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		<title>Open Mike 30/09/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-30-09-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-30-09-2026/#comments</comments>
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[open mike]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3614796</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>Daily review 29/09/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/daily-review-29-09-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/daily-review-29-09-2026/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 04:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily review]]></category>
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					<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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		<title>Nicola Willis high on a surplus of inflation and unemployment</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/nicola-willis-high-on-a-surplus-of-inflation-and-unemployment/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/nicola-willis-high-on-a-surplus-of-inflation-and-unemployment/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[lprent]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 01:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inflation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nicola willis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[same old national]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[treasury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BEFU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homelessness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PREFU]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3614779</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[The PREFU reveals an approaching Nicola Willis surplus based on inflation and fiscal drag. It has nothing to do with economic growth. Meanwhile our young adults are experiencing the joys of very high and sustained unemployment. The same kind of environment that stunted the generation in National's recession of the 1990s. This time we have a rapidly ageing population. And Nicola Willis in fantasy land.]]></description>
		
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		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3614779</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Watch Waitaki</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/watch-waitaki/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/watch-waitaki/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[advantage]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 23:04:25 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[election 2026]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nz first]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opportunity Party]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3614773</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Damien O’Connor has a unique chance to wrest the safe seat of Waitaki off National’s Miles Anderson.]]></description>
		
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			<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3614773</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>The Latest One News Verian Poll</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/the-latest-one-news-verian-poll/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/the-latest-one-news-verian-poll/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Guest post]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 19:58:03 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Chlöe Swarbrick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chris hipkins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christopher Luxon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election 2026]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nz first]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political parties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polls]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[It's only one poll, but it's broadly in line with other recent polls.]]></description>
		
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			<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
		
		
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		<title>Open Mike 29/09/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-29-09-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-29-09-2026/#comments</comments>
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[open mike]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3614768</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>31</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3614768</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Daily review 28/09/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/daily-review-28-09-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/daily-review-28-09-2026/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 04:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily review]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3614742</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">3614742</post-id>	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Talking up the left</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/talking-up-the-left/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/talking-up-the-left/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[weka]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 23:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[chris hipkins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election 2026]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how change happens]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3614748</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Do we want a change of government or not?]]></description>
		
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			<slash:comments>26</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3614748</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Open Mike 28/09/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-28-09-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-28-09-2026/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[open mike]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3614740</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>24</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3614740</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Peak Trump </title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/peak-trump/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/peak-trump/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[advantage]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 01:34:35 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[us politics]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3614738</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Remember when the leader of the National Party made sure everyone could see his MAGA hat in the background? Not even Winston Peters would be so foolish now.]]></description>
		
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			<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3614738</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Stanford gets caught out</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/stanford-gets-caught-out/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/stanford-gets-caught-out/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mickysavage]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 01:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[erica standford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[same old national]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uncategorized]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3614717</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[This week, a video emerged of a senior official telling staff not to document draft curriculum rewrites exchanged between Erica Stanford’s office and the Ministry of Education, to avoid OIA disclosure. Recent changes also suggest education is being politicised in an offensive way.]]></description>
		
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		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3614717</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Theme update</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/theme-update/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/theme-update/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[lprent]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:25:17 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[The Standard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wordpress]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3614725</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[As you can see, I've rewritten the theme for The Standard. It is now a modern Gutenberg block theme that just happens to look somewhat like the custom theme that has been running here since 2010. I like a nice clean and flexible interface that doesn't require excessive tooling or licences. This one is based on top of the SmartCube theme from ThemeZee.]]></description>
		
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			<slash:comments>36</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3614725</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Open Mike 27/09/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-27-09-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-27-09-2026/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[open mike]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3614720</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>25</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3614720</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Open Mike 26/09/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-26-09-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-26-09-2026/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[open mike]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3614715</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>64</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3614715</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Daily review 25/09/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/daily-review-25-09-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/daily-review-25-09-2026/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 05:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily review]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3614713</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>3</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3614713</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Government is pathetic on gassing</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/government-is-pathetic-on-gassing/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/government-is-pathetic-on-gassing/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[lprent]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shane Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[auditor-general]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coalition of chaos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil exploration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politik]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3614710</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Over the last three years, our current incompetent government has been running New Zealand into an artificial recession. But they keep blaming the previous government, especially on the oil and gas exploration ban. So over three years how have they done to realise active exploration? Not much. So we now have a typical Shane Jones face saving announcement, typically squandering taxpayers money again.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Open Mike 25/09/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-25-09-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-25-09-2026/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[open mike]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3614708</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>124</slash:comments>
		
		
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		<title>Daily review 24/09/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/daily-review-24-09-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/daily-review-24-09-2026/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 05:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily review]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3614703</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>
		
		
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		<title>National&#8217;s LNG terminal tax is on hold (for the moment).</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/nationals-lng-terminal-tax-is-on-hold-for-the-moment/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/nationals-lng-terminal-tax-is-on-hold-for-the-moment/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[lprent]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 02:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election 2026]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nz first]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electricity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electricity market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electricity prices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gas]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3614705</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[National proposed building a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Port Taranaki. Ostensibly for dry year support for the electricity generators. National were planning to have this signed up before the election. Act and NZ First appear to have quashed that. The outrage of consumers to being taxed yet again by the National government for their piss-poor 1990s energy management broke through?]]></description>
		
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		<title>Open Mike 24/09/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-24-09-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-24-09-2026/#comments</comments>
		
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[open mike]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3614701</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>57</slash:comments>
		
		
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		<title>Daily review 23/09/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/daily-review-23-09-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/daily-review-23-09-2026/#comments</comments>
		
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 05:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily review]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3614693</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>3</slash:comments>
		
		
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		<title>Unmasking the TaxPayers Union as the Tobacco Protection Union</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/unmasking-the-taxpayers-union-as-the-tobacco-protection-union/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/unmasking-the-taxpayers-union-as-the-tobacco-protection-union/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[lprent]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 23:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[casey costello]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Farrar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dirty Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nz first]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taxpayers union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tobacco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dirty Work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jordan williams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nicky hager]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The most interesting thing so far about Hagers' Dirty Work book has been revelation of the extent that the Tobacco industry funds the Taxpayers Union and the people operating it. It appears that the organisation should be regarded as an organisation dedicated to killing citizens with tobacco products.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Open Mike 23/09/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-23-09-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-23-09-2026/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 18:00:00 +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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			<slash:comments>31</slash:comments>
		
		
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		<title>Daily review 22/09/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/daily-review-22-09-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/daily-review-22-09-2026/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 05:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily review]]></category>
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					<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>13</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3614687</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Open Mike 22/09/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-22-09-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-22-09-2026/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[open mike]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3614685</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>64</slash:comments>
		
		
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		<title>Daily review 21/09/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/daily-review-21-09-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/daily-review-21-09-2026/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily review]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3614683</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>10</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3614683</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Open Mike 21/09/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-21-09-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-21-09-2026/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[open mike]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3614681</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>46</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3614681</post-id>	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Hager&#8217;s next book</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/hagers-next-book/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/hagers-next-book/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mickysavage]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 01:41:16 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Dirty Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taxpayers union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uncategorized]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3614676</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[This Tuesday Nicky Hager is releasing a new book.  And there are some indications it may be about the role of astroturf organisations in Aotearoa and how they are funded.]]></description>
		
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			<slash:comments>106</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3614676</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Open Mike 20/09/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-20-09-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-20-09-2026/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[open mike]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3614672</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>44</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3614672</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>National&#8217;s pro climate change obsession</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/nationals-pro-climate-change-obsession/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/nationals-pro-climate-change-obsession/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mickysavage]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 23:29:02 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[same old national]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simeon brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the praiseworthy and the pitiful]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3614664</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Despite the Iranian war threatening supplies, the Methanex plant closure creating an LNG surplus for the foreseeable future, and enabling legislation still pending, National wants to rush through a construction contract for the LNG terminal before the next election.]]></description>
		
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			<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
		
		
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		<title>Open Mike 19/09/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-19-09-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-19-09-2026/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[open mike]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3614665</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>36</slash:comments>
		
		
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