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]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/crime/auckland-business-owner-ashik-ali-admits-unroadworthy-truck-killed-worker-in-remuera/PN53ONC6GNBDVFAWZF5EMTNUK4/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-31T17:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/75KS6ABXLFCLXP7TTX4Q2NC2MU.jpg?auth=0cc910f7908d0145f6f37ce8963226ee822eea82916222566adf6859fc7e5ba6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A roadworker died after being hit by a truck that rolled down a hill on Victoria Ave, Remuera, in May last year. Photo / Hayden Woodward
]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/police-confirm-maketu-operation-linked-to-rotorua-death-of-zain-matenga-taikato-fox/EXYM7MS3CJAHNDJ63U5AV2LISE/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-31T08:06:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/IFJ5KESRPVFE3KQWTLBUL7EAPU.jpg?auth=62766d7acae8f51f2474ad76e0f7a4f5fcc0c2fa0c57231027554275e8940e54&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Zain Matenga Taikato-Fox, 20, died from critical injuries at Rotorua Hospital on Saturday night.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/russia-earthquake-new-zealand-wakes-after-magnitude-88-earthquake-causes-pacific-tsunamis/5XEADAPGNVHVDNFMVNHIDOHXMU/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-31T08:00:07.748Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/MDI2SSJWR5BXVFU6YOEHDUMQ44.jpg?auth=31e6ee2c323b0703bdecc0b179273885bd888fc157342f02e1a74e7244cf93ae&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[2487114 - the beautiful auckland skyline by night]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/taranaki-teen-father-sentenced-to-home-detention-for-breaking-newborns-ribs-bruising-his-body/MMTDFB3SWBDAFIWSHS7DNHQTG4/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-31T08:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/3BP2HZA2VVAWXHQDIEZGNNYHTI.jpg?auth=3fccae15181e04f578e40137c560ae87e98e320948ab84962d455231fc34b2fc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A teen has been sentenced at the New Plymouth District Court for breaking his newborn son's ribs and bruising his face and body. Photo / 123rf]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/friends-family-remember-arvind-kummar-who-was-killed-in-crash-near-auckland-airport/OM4UZI33NJDPNGRAI2EYPQOPSM/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-31T07:36:38.269Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/55YZUETOWRGLJMOYZZSVQBFR6I.jpg?auth=c651ca18dff807e60993715c3386a679fdc01dcfdfe4b4a6fea38893468b1d87&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Arvind Kummar was killed in a car accident on George Bolt Memorial Drive near Auckland Airport on Wednesday.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/northern-bass-tightens-format-amid-falling-attendances-and-splore-stages-strategic-return-after-pause/OZA4MQT25NELZAZL542DAIUANQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-31T07:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/NCECHCNLOZFFDG5ZBCL66P4PDQ.jpg?auth=13e4186aec6e01fe54fff25fc3dbdb903db9dc4ca2341506e77eb722e8387a86&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Economic pressures and audience habits are reshaping NZ's iconic music festivals. Photo / Splore Festival
]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/new-zealand-weather-cold-but-calm-temperatures-forecast-to-sweep-the-country/2LTJ7M3WEBCZLAO7HYCLBXZBG4/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-31T06:55:10.583Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/RLW3WIHSBFDCLACUCMN3W5TWOI.png?auth=79d3e575bde895ff6bef89f159a6f1bb4a7da5dd265a290040c9b5ef1d74b164&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Temperatures are forecast to tumble to single digits for much of New Zealand during the next few days. 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Photo / South Australia Police]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/verdict-due-in-sweden-over-jordanian-pilot-burned-alive/GCLJ5S6CBRAJLLNR72S5TAROE4/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-31T05:04:44.296Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/A7R4OK2XNRBLDL6EKO4AAFZXUM.jpg?auth=e9d9c17ce2e7c1a6f369d76a78e4031ab45383b413c15ddbeafa0465b47a3b9b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A Palestinian man holds a candle and portrait of slain Jordanian pilot, Lieutenant Maaz al-Kassasbeh, killed by Isis, during a candlelight vigil in 2015 outside the Nativity Church.  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Photo / Sylvie Whinray]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchurch/footage-shows-person-surfing-at-christchurch-beach-during-tsunami-advisory/S5UT7KXVY5B5BAJP4JCBEUFSRQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-31T03:53:17.76Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/ZZPU7ZJ2TFCNNMDHMIGMYI763Q.jpg?auth=53b057f7379a752ca8bd691c7f744c160b424523dc93be27c7ebf18e6a86cc12&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Despite a tsunami warning people continue to walk along Takapuna beach on the morning of July 31.  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Photo / Dean Purcell]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/demand-for-supermarket-beauty-products-is-growing-heres-what-kiwi-shoppers-are-adding-to-their-trolley/OKNQY2EN2FGTDJZ5R7B6BCR3GA/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-31T03:41:45.662Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/LNVS2YHRYBFOHJINZU6U7RL3AA.jpg?auth=eaf710fd81219bd06ea8b188e6b4fd1b2080c5c88bbdd5e563c996322dc2299c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Macaroni, mascarpone, mascara. New Zealand’s leading supermarkets report a growth in their beauty sales. Photo / 123RF]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-country/news/butter-prices-the-double-edged-sword-of-our-27b-dairy-success-tracy-brown/RPACX2BZMZH7JFDFMYZTT6TCU4/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-31T03:30:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/KWRVZ2J2LVGT7PBSU3CHKZPRQY.jpg?auth=993dc7eee783f11d13b0845c27fc0b9d78cdca04f5d450be66da1b9014350fef&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[When dairy does well, New Zealand does well, writes DairyNZ chairwoman Tracy Brown. Photo / Sarah Ivey]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/new-plymouth-man-dies-trying-to-retrieve-keys-from-house-fire-to-take-nephew-to-hospital/3GAIGDS54ZGFZJ7S4O6YNFIDSI/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-31T03:14:46.614Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/ZIDXKS5CH5F6JKAHBEYB3PB5FU.jpg?auth=a5fc58e54aa5dbca9d7743c593a0ccc14870dc2363b1f0bd499df038a69e41f7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The fatal fire engulfed the home on Oranga St, New Plymouth, on July 23. 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Photo / George Heard]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/bust-of-mesolithic-woman-mosanne-unveiled-with-stunning-realism/PFJLWDNQFFBAJM75CBDCROV7VA/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-31T02:21:06.255Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/NEDLS6W6PVGVPNK6CRMTR6IB7U.jpg?auth=65aa16b8df503f603fbd9454c93d8d705b2e0bf9a0f0a84427f1d92be96556f8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A reconstructed bust of Mos’anne, a Mesolithic woman, was created at Ghent University. Photo / AFP]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/jamie-ellis-murderer-peter-holmes-released-from-prison-by-parole-board/KGCTIQJ4IZE65BNLW773HW3F2A/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-31T02:15:57.503Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/KRKQQTZGPVRSHXTXBTHAYXQZFY.jpg?auth=c0b944e9fc25b09263858952204282719a333e826ec7dddd1164e84be6c24bc3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Peter Richard Holmes was sentenced for murder in the High Court at Dunedin in 2012. 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Photo / Supplied]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/fast-fashion-vs-quality-the-true-cost-of-cheap-t-shirts-carolyn-enting/7I6CTSQGZVEKZPJJCO7LBTTRVQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-31T02:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/4DAVGCUVNFDFROGTBBJLZV7AQA.jpg?auth=472e72237d2b3c56b128380b02590837720b1a78f396cfbd488af193f1dc2b2c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[ Fashion writer Carolyn Enting believes there are hidden costs to fast fashion.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-country/news/listen-to-the-country-online-northland-shearer-toa-henderson-on-overseas-success/HGIP4GD4MRELDNBHV6W6TWUFVE/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-31T01:59:05.973Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/SMKUOWWHKFE6LBXUPQCXODXYVI.jpg?auth=9dcf36cbad2f6212393b9f06f4bca288e4ed0e8df2349d7a123c04587b44c543&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Toa Henderson in action at the Great Yorkshire Show, he caught up with The Country's Hamish McKay today. Photo / SSNZ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/police-investigate-suspicious-napier-house-fire/SIFD5XRZDVFXVIABA3ZW7JVAXI/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-31T01:49:55.585Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/ZUHJYIMJHRBEBANNNFZQLUZRJI.jpg?auth=efa2dbea37e0a8a503b0650deafe5f0f647f592bfe1313ceeaf90c8d535edb79&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The house was damaged in the blaze. 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