<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1"><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/reward-withdrawn-as-mothers-story-of-missing-baby-questioned-by-police/ODJO4KWCRREJLF42UPCJVWUDFM/</loc><lastmod>2025-08-19T23:55:15.835Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/F5ZQHSQNLNB33I7WYHS3CEAHUQ.png?auth=db32ec033c4c4b92413ec52375c598793b79a78cbc476dd525cb8c7d23e6d0b7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Emmanuel Haro has been missing since August 14, when his mother claims he was snatched outside a San Bernardino store. 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Photo / NZME]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-country/news/primary-sector-is-driving-new-zealands-economic-recovery-dr-jacqueline-rowarth/JDVOK73SYBAI3PYF53IECEGXFU/</loc><lastmod>2025-08-19T23:15:32.306Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/A5G5GFWSCZBQRHNM2T7ZLL5LMQ.jpg?auth=091b71e83fad3c8e80a540ba50027c3ee28b5e5de02841a227e63a0439e84f55&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[New Zealand's dairy sector accounts for $25.7 billion and employs around 50,000 people. 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Photo / NZME]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/one-of-the-most-challenging-periods-in-sparks-history-telco-takes-big-profit-hit-reveals-new-five-year-plan/AIOY6GKUVBGTFFUD4X76XWI6ZQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-08-19T21:59:04.043Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/MHHRQIGOTVBR5KIYCTYVADZPGQ.jpg?auth=c23b084e3a47671af7f63fa60bca398e5a9958026450042b33be25c9bf1937ac&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Spark chief executive Jolie Hodson.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/all-blacks-no-1-ranking-questioned-as-springboks-loom-gregor-paul/JZL6JSESC5HXRHS7377Q7TPBVE/</loc><lastmod>2025-08-19T21:55:23.408Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/EFPUM3XAWZBLDLFJVK6D2IYUHA.jpg?auth=59e09fb31111c6e87fa54aace5f2e4a57e8b987aeaf9d3a735bb9a9e97a3fe93&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The All Blacks celebrate victory over Argentina in Cordoba, the match that took them back to World Rugby's No 1 slot. Photo / Photosport]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/one-person-dead-in-two-vehicle-crash-south-of-dunedin/6UQVG2PITBBVDOJ4E2GPIX7V6E/</loc><lastmod>2025-08-19T21:50:52.61Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/P6KPBXK33NFNVBWP44DQA2J6PE.jpg?auth=03e97b01346c11eb9dbb85c86ba1590a30f2686ef5dae11f1a41672bf4ec037b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A person is dead after a crash near Dunedin overnight. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/rudimental-to-headline-mount-maunganuis-famous-last-words-festival-2025/JYM6OXZUDBELXOFRSSOS7IC554/</loc><lastmod>2025-08-19T21:40:25.259Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/XQLVV3NM35F2HBJXDJ5L5KETCM.jpg?auth=1e753f9080191eecb85cd9aa2b8bf264e0608133689ed826966d920042989d74&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Famous Last Word focuses on bringing artists with high energy who represent the best of global and local electronic music. Photo / Desmond Nielsen]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/spains-heatwave-more-than-1100-deaths-linked-to-heatwave-in-august/J4UCF2JUGVCADFTT2XSU64WMU4/</loc><lastmod>2025-08-19T21:38:39.778Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/M3PDC2WV2ZFUND6VKOUPZBHRXA.jpg?auth=ef72e2084f80ac35aec5b1fa74fc4be4e531bf694eff7f016855e8c2e5b798a4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A woman cools off near a fountain during a heatwave in Ronda on August 17, 2025. Spain is entering its third week of heatwave alerts and firefighters are continuing to battle blazes in the northwest and west of the country, with army units deployed to help contain the flames. Photo / Jorge Guerrero, AFP]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/coroner-motorcyclists-speed-a-factor-in-edward-duffys-fatal-mobility-scooter-crash/Q7FVNNUD55A7DIZEMZKXNXSMKQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-08-19T21:36:57.575Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/O77RIC6G3ZAPBGWMJ6U53JJM4M.jpg?auth=eda55bc6441df8cfda4f14731209cf9a52701f988e8a98417ba76672b4a8519e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Edward Duffy, also known as Eddie Duffy, was killed in a road crash after buying plants for his beloved garden. Main photo / Maryana Garcia. Inset / Supplied]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/six-severed-heads-found-on-road-in-mexico/7XRDOMFMRNHDXEAMA2YN2VWDOY/</loc><lastmod>2025-08-19T21:36:47.475Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/TD55PXANHZEFJIUEAVIKIFM4X4.jpg?auth=fca52e4b211a85ff53e436e62e5e2fb5ce40e2c565e202a97b5dcda33f5da88a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Authorities found six severed heads along a road linking Puebla and Tlaxcala in central Mexico. Photo / Getty Images]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/brisbane-based-band-bugs-supports-bassist-jordan-brunoli-after-cancer-diagnosis-at-29/E4MRPBLY55EYZOUIIU6UEMRNHQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-08-19T21:29:30.943Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/OJTPVDQEKRGNPGYR7D3BMKQRTE.jpg?auth=a4af6daac62b95955ee765ef884cb2116e5f28c7194e14da461bd29dffd206ae&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Jordan Brunoli, the bass player for Brisbane-based band Bugs, has been diagnosed with “incurable” stage 4 colorectal cancer at just 29 years old. 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Photo / Michael Craig]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/final-act-of-violence-mum-killed-by-partner-in-suspected-murder-suicide/HVJZ62UQONCPXHAWWJ24WHU44I/</loc><lastmod>2025-08-19T21:15:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/IZX4PYZLYZDNRJVHBZ3VHM25BU.webp?auth=591476cba4d1f9c976d1e6bfed5ce17590543cee99e100265f3e3449198490dc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Maxine Puhi died in August 2024. It's suspected she was murdered by her partner who then died by suspected suicide. 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]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/police-open-to-negotiation-on-phillips-children-return-possible-motives-revealed/5CPDEISSIVGTNO6ZFZG4ZK4IHU/</loc><lastmod>2025-08-19T06:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/J4DBJSBHLFHZ5JNISREN6B63AI.jpg?auth=32ee99aad138b83b6c4fa3767a4ad62142d3b966606412573b041947cfa1f9d0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Tom Phillips, Jayda Phillips, Ember Phillips and Maverick Callum-Phillips, pictured over a King Country beach. Supplied / Pauline Sallet.
]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/crime/womans-domestic-violence-strangulation-account-played-at-auckland-murder-trial/4AEGD2DEZBH63ODNUUFWSVACZI/</loc><lastmod>2025-08-19T06:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/GVRXFMEETFHP7LAF7CRAHSAPUU.jpg?auth=0663478f7784534165401ccacefd902131e1970612116b6a3c71a116a67913da&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Police and forensic staff investigate the scene where a woman was found dead in June 2024. Her partner, who is on trial for murder, has name suppression. 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Photo / SmartFrame]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/winston-peters-celebrates-trevor-mallards-replacement-as-irish-ambassador/Q32TIJSU2NCONGH26P45HPE5RU/</loc><lastmod>2025-08-19T03:30:43.135Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/P55DENKGNZBR7GRHOFF6DT6HUA.jpg?auth=9a0d8fa041c70339622f1eddc4fc2f83cc0f33da0e92a9a5f5d8633d4cf81771&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced Angela Hassan-Sharp as the new Ambassador to Ireland, replacing Trevor Mallard. Photo / Mark Mitchell





 














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]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/crime/comancheros-retribution-elijah-meyer-patrick-langi-targeted-departing-gang-members-family/ASTJPUWFKBHURK74YFDKAFTT64/</loc><lastmod>2025-08-19T01:06:28.836Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/O47ZSVKRSNACNEV3YD2Y4AUEBA.jpg?auth=d6d197c3d372c31ce301cdee6967101f8ef7b2a4d57a9ab7435d10d83c3a1329&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Comancheros nominee Elijah Meyer (left) and patched member Patrick Langi (right) have been sentenced for violent retribution against the family of bodybuilder Khalid Slaimankhel, who wanted to leave the gang. 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Photo / Doug Sherring]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/very-serious-zelenskyy-eu-brace-for-high-stakes-trump-meeting/NQ5KME6NIJGSHLUF7RBZ5S5QTU/</loc><lastmod>2025-08-19T00:53:00.061Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/MN75MI2FWBAOZPG2T7DGQ7SEBQ.jpg?auth=abd5976e54d9453f08d12b20269486ad8e9bd9d117dd658766e9b2582b33e535&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrive for a picture with European leaders, including Finnish President Alexander Stubb (C), following a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House. 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Photo / Mark Mitchell]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/nicola-willis-swoops-in-for-prime-ministers-usual-media-spot-denies-power-play-as-christopher-luxon-forced-aside/JYY5O74MYBAVVLRCIOUXXNG6NE/</loc><lastmod>2025-08-19T00:32:01.581Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/RPUGKU2HJFEQPE4HDIGKYO2EDY.jpg?auth=b029efb3d6afee3b152deef0e03a77a494b780e030dd62f7b35f66b1bdc291cf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Finance Minister Nicola Willis takes the media spot where the Prime Minister usually speaks from. 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Photo / Gisborne Herald]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/bbc-pulls-ozzy-osbourne-film-hours-before-airing-due-to-family-issues/VSSVGENQLJGZ3DEHHXCRT7H6GM/</loc><lastmod>2025-08-19T00:00:30.561Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/QWLRGKT4Z5HCPHCINPUUY4BQ7A.jpg?auth=6f67623f0aadc512c8245e1656d7104c490dfce7ad066b033b8ad4b4a8c9a4ea&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home was billed as an intimate portrayal of the famed rocker, focusing on his and wife Sharon's return to the UK after living in Los Angeles. 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