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		<title>Towards an independent Foreign Policy</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/towards-an-independent-foreign-policy/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/towards-an-independent-foreign-policy/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mickysavage]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 21:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Christopher Luxon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[israel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nicola willis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[us politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vanushi walters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Vanushi Walters has outlined a stark contrast between the Government's appeasement of Donald Trump and Labour's desire to have an independent principle based foreign policy.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Open Mike 08/04/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-08-04-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-08-04-2026/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[open mike]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3610413</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>13</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3610413</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Open Mike 07/04/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-07-04-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-07-04-2026/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[open mike]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3610410</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>27</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3610410</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Missing in action</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/missing-in-action/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/missing-in-action/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mickysavage]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 22:15:16 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[2026 oil crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christopher Luxon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[israel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nicola willis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[same old national]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[us politics]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3610403</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[As this Government’s inaction over the oil crisis becomes more pronounced more and more people are noticing that Christopher Luxon is missing in action.]]></description>
		
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			<slash:comments>31</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3610403</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Open Mike 06/04/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-06-04-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-06-04-2026/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[open mike]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3610401</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>19</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3610401</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Pawn takes Bishop</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/pawn-takes-bishop/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/pawn-takes-bishop/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mickysavage]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 05:38:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[chris bishop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christopher Luxon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[erica stanford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nicola willis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[same old national]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3610386</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Christopher Luxon this week showed strong leadership by demoting Chris Bishop for a coup against Luxon that was staged six months ago.]]></description>
		
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			<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3610386</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>What If Trump Is Right?</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/what-if-trump-is-right/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/what-if-trump-is-right/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[advantage]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 04:35:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3610377</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[What if Donald Trump is right and the West should reopen the Strait of Hormuz?]]></description>
		
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			<slash:comments>37</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3610377</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Open Mike 05/04/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-05-04-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-05-04-2026/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[open mike]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3610381</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>9</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3610381</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Open Mike 04/04/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-04-04-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-04-04-2026/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[open mike]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3610375</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>15</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3610375</post-id>	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Open Mike 03/04/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-03-04-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-03-04-2026/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[open mike]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3610372</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>23</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3610372</post-id>	</item>
		<item>
		<title>In a crisis the left does better</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/in-a-crisis-the-left-does-better/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/in-a-crisis-the-left-does-better/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mickysavage]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:13:53 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[2026 oil crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christopher Luxon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nicola willis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[same old national]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the praiseworthy and the pitiful]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3610335</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[The Government’s complete reluctance to do anything about the approaching oil crisis is in stark contrast to the approach adopted by more progressive administrative governments overseas.]]></description>
		
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			<slash:comments>31</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3610335</post-id>	</item>
		<item>
		<title>A change of government this close or this far away&#8230;</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/a-change-of-government-this-close-or-this-far-away/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/a-change-of-government-this-close-or-this-far-away/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[weka]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 20:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[2026 oil crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election 2026]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[roy morgan]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3610339</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[reasons to feel hopeful but not complacent.]]></description>
		
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			<slash:comments>59</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3610339</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Open Mike 02/04/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-02-04-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-02-04-2026/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[open mike]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3610352</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>15</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3610352</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Open Mike 01/04/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-01-04-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-01-04-2026/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[open mike]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3610336</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>21</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3610336</post-id>	</item>
		<item>
		<title>&#8220;The future of everything is in New Zealand-made energy&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/the-future-of-everything-is-in-new-zealand-made-energy/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/the-future-of-everything-is-in-new-zealand-made-energy/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[weka]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 19:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[2026 oil crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how change happens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jack tame]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Casey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ReWiring Aotearoa]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3610297</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[This is the kind of Just Transition story that turns us in the right direction.]]></description>
		
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			<slash:comments>27</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3610297</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Open Mike 31/03/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-31-03-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-31-03-2026/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[open mike]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3610329</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>18</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3610329</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>The oil crisis: what we should be doing now</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/the-oil-crisis-what-we-should-be-doing-now/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/the-oil-crisis-what-we-should-be-doing-now/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[weka]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 21:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[2026 oil crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bryce edwards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nathan Surendran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wise response]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3610185</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Responses to the government's National Fuel Plan.  ]]></description>
		
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			<slash:comments>24</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3610185</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Open Mike 30/03/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-30-03-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-30-03-2026/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[open mike]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3610289</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>27</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3610289</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>David Seymour wants to snuff out bottlenecks and barriers to our response to global fuel uncertainty</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/david-seymour-wants-to-snuff-out-bottlenecks-and-barriers-to-our-response-to-global-fuel-uncertainty/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/david-seymour-wants-to-snuff-out-bottlenecks-and-barriers-to-our-response-to-global-fuel-uncertainty/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Incognito]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 02:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[david seymour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crisis management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deregulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fuel crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ideological blinkers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ministry for Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public consultation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resilience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[supply side problem]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3610281</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[David Seymour is supplying misleading ideas on how to boost our fuel resilience.]]></description>
		
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			<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3610281</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Open Mike 29/03/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-29-03-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-29-03-2026/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[open mike]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3610183</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>33</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3610183</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Wise Response: What can I do in response to the Fuel Supply Crisis in Aotearoa New Zealand?</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/wise-response-what-can-i-do-in-response-to-the-fuel-supply-crisis-in-aotearoa-new-zealand/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/wise-response-what-can-i-do-in-response-to-the-fuel-supply-crisis-in-aotearoa-new-zealand/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 11:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[2026 oil crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community mutual aid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wise response]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wise Response Society]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3610220</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[In the tradition of Community Mutual Aid, Wise Response have published When the Trucks Stop: Mutual Aid Arrangements for a Fuel-Constrained New Zealand]]></description>
		
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			<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3610220</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Open Mike 28/03/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-28-03-2026/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[open mike]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3610168</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>Shane Jones: Government isn&#8217;t Nostradamus</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/shane-jones-government-isnt-nostradamus/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/shane-jones-government-isnt-nostradamus/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mountain Tui]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:07:44 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[covid-19]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national/act government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nz first]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shane Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[winston peters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fuel crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nostradamus]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Shane Jones appeals for understanding for the Coalition, but did he extend any to others?]]></description>
		
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		<title>Why did NZ First cancel country&#8217;s public diesel reserves?</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/why-did-nz-first-cancel-countrys-diesel-reserves/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/why-did-nz-first-cancel-countrys-diesel-reserves/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mountain Tui]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 05:41:01 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Shane Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[winston peters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diesel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disinformation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marsden Point]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nz first]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3610160</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[NZ First have been busy sowing disinformation. So why don't they take responsibility for cancelling a decision to stock public diesel reserves and increase duration?]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Government&#8217;s National Fuel Plan</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/nationals-national-fuel-plan/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/nationals-national-fuel-plan/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[weka]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 23:36:33 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[2026 oil crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Fuel Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strait of hormuz]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Nicola Willis and Shane Jones present the details in the current plan for the Hormz oill crisis. ]]></description>
		
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		<title>Open Mike 27/03/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-27-03-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-27-03-2026/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[open mike]]></category>
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					<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>The Government wants to make workers more unsafe</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/the-government-wants-to-make-workers-more-unsafe/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/the-government-wants-to-make-workers-more-unsafe/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mickysavage]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Brooke van Velden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health and safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[workers' rights]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Stand with Pike representatives have submitted to the Government that its proposed changes to worker safety laws will make people less safe at work.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Keep calm and screw it up later &#8211; current government policy on fuel</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/keep-calm-and-screw-it-up-later-current-government-policy-on-fuel/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/keep-calm-and-screw-it-up-later-current-government-policy-on-fuel/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[lprent]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 23:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[2026 oil crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[us politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diesel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[israel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBIE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rationing]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Officials have been doing private, media excluded, webinars with selected businesses. That seems pretty dodgy while our diesel stocks look like they will run out in a few weeks. Rather than (maybe) tomorrow, the government should have been rationing the unproductive Remuera tractors weeks ago.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Open Mike 26/03/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-26-03-2026/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[open mike]]></category>
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					<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>Is the Government’s $50 a week a vote winner?</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/is-the-governments-50-a-week-a-vote-winner/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Incognito]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 01:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[election 2026]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[same old national]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family support]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fuel crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pork barrel]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Government’s targeted fuel support is pork-barrelling.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Destroying Business 2025</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/destroying-business-2025/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[advantage]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This government has an appalling record of large scale business closures, which continue to damage the careers of thousands of New Zealand workers.]]></description>
		
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