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]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/hawkes-bay-teen-charged-with-assault-with-a-weapon-after-bottles-thrown-at-cycle-race-from-ute/2GBAQQT4IFBKDD2R32HJONRO5M/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-20T01:49:55.78Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/67EFBYDSUVDI3GYMVBPDNC6CLI.jpg?auth=1203bd245688ba9ea72726edaaa5b3c34d1a1c2eefa827866a8d48fa79430ead&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The incident happened during a cycle race in Hawke's Bay.
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Photo / Runit.au]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/us-top-court-allows-lifting-of-legal-protections-for-venezuelans/7PJPDTATQZFQPO6NXS44SAOCHI/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-20T00:25:41.556Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/THAZLJT2BFE55JUPEHZO3UV46U.jpg?auth=535445837ec6e94267e1662ada913708ca08727bfed0152a2d1d492b13b1cac6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[US Supreme Court allows Trump to end legal protections for 350,000 Venezuelans.  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Photo / Getty Images]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/new-doc-camp-website-draws-more-than-1000-to-book-holidays-as-revamped-system-launches/ZFHIGZW3VRHBNAXVZQNMSGXZZY/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-20T00:11:49.643Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/2OWVHYUKZKWOG5JIB57MJYWBIM.jpg?auth=98f636212823914768c57940200456c5224c2c0662fac8bbdb170b201d2d093d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Uretiti Beach's DoC campsite. Photo / Tania Whyte]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/crew-of-brooklyn-bridge-collision-ship-arrive-home-in-mexico/2YHLP77PPZB23F2I7CQG3NPNV4/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-20T00:01:47.687Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/ADSUHT7TEJF23DVIZ5OPII7YBA.jpg?auth=84924908a49f405a45cd84fea7b92cf1a27d5486a313407c2a00749b3888fa2a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Flowers and flags are placed on a gate by a damaged Mexican Navy sailing ship, the Cuauhtémoc, that crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge. Photo / Getty Images]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>