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Photos / Laura Smith / NZME]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/truck-crash-blocks-state-highway-1-in-putaruru-traffic-delays-expected/5DBJN3INIJB2VEG5TBE7VMVQV4/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-15T19:44:18.638Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/MUICIV76KFHP3E6IENZLMDYNVY.jpg?auth=a762229a670655d9d53f4e7c2eb9a252ac55f1eb6994219dcb08d98e327c52cb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[State Highway 1 is closed between Princes St and Main St roundabout in Putaruru after a fatal crash this morning. Photo / Google Maps]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/deputy-prime-minister-winston-peters-blasts-behaviour-in-parliament-as-degradation-clone/CKODAIGP2VFHPAQS6QMCVT7FTI/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-15T19:35:09.98Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/3RDUOX6MD5C23DWOG3SIWNPNKI.jpg?auth=b2f671cac53089babc177c77d634dbe710b919e16c325adfed4f0d1e62cf347d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Winston Peters shortly after Brooke van Velden used the c-word in Parliament. 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Photo / Google]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/two-years-on-from-loafers-lodge-fire-newtown-building-looms-virtually-unchanged/FB65IRMQPVHWZP7J4FXR2PZY3Y/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-15T19:08:51.273Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/HVU4TLLHLVESBJX6ATUBWVYDB4.webp?auth=998df6dbf8a8b8ed5912829226a463d5aaa89ec22d50239f7ba738721238eb96&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Loafers Lodge building remains unchanged in 2025. Photo / RNZ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/weather-wet-windy-conditions-forecast-for-south-island-expected-to-move-north-on-sunday/BRKWZ4E75NDINIWRZ5KQXDYAHA/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-15T19:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/V6BY56CXVBCOTFHSPCRXMKUHPE.png?auth=69143baebeeb212f71142e1b16a285638fd236dfe21d425c6e0fd1bd2c1af70b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Wet and windy weather is forecast to return for much of the South Island by the weekend. 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]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/napier-nonagenarian-gears-up-for-possible-final-10km-at-hawkes-bay-marathon/ITCSDS25IJF3LBR6PMA45P6DSE/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-15T18:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/O4RDE3SWZNESRAY6YP73AKEEE4.jpg?auth=b6ee20d32924bdbf0c9d8288cf8e280171a3b1fd620e7de02b137ca13909b534&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Victor Smith, 94, wears the medals he’s earned over seven years of completing the Hawke’s Bay Marathon 10km. Photo / Rafaella Melo]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/herald-hat-trick-am-sports-quiz-friday-may-16/RICDUVDI6BCUJGJ3QPEKD4CJ4Q/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-15T17:55:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/YGB6Y3XW2VBZPDF3UFMDFNBWNM.JPG?auth=3ee10827a16e546eb62ea1bfa04c9a0924ea69d9b25e98a06a18c35d909a23af&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Auckland FC play in which competition? Photo / Photosport]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/rugby/school-rugby/first-xv-rugby-back-on-sky-sport-auckland-media-ban-continues/MEVYPYSUHVDADGUZNIPSR5EDLE/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-15T17:30:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/K4VBW7656RA4HPAAQLH6YNGJDI.jpg?auth=4c378b6f1170c84ea8cfc9fd4a8dc1bad49a7923e1a1b1c1c190361fbff28fe1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Christchurch Boys' High School perform their haka before facing St Andrew's College. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/political-noise-drowns-out-economic-reality-for-kiwis-editorial/XSDBBOC5LZDUXFGIUKCDFANSKQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-15T17:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/3J4F25V2IRDZVCOHPBM4YURWZ4.jpg?auth=9ad78b34c71ff0fc330603d20bea6c81a48b25f9e6ec1e251f3e914f118d5fe0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Shoppers are being stung more and more every time they are at the supermarket checkout. Photo / 123rf]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/te-pati-maori-should-leave-parliament-voluntarily-matthew-hooton/D4G2KAW6B5CUXF4GEA6HOTO5CE/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-15T17:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/JDODSGM2QFAUJF4JLHMG74T46Q.jpg?auth=ac30b3a0f8fb1228b1dfe76a5f34f04ee00c2da9a9f650cb9e44efab1226f5f9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Te Pāti Māori co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. Photo / Mark Mitchell













]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/letters-whats-worse-te-pati-maori-haka-or-van-veldens-use-of-the-c-word/CXAOXTLYEBFULH2JIMUFBOR76E/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-15T17:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/JDKLF6A3V5FEJJSS75QDTAJHYE.png?auth=c07a408c1b5ac42b4b1e6e9008e2e50959e709fb1ee672f6273d990343fe8d8c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Privileges Committee has handed down the maximum punishment to the members of Te Pāti Māori for performing a haka in Parliament. Photo / Mark Mitchell]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/herald-morning-quiz-may-16/GGA7CZ3SDJAERANU6X6UDXZNZI/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-15T17:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/56GH5O5EAFCO7CELNBZTRWJLL4.jpg?auth=6257fa882f5afa989eb285d92edcbf196d65b3afe719614f3de7db21156f2b68&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[In which country was netball first played? Photo / 123RF]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/royal-edinburgh-military-tattoo-bringing-world-leading-spectacle-to-auckland-in-2026/ERSVCL2P6VCGJABHWTVDP7QYTY/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-15T17:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/3VOVNTDAPZBNXG3OVLY6XLK6A4.jpg?auth=72ed8de7e6eeaad8c491f5774e2016d82417abd036de5b7ce841fa1950378f0f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo will perform at Auckland's Eden Park on February 19 and 21, 2026. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/crime/chinese-visitors-baodi-wu-huanyan-chen-and-guoli-liang-sentenced-for-targeting-auckland-christchurch-residents-in-blessing-scam/CIKTHM2PLFHABG7S2JAZLZAGAE/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-15T17:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/FVGO7RXT7FHMDHWEKMDGRSPL64.jpg?auth=f34b63fe7f7c678eee15e6162da3e12d7c98783186b573b976c4afce64e71ae5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Left to right: Chinese swindlers Huanyan Chen, Baodi Wu and Guoli Liang appear in Auckland District Court after their arrest for using a "blessing scam" to steal thousands from five vulnerable victims. Background: Some of the cash that was seized by police as the trio tried to flee New Zealand. Photos / Alex Burton and supplied]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/racing/toretto-to-get-fast-and-furious-chasing-champagne-at-ellerslie/5AFWRRQD2JGQRLY2QENDG4TZF4/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-15T17:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/EALYKBO5KRGOBPEYRL7LOJLH34.jpg?auth=0216074b20c3fea5903d21e4950f5d612d58707faf2864bfa074ec180f67e125&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Toretto gives trainer Hollie Wynyard a strong one-two punch at Ellerslie. Credit / Kenton Wright]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/waikato-news/news/on-the-up-whitianga-17yo-mila-smith-de-zeeuw-receives-annual-yellow-ribbon-road-safety-hero-award/7EHI2EFUHJBHZOKE2C4E7IO3JE/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-15T17:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/M7Q2DIJKMFENVJ5M4WEBGC5UWQ.jpg?auth=79fab12f29ec59867c5320720136e72557b47dbd31b5476c067fec9d8508ea8c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Mila Smith de Zeeuw, 17, (left) is the Yellow Ribbon Road Safety Alliance's road safety hero for the year.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/uk-bank-accuses-westpac-of-critical-errors-after-customer-sent-158k-to-wrong-account/7OXBAPZIXNFARJRLUAFBEOE3GE/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-15T17:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/WXEJ2OODSVCAHLLNBE72B5QOKM.JPG?auth=b6a767aefac91162fc33db1eb7f05df4512bf870dbbd6716475ecb9251d52813&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Auckland pensioner Andrew Che Sit Bong lost $158,000 after accidentally sending money to wrong bank account number. Photo / Michael Craig

]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/rugby/senior-papakura-rugby-club-sides-ousted-from-counties-manukau-competitions-after-default-bylaw-breach/VQDFYYUS5RELPG32ALZJI3FMCY/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-15T17:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/C4R6MC5M2FF4LLFWMXCTEI45JA.jpg?auth=7fea87d04913b3641f0eedf6218b0633757d88de6cc84cc3538cf75c0cf295cd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Papakura Rugby Football Club's two top teams have been ousted from their competitions midway through the season after a forfeited match breached union bylaws.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/racing/tim-williams-confident-he-has-the-horsepower-to-test-superstar-marketplace/U6AGMZCXGFBJJF3FFB7D7P7BRE/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-15T17:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/WUH74Q2WHRCETBFN3RWXUWL4X4.jpg?auth=73ff46c964afcdf5e51a099eff8cd27e421a616b73bb662344c227242140709f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Bettors Anvil has matured on his recent northern trip and faces his biggest test at Addington tonight. 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Photo / Photosport]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/sailing/americas-cup/americas-cup-naples-italy-to-host-38th-edition-in-2027/VPJSLFAF5NH5DAYQOQYUUHJKDQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-15T08:06:24.994Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/DZUQQTMHRJH75MQN2MOT3FN57Y.jpg?auth=f85ab807b219b4c2002fd7d16d7858fa723be0d4e7f9daf8bcd9b9a79309e4c5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Emirates Team New Zealand chief executive Grant Dalton holds the America's Cup aloft after winning in Barcelona. The team will try to defend the Cup in Naples, Italy, in 2027. Photo / Photosport]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/crime/lower-hutt-man-sunia-toofohes-meth-stash-leads-to-14-year-prison-sentence/RQXH74RLCRGKNPHJ6ZKXIIMNCM/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-15T08:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/YGOY2SDBKJFKNKHS4ZR3EBQ7PM.jpg?auth=1fbe9dc99d27b7d88f973eb4e3dbc967a177067b5eea6e06791bd5a6871ea5a7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Sunia Mano To’ofohe in the dock during his sentencing in the High Court at Wellington today. Photo / Mark Mitchell















]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/auckland-writers-festival-special-dominic-hoey-1985-extract/RNRIOC3SHRBCDGD6K5KJQV6D4Q/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-15T08:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/PT2QYI63MNGP5MPETSTENTLJAA.png?auth=3e762899dae76d52431548681b2d803f888a12b3ed725609400313ddf3046086&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Dominic Hoey's book 1985 is described as an electric coming-of-age adventure set in pre-gentrification Auckland. 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Photo / Mark Mitchell]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/auditor-general-blasts-oranga-tamariki-contracting-process-after-concerns-raised/LHUD3SKREJHPJBANF6TKPO6N7Y/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-15T02:35:42.844Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/VL4HDLKN4NEL5BMG452N26IJBI.JPG?auth=65e029b84642ff4769c4f0bfe388aa6219221bb5adfc5216e458d6882c51a6fa&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Oranga Tamariki has been criticised once again for its processes. Photo / RNZ ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/labours-chris-hipkins-admits-question-that-led-to-brooke-van-velden-c-bomb-was-mistake/OQNQX5HT5RABZCYDBIDF3653JE/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-15T02:26:08.051Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/ALKFOU2JENBPHD6KT25YTJVALU.jpg?auth=540b10539c26fe2f6cfd47e5a71b1630c3fd2bbd8165708bf009d771602abf88&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Labour leader Chris Hipkins said the question asked by Jan Tinetti was a mistake. Photo / Mark Mitchell]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sunlive/news/little-big-markets-a-launchpad-for-thriving-businesses/BRAGBMN3L5EHHLKXX75TJGFVGQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-15T02:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/XUZVYRKKDVE5NKIJ5N4LG5RUAU.jpg?auth=327c3381cc6c48e716836b7b0e9d4c9200587f4898f663d6bdea14f568459eb1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Johney Zhou of Johney's Dumpling House got a lot of support at the markets for his business. 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Photo / Photosport]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/on-the-up-western-heights-head-girl-maya-blackman-wins-race-unity-speech-award/KYZ7FK6TCBESRFN4VZFDYHN7GM/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-15T02:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/FVVKBLL6HRBEPPDHWZNEZEUBIY.jpg?auth=e0af9e74f4134135055b58d8dc3d84d119a31c69de1e275ffe4027a4c881ece3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[ Western Heights High School Head Girl Maya Blackman speaking at the Race Unity Speech Awards in Auckland. Photo / RUSA, Stella Scarlett]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/a-new-book-indicts-the-cover-up-of-a-steeply-declining-joe-biden/E2BDDCT3URHITF6GVKVUUXXYNA/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-15T01:54:33.689Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/4SJ3GEW6BRDELK5BZRFN62RUEQ.jpg?auth=ff79357398227a6191cd3db1804ef0f36c3b9baccbabbd2b9ca5fde0a5fbbded&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[President Joe Biden at the White House on November 7, 2024. Photo / Anna Rose Layden, The New York Times]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/house-prices-fall-again-in-april-reinz/GCQATR5UCJCR5NBSZXVF7DWZNE/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-15T01:46:36.773Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/A253QEVJJREQNBVXX7BIYLRFV4.jpg?auth=bcfe18005446dd616cccab46c4669dcd0f757a185c4aeaf31badeac342bed618&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The median house price in New Zealand fell to $781,000 in April. Photo / NZME]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/waikato-news/news/melville-hamilton-crash-emergency-services-at-the-scene/4H4VLORBBVFUNOYIGGVZ3444RU/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-15T01:46:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/LXPCZSREWJDPLIONEI7ZPYJX2M.JPG?auth=6e131b9dbb5bb00bee5effb62b2fb4919026a21fec432fba9100d7b4d611b370&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Emergency services at the scene of a serious motor vehicle crash in Melville, Hamilton. Photo / Danielle Zollickhofer]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-country/news/listen-to-the-country-online-farm-succession-with-sean-laidlaw-and-sebastian-chapman/EPM5Y7KAERAVXDEJWDRKD2VHZM/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-15T01:40:50.379Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/I7JWHHXI7N7CQGOU44W6JSD4DY.jpg?auth=3b207993b43d0dea721f972422a796b80bc042cb9ac88c4ee1b125960430fe90&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Seedling's Sean Laidlaw and Sebastian Chapman spoke to Jamie Mackay about farm succession on The Country today.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/union-accuses-minister-of-passing-the-buck-on-pay-equity-changes-in-frank-meeting/MUKAHG36P5GAXH4K3EDRE6VLXY/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-15T01:39:10.929Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/VIYZNCJ4W5D4PFAKUCLHRPMW3Q.jpg?auth=0568856732e44a9b2bd0127f276588b3f2176562b9d69e8c202f0aae757b9bcb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Council of Trade Unions president Richard Wagstaff (centre), economist Craig Renney and secretary Melissa Ansell-Bridges after their meeting with Workplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden. 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]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/crime/nelson-man-drives-200m-to-liquor-store-for-cigarettes-gets-7th-drink-drive-conviction/35HW2IRY55GNZHURAGVIYJ5SJY/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-15T01:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/3MQ4QXFE4VBTLKHT65HZFZKHIY.jpg?auth=3aed5f9dad77f5f0aa3b6c85ccba6deb53a4186d2198011951d6e98517207673&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Staff at the liquor store where Marcus Phillips went to buy cigarettes refused to serve him because of how intoxicated he was. Photo / 123RF]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/police-condemn-hurtful-rumours-spread-over-child-deaths-in-cambridge/ZIKAXXRXEBBZNPJ36RT3BP6JRY/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-15T00:55:02.81Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/ZUDVYVV4YJBTNBNHNZR2OYZEMM.jpg?auth=1c2225c8e583787738df2af5569fbcc2f969be6ba02b1d47c850dfedab4799eb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Jimmy Schick, a young Kaipaki School Student, tragically died in an ATV accident. Photo / Windsor Park Stud]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/we-need-more-writers-who-can-just-remember-says-ockham-winning-wahine-professor/UU4ARIENVNGH3ECB7SIGXRTGJQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-15T00:54:08.568Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/5LT623LXQNGMFI6TCHWYVU5GV4.jpg?auth=cee59aaa7511a57a23d786c4fe691c8ab41dc7ce04e179f30978f71be468c786&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Indigenous perspectives dominated the 2025 Ockham Book Awards, with major wins across genres.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/markets/shares/peter-huljich-is-pushpay-insider-trader-flagging-further-appeal/KB4WVXH7LRADFHPLR23H5Z4FHU/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-15T00:52:25.501Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/FYLEDY2DCVEEVIWKQUJJORWLAY.jpg?auth=b4df86869dbeab0f2a98e8b33d53c3ac650e502c4217efa5ae17b9f5850b0614&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Peter Huljich can now be named as the Pushpay executive convicted of insider trading. His identity had been suppressed since he was charged by the Financial Markets Authority in February 2022.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/c-bomb-brings-explosive-end-to-appalling-fortnight-in-politics-audrey-young/FPXTESQK6FGB7EY765X32LYBRI/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-15T00:47:22.588Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/UBJZSWLLAZF5VEY6CBNQOTNIGM.JPG?auth=0dfd9c5a04ed46e1f34f9efc1d25f36d0caca904664e1fce501fe6d81225260d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Act deputy leader Brooke van Velden. Photo / Mark Mitchell]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/they-dont-need-30-dolls-they-need-hundreds-thousands/ER2XOO3XIZH27A4XTFJ2N2SAVY/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-15T00:45:22.225Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/EXSG4TOPNJBVPFGMCNGBF62SSA.jpg?auth=650d399724519c2c09954e2c41f988f721e2565af7d93d9b83ec4ea5783652ae&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Doll collector David Mansour sits in a room at his home in San Diego with his vast doll collection. Photo / The Washington Post]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/deputy-prime-minister-winston-peters-attacks-behaviour-in-parliament-as-degradation/6YZ7F6CF55HFTFMTEVJNA4LLD4/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-15T00:37:42.683Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/3RDUOX6MD5C23DWOG3SIWNPNKI.jpg?auth=b2f671cac53089babc177c77d634dbe710b919e16c325adfed4f0d1e62cf347d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Winston Peters shortly after Brooke van Velden used the c-word in Parliament. Photo / NZ Herald]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/crime/alleged-prolific-lego-thief-arrested-in-west-auckland-faces-multiple-charges/3DWEMALIWRGVFIGBJATUD7WEIY/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-15T00:28:32.802Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/4YWATJCNZBCEFGDVD45KXGZSAE.png?auth=3ad9af4f0152a98617201052d9ffd04481db692c0c230340ffa982bf123478f5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Police have put the pieces together on a Lego theft spree stretching from Northland to Waikato in recent months. Photo / Police]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/senior-national-minister-chris-bishop-says-andrew-little-favourite-for-wellington-mayoralty/5UNQNSINZRA2PCXRZAABAXPLU4/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-15T00:02:03.688Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/2U4TLX5PWZB6ZM4UYXU72HA3O4.png?auth=0455ceff699e4036732a4abde4c9cacfc881dfb9c909c6f52816fe34e826c122&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Chris Bishop says he looks forward to working with Andrew Little, if he wins the Wellington mayoralty. Photo / Supplied.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/auckland-writers-festival-special-ruth-shaws-three-wee-bookshops-at-the-end-of-the-world-extract/JMCHPJJB7FAA5EJJX5H4Z4LTW4/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-15T00:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/SEBA2N6NZVDBRJXZXKTGTKNWUQ.jpg?auth=d84f47c90fbd7e0aa5435d2168661e4460c85617b20243217ac6f25fd946463d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[ Ruth Shaw, author of Three Wee Bookshops at the End of the World, is appearing at the 2025 Auckland Writers Festival.]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>