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	<title>Robyn Gallagher &#187; the dole</title>
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		<title>The Dole, Circa 1993</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Because I&#8217;m currently being a starving artist, I&#8217;m considering going on the dole. I&#8217;ve heard that ever since Income Support Services and New Zealand Employment Service were combined into one and became WINZ, things have vastly improved. I do hope &#8230; <a href="http://www.robyngallagher.com/2001/10/28/the-dole-circa-1993/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Because I&#8217;m currently being a starving artist, I&#8217;m considering going on the dole. I&#8217;ve heard that ever since Income Support Services and New Zealand Employment Service were combined into one and became WINZ, things have vastly improved.</p>
<p>I do hope so, especially after finding this unmailed letter in a box of my old stuff (the year is wrong &#8211; it should have been 1993, but you get the picture):</p>
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