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Photo / NZME]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/on-the-up-rotorua-and-taupo-tourism-operators-up-for-top-honours-at-national-awards/55EN7772WZH7FNFTZUP7QTMHBQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-14T18:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/O4Y7Z66R47HOUY6QJ7GBVC4JTI.jpg?auth=76eff0083957489c290196a1399d8a8f29bda854d3fd9c6a75cd9912831a539d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Te Puia NZMACI, Tohu Experiences, Tongariro River Rafting, and Kohutapu Lodge & Tribal Tours have been announced as finalists of the 2025 New Zealand Tourism Awards.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/economy/economists-warn-of-june-quarter-gdp-contraction-but-see-signs-of-a-rebound/66UBJN77AVF4NFTPGRFANMS6W4/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-14T17:01:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/QXGSM7OB4VCUNFHEX4GJSCQMIA.jpg?auth=6f6df2e4cd9d60e0a1f5b90a60448e2d84c501572fc9ba07b390c56bb8704d0b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[GDP data out this week is set to show the New Zealand economy probably stalled in the second quarter. Photo / 123rf]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/small-business/small-business-french-technique-meets-pacific-passion-with-coromandel-chocolate/7ZXFCBNOQVFMRMK5ZBWANX5PFE/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-14T17:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/U2QVQLYBNJBATKLW3OVWZPROEE.jpg?auth=e4b29a429650f3dddb52c30a6614f517dc1010723c060f59238f19eae1acc091&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Thomas Capdevielle, director and chocolatier of Coromandel Chocolate, trained in his craft in France before moving to Whangamatā.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/counterintuitive-police-slam-govt-citizens-arrest-proposal-as-giving-public-more-power-than-cops/7YYHDHLKMRAQVHURHUKVRIGYGM/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-14T17:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/RVSCHBLLAVBIZMRVIPDILUDFQQ.jpg?auth=c956d2a3e9984f04230ede6db6400222721dbf0f50ef9e162b5e64c36bfec419&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Should the public have greater freedom to make a citizen's arrest than police do to make a warrantless arrest? Photo / Rafaella Melo]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/fraud-bats-john-oliver-looking-back-at-bird-of-the-year-controversies-as-voting-begins-the-front-page/OOG5IS2WE5APVIGPSYFIN3PVLE/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-14T17:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/FQJUO5DEPVELXIKJ54K3727O2Q.jpg?auth=c89d12e40840dc831e3d173216436560025dd53b67fdcb673d727d31933307a2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The 2024 NZ Bird of the Year podium. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/one-in-four-schools-struggling-to-hit-government-attendance-goal-600-schools-need-extra-support/EIDD6FLABZE2TLAX4NWX7LGZKM/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-14T17:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/OFDPZAJX4ZAHJIONSONXYWF3DY.JPG?auth=2e1d252176c105f12261cd589950903f0caad3ca0de6e782a48247ad17937a40&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Latest figures show 58.4% of students attended school regularly in Term 2 this year. Photo / NZME]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-womens-centre-is-50-do-we-dare-celebrate-amid-attacks-on-rights-janet-mcallister/N6OGE3C4GJGPHB6V2IJIZI6LOE/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-14T17:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/75ZXUZEMKVHBLL3EI72VVAQ4UA.jpg?auth=19cd0666a96ef97005e17bb3623c494fbb4bdab6d58831a07de16c93849c4025&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Government's blocks to pay equity between differently gendered industries will be the focus on a Woman's DAy of Action this coming weekend.  Photo / Marty Melville]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/whakaora-kai-marks-one-million-tonnes-redistributed-amid-rising-food-insecurity/WJY4UHINBZH5TC3LE4OOIIYBHY/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-14T17:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/K52YC6224ZE25MZZLKUTWN4EQE.jpg?auth=5f8cccb9546770d3eeed5c4c6ac3874cfbe893f74de7ffb04d77bdc2422deb2e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Whakaora Kai warehouse co-ordinator Steve Gray gets some food ready for distribution - just a small amount of the one million kg distributed since 2017. Photo / Denise Piper]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/waitara-river-tragedy-calls-speed-limit-signs-after-tira-wilson-dies-in-jetski-accident/NP3HIGUVNNDGLPGSHEXA3MTB5A/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-14T17:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/4HSWG37XJQQJ3R7TX5QUXA2C2M.jpg?auth=1c91b52a28cd6e0d87a00c55c175ebea9019f8100ea0e2bc8291c9948e8e2b85&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Tira Wilson was enjoying a day out on the Waitara River on the day she was killed.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/letters-renationalising-energy-sector-just-plain-bonkers/ITF66Z63BJGZ7JYVCWNQIQZ5WE/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-14T17:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/NB7S5W5EWJE2JNCIMVVXDBSMYQ.JPG?auth=b86584594b1d9e1a42ac012f61527d1e33a439e8729ab5f10813ab96aa7e7278&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Building more coal-fired power stations is unthinkable in the face of global climate change, a reader writes. 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]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/tauranga-retailers-warn-grey-st-one-way-plan-could-force-more-cbd-businesses-to-close/HG6BFOIMIJHMNEUXXBCPTCAB4U/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-14T07:45:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/IO4ZL6AXRRAEFDME3I6YHFVJ4A.jpg?auth=155fb73375edce35718b3e1bbad7c7f0557f40b0cee666113ae972d65e309de2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Hammon Diamond Jeweller store owner Julie Hammon said she is vehemently opposed to Grey St and The Strand being made one-way streets. 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Photo / Getty Images]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/france-credit-rating-cut-to-a-as-new-pm-lecornu-scraps-holiday-cuts/42CS7TRANVB47EO2YU3JLVRVEE/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-14T00:51:57.051Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/SXPB534PVRH6XIN3FUTP3K3QSM.jpg?auth=0a3584941a695cc4d2356b3dea600519d1bed4fa27e84357ca3950d53205661a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Fitch downgraded France's sovereign rating to A+, penalising the country for its persistent political instability and budgetary uncertainties. 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Photo / 123rf]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/maori-language-week-2025-te-tai-tokerau-tane-cricket-side-celebrate-te-wiki-o-te-reo-maori-in-paihia/77JUFYUJDJFZLE6GTKW6BOKDRY/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-14T00:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/B45ED2HQ5VFV7BUS3GUFVWOKAE.jpg?auth=fd79b5c2d6ccbb7a5a8f05ccc492933adcdfbdb0749eb6cf64fe7b689ddeca1f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Te Tai Tokerau Tāne play a dawn match on Horotutu Beach, Paihia, to celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Māori.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-landlord-wading-in-debt-after-tenant-quits-lease-early-damaged-property/TJCQGSJJYNHR7P4YNLDYSN3R7A/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-14T00:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/SYJ5ONNRP5GZDJMWP5HNQTUJ2M.jpg?auth=a9954581a6caac3c4a88fb401b57363439b8cab3747c076410f6ec59deb74071&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Landlord Fiona McLaren is under severe financial stress after her tenant left owing $9000 in rent and having damaged the property to the tune of thousands. Photo / NZME composite ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/on-the-up-tauranga-teenager-bakes-desserts-for-homeless-wins-youth-volunteer-award/LCXFV7NOC5DUFBNX2LQPJVM4TQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-14T00:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/BR76DUJGJRF27CFQ7LY4YWMND4.jpg?auth=661de3f8d997397c617a29945419dd2efd6dfc8328c38b339a9f33bd0df15a29&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Volunteer Hannah Richards, 16, bakes desserts for Under the Stars, a charity providing home-cooked meals for the homeless and those in need. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>