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Photo / Alan Gibson.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/awatapu-lagoon-disability-viewing-platform-vandalised-weeks-after-opening/NIL3ACMMXZA7JCBALMKJPQWBEE/</loc><lastmod>2026-04-09T07:58:00.304Z</lastmod><news:news><news:publication><news:name>NZ Herald</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-04-09T07:58:00.304Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Awatapu lagoon disability viewing platform vandalised weeks after opening]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/Z27QLTPRVBE7ZECKZ7CPPHPKJQ.jpg?auth=51b9617826a7a157e1b80d350059057db894b4e9fb57fa9b6501b89879720c1e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[ Halo’s Bridget Palmer and builder Billy Hurrell are "completely gutted" at discovering the vandalised platform. 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No board would tolerate this – Oliver Hartwich]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/BU353DBM5FHF3GHMMR7PAIA7LU.jpg?auth=de4fcc6c81d678a2a3964adcaed9bdf7843824e21aba95dde175694aa136fcc3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[MBIE alone reports to 20 ministers across roughly 233 budget lines in 23 portfolios.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/former-highlanders-player-taumua-naeata-on-bail-over-multiple-sex-charges/X4F7FVNS6VACXOJS3TQZLFNIFI/</loc><lastmod>2026-04-08T23:31:18.617Z</lastmod><news:news><news:publication><news:name>NZ Herald</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-04-08T23:31:18.617Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Former Highlanders player Taumua Naeata on bail over multiple sex charges]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/U2SKJBVNANFURKTQ3PCEUEWARA.jpg?auth=8aca2236b70822ed031c605344828910d8d648b2b4454eb6b55d1e60fec9fd23&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A former Highlanders rugby player can now be named as the defendant facing multiple sex charges after losing name suppression. 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