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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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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 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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		<title>The trouble with AI</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/the-trouble-with-ai/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/the-trouble-with-ai/#comments</comments>
		
		<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>
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					<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>18</slash:comments>
		
		
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		<title>Open Mike 21/06/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-21-06-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-21-06-2026/#comments</comments>
		
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 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>61</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>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/on-trumps-temporary-fix-in-iran/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Guest post]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:48:58 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[uncategorized]]></category>
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					<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>15</slash:comments>
		
		
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		<title>Open Mike 20/06/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-20-06-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-20-06-2026/#comments</comments>
		
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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>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3611678</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Daily review 19/06/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/daily-review-19-06-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/daily-review-19-06-2026/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 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>7</slash:comments>
		
		
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		<title>Open Mike 19/06/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-19-06-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-19-06-2026/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[open mike]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3611669</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>49</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3611669</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Daily review 18/06/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/daily-review-18-06-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/daily-review-18-06-2026/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily review]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3611649</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>15</slash:comments>
		
		
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		<title>New Zealand pushes ahead with selling / exchanging 60% of its precious conservation estate</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/new-zealand-pushes-ahead-with-selling-exchanging-60-of-its-precious-conservation-estate/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/new-zealand-pushes-ahead-with-selling-exchanging-60-of-its-precious-conservation-estate/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mountain Tui]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Christopher Luxon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shane Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[winston peters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forest and bird]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tama Potaka]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3611660</guid>

					<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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			<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
		
		
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		<title>Open Mike 18/06/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-18-06-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-18-06-2026/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[open mike]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3611650</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>42</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3611650</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Daily review 17/06/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/daily-review-17-06-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/daily-review-17-06-2026/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily review]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3611635</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>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3611635</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>The Alarming Echos between Trump and Luxon on elections</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/the-alarming-echos-between-trump-and-luxon-on-elections/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/the-alarming-echos-between-trump-and-luxon-on-elections/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mickysavage]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Christopher Luxon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democratic participation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election 2026]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[same old national]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[te pāti māori]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3611562</guid>

					<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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			<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3611562</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Open Mike 17/06/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-17-06-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-17-06-2026/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[open mike]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3611636</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>74</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3611636</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Daily review 16/06/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/daily-review-16-06-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/daily-review-16-06-2026/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily review]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3611619</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>15</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3611619</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Open Mike 16/06/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-16-06-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-16-06-2026/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[open mike]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3611620</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">3611620</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Daily review 15/06/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/daily-review-15-06-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/daily-review-15-06-2026/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily review]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3611599</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">3611599</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>National panics</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/national-panics/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mickysavage]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 20:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[grant robertson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nicola willis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[same old national]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3611587</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[It is strange for a party in power finishing its first term to call a media event on a Sunday just so it can attack the opposition. But this is what happened yesterday.]]></description>
		
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			<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
		
		
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		<title>Open Mike 15/06/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-15-06-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-15-06-2026/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[open mike]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3611598</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>
		
		
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		<title>Which side is TOP on?</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/which-side-is-top-on/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/which-side-is-top-on/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mickysavage]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 22:55:26 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[election 2026]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TOPS]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3610942</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[The Opportunity Party which has a suite of progressive policies thinks that it can work with National, even though National's priorities should be an anathema to it.]]></description>
		
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			<slash:comments>145</slash:comments>
		
		
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		<title>Local Bodies: The myth of New Zealand&#8217;s economic backbone</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/local-bodies-the-myth-of-new-zealands-economic-backbone/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/local-bodies-the-myth-of-new-zealands-economic-backbone/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 22:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ETS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[overseas investment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[methane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nitrous oxide]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3611565</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[If the farming sector is the 'backbone of the economy' then why is it that we are struggling to stand upright economically at the moment? Is it because agriculture is a economic drain on the rest of NZ. It provides 85% of our export revenue. But contributes just  5% of GDP,  5% of the workforce, and 1-3% of tax revenue - which effectively measures the profit to NZ.  ]]></description>
		
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			<slash:comments>35</slash:comments>
		
		
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		<title>Open Mike 14/06/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-14-06-2026/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[open mike]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3611556</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>
		
		
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		<title>Strike back against the Empire rally today</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/strike-back-against-the-empire-rally-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 23:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[us politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3611539</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Notice about an anti war protest this afternoon at Aotea Square in Tamaki Makaurau Auckland.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Open Mike 13/06/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-13-06-2026/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[open mike]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thestandard.nz/?p=3611544</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 12/06/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/daily-review-12-06-2026/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily review]]></category>
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		<title>National intends to proceed with the LNG terminal and welch on the country&#8217;s Kyoto Protocol obligations</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/national-intends-to-proceed-with-the-lpg-terminal-and-welch-on-the-countrys-kyoto-protocal-obligations/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mickysavage]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:19:41 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ETS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public transport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[same old national]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transport]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[National, a party of supposed economic geniuses, will spend billions on an LNG terminal that is not needed, billions on roads of National significance whose business cases are appalling, and attack Labour for a policy that is cheap, will help ordinary people, reduce fuel dependancy and greenhouse gas emissions.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Open Mike 12/06/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-12-06-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-12-06-2026/#comments</comments>
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 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>41</slash:comments>
		
		
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		<title>Daily review 11/06/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/daily-review-11-06-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/daily-review-11-06-2026/#comments</comments>
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 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>12</slash:comments>
		
		
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		<title>Open Mike 11/06/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-11-06-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-11-06-2026/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 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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		<title>Daily review 10/06/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/daily-review-10-06-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/daily-review-10-06-2026/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[notices and features]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 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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		<title>Labour&#8217;s list</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/labours-list-2/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mickysavage]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[election 2026]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labour]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Labour's recently announced list contains a number of new impressive candidates and is clear evidence that the party is being rejuvinated.]]></description>
		
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			<slash:comments>44</slash:comments>
		
		
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		<title>Open Mike 10/06/2026</title>
		<link>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-10-06-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://thestandard.nz/open-mike-10-06-2026/#comments</comments>
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[open mike]]></category>
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