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		<title>Living Wage rises to $29.90 as minimum wage workers left behind &#8211; E Tu</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:12:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A 45-cent pay rise in a $4 petrol world isn’t balance — it’s denial. And workers are the ones paying for it.]]></description>
		
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		<title>April 1 Delivers More Pressure For Kiwi Families &#8211; Labour</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[April 1 used to mean relief. Now it’s the day Kiwi families realise they’re paying more — and getting less.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Tips from Paula Bennett on how to be a Hypocrite</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 May 2017 17:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It would be a fair guess that Bennett does not require tipping to make up her weekly pay packet, to meet the necessities of life that many other New Zealanders find challenging in the 21st Century;
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		<title>Health care workers pay increase &#8211; fair-pay or fish-hooks?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Apr 2017 19:22:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dr Judy McGregor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exploitation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kristine Bartlett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[minimum wage]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[When it comes to fish-hooks, National has prior 'form'. Even when National announces an 'increase' in social spending, it often takes that funding from other areas. Even special-needs children are not exempt from National's shell-scam, as reported in The Daily Blog  in August last year;
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		<title>Foot in Mouth award &#8211; Former ACT MP exposes flaw in free-market  system</title>
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					<comments>https://thedailyblog.co.nz/foot-in-mouth-award-former-act-mp-exposes-flaw-in-free-market-system/#comments</comments>
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2016 21:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Most folk won't remember who Ken Shirley was, prior to his current 'gig' as  CEO of the Road Transport Forum (RTF), representing road transport interests since July 2010.
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