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]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/china-pledges-first-ever-emissions-reduction-target-is-it-enough/DOUTXY43ONHVBKW7Z5NAGSIYI4/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-24T21:00:50.076Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/LJ2HAMORNNHWJFSLM3GCPLGRB4.jpg?auth=7e02d2357f2ed0fff6cc6e88f7976f65403dbc85115df63e002136188347a460&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA['Is China the bad boy or the climate hero? We are exactly at that point where this very question is indeed a genuine one,' said Li Shuo, director of the China climate programme at the Asia Society Policy Institute. 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Photo / Supplied]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/companies/manufacturing/rich-listers-rescue-of-ubco-sale-price-revealed/GH6W36IQCVAGFCTTTKU3ICG7K4/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-24T20:58:43.677Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/RCCEH3XDFNA25IV53EXK5HP5LY.jpg?auth=655c231189ae73d2664c273ea8ee181080f986ce507e48752c1af828b3177d7e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Some of the 175 Ubco bikes bought by Australia Post. 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Photo / Kelly Makiha]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/conjoined-twins-carmen-and-lupita-on-marriage-boundaries-and-future-plans/D4H5BCKL7RGW3KS55MVGPBS6OM/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-24T20:31:51.074Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/HHGC3XU6M5DQZPIGYKDXJCGRFE.jpg?auth=e2a2136770a03a62dd7a8fda13e75dac44ed4805a87f365edb59434ecc5ce72e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Conjoined twins Carmen and Lupita Andrade share life after Carmen and Daniel's wedding. 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Photo / Getty Images]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchurch/police-remembrance-day-to-honour-senior-sergeant-lyn-fleming-in-nelson/GHP3YDMHI5CRLKFO6HGKNTHBMM/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-24T00:51:54.554Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/6AF7T7VD7FDOHGDK5RE2QQ7C4M.jpg?auth=c43372fdbbc4eeb91cfc9e646fee3c8f73a564173855ce8f6a62570a567938b1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming was struck and killed by a motor vehicle on New Year's Day 2025. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/business-reports/mood-of-the-boardroom/mood-of-the-boardroom-nz-wine-exports-face-toughest-market-since-2008-says-indevin-boss/ZT6EHGVVPZH3FG5NDEUZUBPY5M/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-24T00:50:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/IVBXZ2WBBVHPHKCYRJ3MPFVFQA.JPG?auth=1732672cfbb2795f9e5b032b175f906e28d37178134b3b516b392c31f21fbfcd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The New Zealand industry needs to proactively reduce supply to get back to balance, says Indevin CEO Simon Limmer.  Photo / Duncan Brown.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/rodrigo-duterte-charged-with-crimes-against-humanity-at-icc/P3OUIQRUCVCNXAZ3G4YJHL72IA/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-24T00:38:53.881Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/Q67KFIMCURFPZKLQGJBOCX6TF4.JPG?auth=10a432e8f7a41ab518bc250a7e3ac51bcb9e913165eedff8add87ba4426316aa&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte visited New Zealand while in office. 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