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Photo / AAP]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/gisborne-herald/news/firefighters-and-helicopters-suppress-multi-hectare-tokomaru-bay-forest-fire/V5KOFROUJNBXPIMIHTKLUVR6NE/</loc><lastmod>2024-12-04T01:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/GRL2WFHLRZEH3OQND6QXM2NXQA.JPG?auth=36a380b2e1a93b6a0aab1ae43d9f1a6e77544e38b744bc589e73e539f9bbc1a1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Fire crews from Tokomaru Bay, Tolaga Bay and Eastland Rural Fire, backed up by three helicopters with monsoon buckets, battled a fire in a block of young pine trees inland from Tokomaru Bay on Tuesday.   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