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Photo / Kenton Wright]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/kiwifruit-tax-evasion-scam-more-than-10m-went-through-students-bank-accounts-in-just-six-months/EFB43BAQWBCMLKQ27H2M4UMSTU/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-23T17:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/NTOF6PS6FVBMZL4J2PDV5LWYGA.jpg?auth=f61e0d925a4f4015dc4c1d59b0d4757a28befabb2a360a54b7fd6dcc51162f1a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[More than $3 million was paid into the bank accounts of an illegal overstayer who told the Herald he was exploited as a ‘money mule’ in an alleged tax evasion scam in the kiwifruit industry. Now a second witness has come forward to show $10 million went through his bank accounts around the same time. 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]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/governments-kiwisaver-changes-dont-go-far-enough/NHPTH5KZDBF77NMXPK4UWOW3BE/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-23T17:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/6HDBWUNUQJEHHFQXBCXLYN7XIM.jpg?auth=15f29b6955d42a7bb31dd9d5c8fceb05a3538224e61431e09d33b6f453b47eaa&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Australia's superannuation settings still overshadow New Zealand's KiwiSaver retirement scheme. 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Photo / Red Bull]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/hurricanes-v-reds-live-updates-super-rugby-round-15/QVV37XQ6RVCZFMDVKCZQKB4YTI/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-23T11:46:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/7CJ54SSV3RD53GVPHLBBP4M27A.jpg?auth=63336ed3937063dbf14b35445fe20eb90b2cb8bbfe493bacd1f980cbefab4ae8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Ruben Love of the Hurricanes reacts after scoring a try against the Reds. 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Photo / Mark Mitchell]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/hamilton-woman-sharyn-ngariki-jailed-for-brutal-beatings-of-children/STL6GY35LFC6VAARWHLZK4UQ6Y/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-23T07:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/V72M6DIQJZDAPHE5ILT7RHS22M.jpg?auth=369051e0a56a6ad052c3f33b79a5005a74b629794fae4424c1da9f994d1ebb8a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Hamilton woman Sharryn Ngariki carried out numerous assaults on three children over a 14-month period. 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]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/protests-as-donald-trump-hosts-trump-memecoin-dinner-for-top-investors/YAVAAHD6K5F6VNJXQLZXVY63EY/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-23T04:40:38.225Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/RCJUCOOJXFCZ3FI2SUNTUBZ7PM.jpg?auth=b14672e419491d5d28ce281a5b39aae5502bacd5d2133fe37138c5bf9ca08119&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A crypto dinner for investors hosted by US President Donald Trump has sparked outrage over ethics and corruption. Photo / Getty Images
]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/have-you-seen-michael-police-release-cctv-images-of-wellington-man-missing-four-days/YLZV3KLDXBGOTMSJPCUEJS357Q/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-23T04:33:58.398Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/JS63J3BJQVA3ZGJ2ORBQ2E5LRA.png?auth=c0e3ac15a16fe30ce08d278de92c17ac1174da484c75f701cef7208db6e208a3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Michael was last sighted on CCTV in Petone about 2.45pm on May 19. 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Picture / Babiche Martens]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/video-posted-to-social-media-showing-brutal-attack-by-four-teens-on-girl-in-papatoetoe/54R6POVRCFE6TA77I66GBGIMIM/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-23T03:38:43.108Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/EXXX6JIMJNBYVFOJ5RHAVBGSHE.jpg?auth=bed161b36ac99bca7b0e4d9c37b4e92cf47a116bf3147771f12687b948ae9fc8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Footage showed a girl being attacked while on the ground in a Papatoetoe carpark. Screenshot / Supplied]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/smith-caugheys-closing-down-murray-crane-says-it-needed-better-staff-and-service/MFMZM7WSFFB3BC7C45I4H3JEQA/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-23T03:35:22.922Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/ISIBRRA6CRCQTPURUTMQPUVHCI.jpg?auth=83b6410df18ad29b240a778b9178dfd186bfc79b4c188ce37687a00d73636e91&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Murray Crane said better training and better staff might have saved Smith & Caughey's. Photo / Supplied]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/duwaine-johnstone-pleads-not-guilty-to-murdering-yvonne-chapman-in-whangarei-park/7LRXI33T4ZBD5OKFEE6F6SSNI4/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-23T03:26:45.87Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/B3FV2JBMDVEBRLGZZVXUIRGUJM.jpg?auth=509cbbf0f8151214a5dfdd7d08c9728c1a7dc03bb40284eb30dd2662fa417818&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Yvonne Chapman, who died after being shot in a Whangārei park, has been remembered as a beloved mother and a beautiful person who was mischievous and fun.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/herald-afternoon-quiz-may-23/CPPZI73ZJFFD7O2WCOPBVE5BB4/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-23T03:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/T3NRAZQ3LBC4ZMMDJ2ZIDZEV6A.jpg?auth=47dfdc60f666379951b954aa83c77a1893889f2ae5b29ae0b421ed64d22fe4d4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[What was the name of the horse Alexander the Great famously tamed and rode? Photo / Getty Images]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/warning-after-driver-brandishes-knife-at-tauranga-motorist/COS34PCDJJCR7HOSPGB3ZGUJXM/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-23T02:58:25.93Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/6NSCFJJUDFERHDJHGAXJRYABPU.jpg?auth=2ed08fd334ff86d41afe4b32f7a8d65954e2913937e0c1d89d17f369dcb5666b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[ The ute driver holds a knife out his window.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/athletics/sports-tribunal-bans-athlete-for-three-years-over-banned-substances/KVJT3BQEC5AMFETG6XI7NQUDDQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-23T02:49:06.399Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/7PK35N3LVZHRHJD2UHZ3JEJYYA.jpg?auth=a231e260ea314053a3eb372a937b04834e78163bd71d2f2e4209c6db823658da&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Morgan Foster has been banned from competition for three years. Photo / Warren Buckland]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/crime/sylvia-park-phone-kiosk-worker-avoids-conviction-for-intimate-photo-theft-attempt/4WSC2XQRJVAFXD3CK7LOEXV7RA/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-23T02:25:58.935Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/YT2EMDYNUVEF5FAS2CT5L4TAOY.jpg?auth=ab7a8d7f72e4aff2e30a66ef686890c77a4cc67a84e36b4f59220bf9928fde32&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A still image taken from a video of a customer confronting shop attendants at Mobile Planet in Sylvia Park Shopping Centre on July 10 last year for allegedly trying to download intimate photographs from the phone she brought in for repair.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/arrested-man-claims-police-beat-him-then-released-him-to-walk-20km-back-to-napier-police-say-he-assaulted-an-officer/FECDPWAJIZEL7KXZDHG4MSIUCQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-23T02:13:12.357Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/PXAB7JY3Z5EEVFK525VMTRVAIY.jpg?auth=d9118d9252a87e296eddb1303c868f8ddbd5a35291ccdb1473036e3315a616ce&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[John Heremaia alleges he was beaten by Hawke's Bay police while being arrested.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-country/news/budget-2025-495b-for-agriculture-to-drive-growth-and-innovation/ZFMJFZGV3NB4XKCYJC66QZCQRU/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-23T02:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/E3XSYM4GPREBZIEZF2KQWMCPSI.JPG?auth=5c0ce11afb79dddd7abb004f5d4a118351972d2ab67a9ab4810735b72f677bca&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The food and fibre sector is forecast to contribute $56.9 billion to the economy this year. 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Photo / Sylvie Whinray]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-country/news/listen-to-the-country-online-shane-jones-on-budget-2025/G5OGOFIUBVFYNK4XKWPCL2JBBI/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-23T01:31:40.995Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/PRZ7KR2KSJGJLEM7UWQQMT4IME.jpg?auth=81148d3c4084d74b9e93b23ee7ab678bd018f0842d1bbd7bac4fbae710566912&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Regional Development Minister Shane Jones spoke to Jamie Mackay on The Country today. Photo / Cameron Pitney]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/trumps-tax-bill-plan-adds-to-federal-debt-prompts-investor-backlash/J24NFF2LMBGTRBUXHVDGYC4QKY/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-23T01:20:25.859Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/JKPTQQKCS5COJMYGMMVWPIG73E.jpg?auth=2616320177a26bb4c0d9e78f17f2045efa75d6e37fc0d875ad69307ca6403380&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Investors have been spooked by US President Donald Trump's tax plan. 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Photo / NZME]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/us-education-department-must-reinstate-nearly-1400-fired-workers/WFJ7QKSEH5GHXHIJFSQ6QX6XDM/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-23T01:10:35.319Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/6NBW6GQHJFFOBCYGI6VATPC2ZU.jpg?auth=62a856540f5c4db476da6844e9687e968528072a5e8a52bbe78444c047696ee5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Reinstatement of employees challenges Trump's plan to downsize the Education Department. Photo / Getty Images]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/rugby/school-rugby/first-xv-a-rugby-agents-advice-for-young-players-aiming-to-go-professional/MX2VB7KWDFF2DKZ7G3F6DTRWZI/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-23T01:00:37.828Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/ZYYZ65Z25VD3JGXFDNBXJEGDAI.jpg?auth=7d776b5503070d7583888ad07ad8cb775410c96c9540d67044288d6ee946dfee&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Rugby player agent Daniel Kane has worked with All Blacks Tyrel Lomax, Asafo Aumua, Sevu Reece and David Havili. Photos / Photosport; SmartFrame; Supplied. 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Photo / Dean Purcell]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-drug-raids-400kg-cannabis-cocaine-seized-three-arrested/HYPS52C37JGJTM7GF7MEQHGN5I/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-23T00:21:45.827Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/SDAZ6R7UQNGJDB5LGSP6DYRNIQ.jpg?auth=ccf71a2055172597df8f01a65636c8e16878e60330641269d60097bf6ba8546f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Police have been targeting large cannabis grow house operations run by Vietnamese organised criminal groups around the Kumeū area. 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Photo / Getty Images]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/te-pati-maori-co-leaders-rawiri-waititi-debbie-ngarewa-packer-miss-key-budget-2025-debate-speeches/3KR7CUDDUNGEJKN4YZCGAISGVM/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-23T00:07:14.729Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/ILAZVTN2U5ABHDJ6I4WLJHHTK4.jpg?auth=2c57c547cfcccb4e2c51d5ca97612e758eaa1141420ea0c8b8f3c9e5fd0e0cfa&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Te Pāti Māori co-leaders Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi were not present for the Budget debate. 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Photo / Chelsea Rise website]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/bacon-grease-herb-stems-and-other-flavourful-food-scraps-worth-saving/AB37JBHE3NHLRKWHAK4AMB4KRI/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-23T00:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/GIUN3XNYMBACLBJEG26XKQI76U.jpg?auth=de1e6cd3799ff4133e7369658904afe77ddcbfda3364da23dd05e93e2ab25c09&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Don't let bacon grease go to waste. Strain and then refrigerate or freeze. Photo / The Washington Post]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/runit-championship-league-event-winner-says-large-20k-cash-prize-gives-us-a-head-start-in-life/D45ZJX5TQNHD7AHEDPAXC773CA/</loc><lastmod>2025-05-23T00:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/NLGBHH7UOVCNRFPQ2OBO2KKNEM.jpg?auth=814ac77389a3fe0f1137791f7ef71491c39ef2622a5d6df75baab2a9e3aa643b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Semi-professional rugby league player Champ Betham was crowned the unanimous winner of the second trial night hosted by the Australian-based Runit Championship League. Photo / Mike Scott]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>