Open Mike 25/06/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-25-06-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-25-06-2026/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[open mike]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3611787</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …]]></description>
		
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			<slash:comments>84</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3611787</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Daily review 24/06/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/daily-review-24-06-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/daily-review-24-06-2026/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily review]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3611764</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …]]></description>
		
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			<slash:comments>29</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3611764</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>National panics with Kiwisaver announcement as polling crashes</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/national-panics-with-kiwisaver-announcement-as-polling-crashes/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/national-panics-with-kiwisaver-announcement-as-polling-crashes/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mickysavage]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 03:52:24 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[john key]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kiwisaver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nz first]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[same old national]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[superannuation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3611750</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[National's recent Kiwisaver announcement, expected to cost $110 million a year, only pays back some of the savings from its erlier Kiwisaver cuts expected to save $610 million a year, and appears to be signs ofincreasing panic.]]></description>
		
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			<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3611750</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Open Mike 24/06/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-24-06-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-24-06-2026/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[open mike]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3611765</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …]]></description>
		
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			<slash:comments>51</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3611765</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>No tears for Starmer</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/no-tears-for-starmer/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/no-tears-for-starmer/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 08:36:45 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Abuse of power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Austerity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brexit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deep stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democracy under attack]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dirty Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FiveEyes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeremy Corbyn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keir Starmer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Left]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[socialism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uk politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[workers' rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zionism]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3611759</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[An MI6 plant in my opinion. A hollow man, deeply duplicitous, a Zionist warmonger whose only job was to expunge the Labour left. He will not be missed or regretted.]]></description>
		
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			<slash:comments>52</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3611759</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Daily review 23/06/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/daily-review-23-06-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/daily-review-23-06-2026/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily review]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3611742</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …]]></description>
		
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			<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3611742</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Open Mike 23/06/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-23-06-2026/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[open mike]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3611743</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …]]></description>
		
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			<slash:comments>89</slash:comments>
		
		
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		<title>Daily review 22/06/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/daily-review-22-06-2026/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily review]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3611710</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …]]></description>
		
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			<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
		
		
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		<title>The Greens&#8217; new tax policy: A tax system for all of us</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/the-greens-new-tax-policy-a-tax-system-for-all-of-us/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/the-greens-new-tax-policy-a-tax-system-for-all-of-us/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[weka]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 18:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[election 2026]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[super-rich]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3611700</guid>

					<description><![CDATA["Enough is enough. No more tinkering around the edges. It's time for the super-rich to pay their damn taxes"]]></description>
		
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			<slash:comments>48</slash:comments>
		
		
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		<title>Open Mike 22/06/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-22-06-2026/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[open mike]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3611709</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …]]></description>
		
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			<slash:comments>50</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3611709</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>The trouble with AI</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/the-trouble-with-ai/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mickysavage]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 23:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Deep stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tech industry]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3611676</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Is AI the great savoiur for our civilisation?  Or a fast track to environmental, social and economic devasation?]]></description>
		
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			<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
		
		
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		<title>Open Mike 21/06/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-21-06-2026/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[open mike]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3611695</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …]]></description>
		
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			<slash:comments>63</slash:comments>
		
		
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		<title>On Trump’s Temporary Fix In Iran</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/on-trumps-temporary-fix-in-iran/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Guest post]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:48:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3611687</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Trump has finally said what New Zealand has been too afraid to say about Israel’s bombing of residential areas in Lebanon, and in Gaza.]]></description>
		
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			<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
		
		
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		<title>Open Mike 20/06/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-20-06-2026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[open mike]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3611678</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …]]></description>
		
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			<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
		
		
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		<title>Daily review 19/06/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/daily-review-19-06-2026/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Open Mike 19/06/2026</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Daily review 18/06/2026</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>New Zealand pushes ahead with selling / exchanging 60% of its precious conservation estate</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Christopher Luxon]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shane Jones]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[New Zealand pushes ahead to privatise conservation land, opening up almost 5 million hectares for sale and/or exchange]]></description>
		
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		<title>Open Mike 18/06/2026</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Daily review 17/06/2026</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Alarming Echos between Trump and Luxon on elections</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Christopher Luxon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democratic participation]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In the United States and in New Zealand the current administrations wish to speed up the finalisation of election results by supressing the right to vote.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Open Mike 17/06/2026</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Daily review 16/06/2026</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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