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		<title>Children’s Commissioner Calls For Child Hardship Support</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Daily Blog]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 17:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[child poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Claire Achmad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cost of living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Insecurity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healthy School Lunches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mana Mokopuna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maori]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pacific Communities]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[As fuel and food costs rise, Mana Mokopuna is warning that the children with the greatest needs are still being left out of Government support.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Fuel crisis package and the ‘paid work first’ failure</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hon. Assoc. Prof. Susan St. John]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 19:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Election 2026]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[inequality]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nicola Willis]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Government’s fuel crisis package is being criticised for prioritising paid work over need, leaving the poorest families without support.]]></description>
		
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		<title>It’s time to take food security in New Zealand seriously</title>
		<link>https://thedailyblog.co.nz/its-time-to-take-food-security-seriously-in-nz/</link>
					<comments>https://thedailyblog.co.nz/its-time-to-take-food-security-seriously-in-nz/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Martyn Bradbury]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 18:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Deconstructing Headlines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cost of living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2026]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foodbanks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hunger Monitor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inequality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kiwi Bloggers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Poverty]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Food insecurity is rising sharply in New Zealand, with foodbank demand surging despite the country producing enough to feed 40 million people.]]></description>
		
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		<title>I’m Proud To Be A Shoplifter &#8211; Te Tai Tokerau Principals Association</title>
		<link>https://thedailyblog.co.nz/im-proud-to-be-a-shop-lifter-te-tai-tokerau-principals-association/</link>
					<comments>https://thedailyblog.co.nz/im-proud-to-be-a-shop-lifter-te-tai-tokerau-principals-association/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Daily Blog]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Raw News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACT Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Seymour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education NZ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2026]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inequality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NZ Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[principals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[School Lunches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[whānau]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Calling principals “shoplifters” for feeding kids? Te Tai Tokerau educators fire back at David Seymour’s latest remarks.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Now Seymour is threatening schools who share lunch with the poor?</title>
		<link>https://thedailyblog.co.nz/now-seymour-is-threatening-schools-who-share-lunch-with-the-poor/</link>
					<comments>https://thedailyblog.co.nz/now-seymour-is-threatening-schools-who-share-lunch-with-the-poor/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Martyn Bradbury]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 18:52:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Deconstructing Headlines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACT Party]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[David Seymour]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Election 2026]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inequality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kiwi Bloggers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nutrition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NZ News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[School Lunches]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Comparing feeding hungry kids to shoplifting? David Seymour’s comments spark outrage as debate over school lunches explodes.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Child poverty, social determinants of health, and the limits of balance sheet thinking</title>
		<link>https://thedailyblog.co.nz/guest-blog-ian-powell-child-poverty-social-determinants-of-health-and-balance-sheets/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian Powell]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 19:22:49 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Guest Blogs & Sponsored Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cost of living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2026]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[inequality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Max Rashbrooke]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nicola Willis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NZ News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[public health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social determinants]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Child poverty in New Zealand is not inevitable — but it is driving rising health system demand and exposing the limits of balance sheet-driven policy.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Government policies are increasing child poverty &#8211; NZCTU</title>
		<link>https://thedailyblog.co.nz/government-policies-are-increasing-child-poverty-nzctu/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Daily Blog]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 18:24:28 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Raw News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cost of living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2026]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inequality]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[New data from Stats NZ shows child poverty in New Zealand is worsening, with unions warning that Government policies are...]]></description>
		
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		<title>I&#8217;m glad Seymour removed the Māori name of school lunches</title>
		<link>https://thedailyblog.co.nz/im-glad-seymour-removed-the-maori-name-of-school-lunches/</link>
					<comments>https://thedailyblog.co.nz/im-glad-seymour-removed-the-maori-name-of-school-lunches/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Martyn Bradbury]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 05:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Deconstructing Headlines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACT Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CTF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Seymour]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ka Ora Ka Ako]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nutrition Standards]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Oranga Tamariki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[School Lunches]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[David Seymour removes the Māori name from Ka Ora, Ka Ako as reports show school lunches fail nutrition standards.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Luxon’s vision for our children</title>
		<link>https://thedailyblog.co.nz/luxons-vision-for-our-children/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hon. Assoc. Prof. Susan St. John]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2026 18:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Setting the Agenda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christopher Luxon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CTF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Income Inequality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waitangi Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Welfare Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Working for Families]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Waitangi Day speeches are meant to outline not just who we are, but who we are becoming. When the Prime...]]></description>
		
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		<title>While the Left fiddles, the Right beats their war-drum</title>
		<link>https://thedailyblog.co.nz/while-the-left-fiddles-the-right-beats-their-war-drum/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Daily Blog]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2018 19:43:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[While the Left has been fiddling about with much gnashing of teeth and tears of concern over the right of two Canadian neo-fascists to speak at an Auckland City council venue - National's focus has been laser-like at regaining power in 2020.]]></description>
		
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