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Photo / Te Ao Māori News]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/bay-of-plenty-company-fined-more-than-59k-for-effluent-spills/4LMYXMWJCBEQJPSOVXZTMJ3RAE/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-29T22:46:15.939Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/54MHBW334JG3XPAPLDAKGSEVX4.jpg?auth=2422379b41ceb928452ce0d5502147717a8cefe1d9828f6ce253a4ac14775b67&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Dairy effluent overflowing from one of Warneford Farms' sites near Waimana, which reached the Nukuhou River in 2023. 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Photo / RNZ, Tess Brunton]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/central-hawkes-bays-smedley-station-appoints-greg-crombie-as-manager/H5JM3VIHSBGYVBWJWQYDKGFKZQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-29T22:09:15.004Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/5IBATLWREJBRXH533WSQTUGU5Y.jpg?auth=3e97c6d38e044cad1d36d103012d0e4c665831e46e0a4988e650905e94055a77&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Greg Crombie will join Smedley Station in Central Hawke's Bay as the farm manager. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/companies/agribusiness/scales-takes-out-three-aussie-joint-ventures-for-103m/RPHKVA6CCRHUXECAVAQEISJL6A/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-29T22:04:59.376Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/5JOK34U33ZFQRA3FLAHWAJU46A.jpg?auth=34224b2f9d62f5e5e5942fb95cffe81749dfa23f1b94a88eaf7372cfdbbd46c7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Agribusiness group Scales has gone to full control of two Australian joint ventures. Photo / Supplied ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/serious-risk-warning-over-e-motorbikes-in-parks/2GTB57OPZNFCJIGKBZKLCCVSYA/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-29T22:04:53.82Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/HRDK3KMXTNFLJHN4E4FT5KX3DA.jpg?auth=611a27ebefaa8462593cae08d7f6e26d475ce89b2e7a23f2a1ced3b3cb69e72a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Hastings District Council is being proactive with public education about riding any form of motorbike on council-owned parks and reserves, both for public safety and in the case of areas like Tainui Reserve, to prevent damage at the archaeologically significant Hikanui Pa site.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/local-elections-errors-in-voting-packs-could-lead-to-change/PLG37D4HSNEMTCWVR3R6IABM6A/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-29T21:57:22.532Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/F2EHE5KJVJDLRLPUCAZWDPOWCA.webp?auth=5e059b10ff737c3c6089222205f289d050cab2428e1b8426ea313aa0c38b411f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Local elections have been run by councils for decades, but that could change in the future. Photo / RNZ, Anneke Smith]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/us-govt-will-shut-down-tomorrow-unless-lawmakers-act-with-parties-at-odds-on-healthcare/22BY4SC35JE5DCETLLO3C2K5KI/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-29T21:43:50.979Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/AQ6YBGSWFVHD5PWGD3B6MT5YSM.jpg?auth=9eb7674f07e02f7d9592db5d191bb9fc45709d4da831728660747a968c69096f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Capitol is seen from the Virginia side of the Potomac River. 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Graphic / NZME]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/rookie-error-tiktok-star-razghetto-details-failed-costco-robbery/7ED3V3XAAZBEFEUHFHDSRTDBM4/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-29T21:36:37.446Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/MUC52F5J5NHGZPURV7QPKMA6OU.jpg?auth=7d594a2ecf43beb1027d4b27377ba73240c31ce003a28845a3d634720daab557&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A Gumtree listing detail led police to RazGhetto, mastermind of a failed Sydney warehouse robbery. Photo / Getty Images]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/property/new-skycity-ceo-jason-walbridge-got-pay-package-worth-26m-heres-why/GECQXJSCLFCTBHIVDSEDXPD23M/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-29T21:31:34.869Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/4O63C3Q2IZAWLFO2AG7T2HOP5M.JPG?auth=5729be8a28fcb2aaa3830f7278bd7b1201938c50ad9f927eb77bd42a73cfd5bc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[SkyCity chief executive Jason Walbridge, pictured on Hobson St outside the headquarters of the business. Photo / Jason Oxenham]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/all-blacks-v-australia-wallabies-big-man-will-skelton-ready-to-impose-himself-against-scott-robertsons-side/YZXJIRLVQRDQ5OWBUKBHZFR4CY/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-29T21:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/ARSF5W7UQRDNVDJBD3ZPJPOMLU.jpg?auth=eed556ea1716fbee528fb6e6d260a9f732acde4b06a9955972b4cbc5e47e8e4a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Will Skelton of the Wallabies in action against the Pumas. Photo / Photosport]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/bnz-cuts-one-year-fixed-mortgage-rate-below-45-as-next-ocr-decision-looms/DML5NAMNJZGV3NGCX2M6GXTZ6Q/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-29T20:58:41.013Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/WGF2Z5XSYJD6LNS6X2OJ4ANANQ.jpg?auth=8fa836847376d42686593a93b220d33b64419a92ac55f09a85b5692f06537583&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[BNZ has cut its one-year home loan rate ahead of the Official Cash Rate decision next week. 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Photo / Jason Dorday]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/basketball-star-tiana-mangakahia-dies-of-breast-cancer-weeks-before-joining-wellingtons-tokomanawa-queens/P7Y77VOEYJEQXPBO3UZ3CHPS4A/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-29T20:45:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/WYN2WSMDTZDQ7F3JR7HGVQ35PI.jpg?auth=a9d7e1a95e38929c92caeebc146fc3d90bd438a6afdb262c03cea9a5add4f3c1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Tiana Mangakahia (Ngāti Huarere) was a former Sydney Flames WNBL guard. 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Photo / Dado Galdieri, The Washington Post]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/waikato-expressway-cambridge-piarere-extension-welcome-news-editorial/BIDRLKMKQNAM3GNE2NVTMCMD34/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-29T16:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/M53E6H3NXVFW7DYJ55UCGOT3L4.jpg?auth=071379fdaf4502fd2e74660d2322c61cf29e361978ae297641119da0140f8a34&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[An aerial perspective rendering of the southern end of the Waikato Expressway, where the Cambridge to Piarere extension will begin. Newcombe Rd is on the left and Lockley Rd is on the right.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/on-the-up-cancer-society-to-build-225m-whangarei-lodge-for-northland-patients/J547VDQKLBD2ROFA2Y345RZHSE/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-29T16:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/DCS35MXKKBEPVIIZ3LY2YPXEDY.jpg?auth=9a2426f0401a23d47b19348a44eaa2946a9709dfca805d0066efb8c79d729bf1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Cancer Society Auckland Northland board members, including (from left) Dr Fritha Hanning,  Louisa Kraitzick, Sally Hughes, Debbie Evans, Tame Hauraki, Candace Kinser and Dr Ben Lawrence, celebrate the new lodge site. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/carolyn-tremain-lessons-from-leading-mbie-through-covid-disasters-and-reform/5GB7KT4QKBCLJLISQY5FBKEAD4/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-29T16:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/HH4SWBVAE5CQRH5KEQ57JPCZNY.jpg?auth=64819f430f7be8450738d04efefd21df062d20cbe4835a5fe9a0af0ab572cf7c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Carolyn Tremain just before finishing as chief executive of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. 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]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/racing/weather-leaves-question-marks-hanging-over-spring-racing-markets/PBAP5V7VU5DHZKNOYZRAB6PKRM/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-29T16:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/ICDZEQU2PBB4TD4PPSV4ECZK34.JPG?auth=9d986b891a8fcde0971255741ce9ef23f3ce6fc57486dc05e6c61043a70ea348&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Quintessa loves spring racing just not on heavy tracks.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/letters-peters-un-palestine-decision-divides-new-zealanders/6LKOBVS4MRBE7HQ5BW5IIRESYM/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-29T16:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/QNX4DE2FOZACBEQGD75UJ2IL2U.jpg?auth=142a3cf8240c41e4c7efaed2e91a0d157d4a23b7fb53a08d33af4e66cd1f7d7b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Winston Peters addresses the UN General Assembly on Saturday. 
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Photo / Michael Craig]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/climate-change-extreme-events-deaths-destruction-are-what-it-will-take-to-act-the-front-page/EJU374WZIJFD3KCQ3YAHDI65XQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-29T16:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/B4JU3YBNZFHK5PTFNNIP77XDBY.jpg?auth=fd1d5e05800e92f58a12986c964e3b03efed908ec8209a8e2492427e326a217b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Scientists will descend upon Austria this week for the first Overshoot Conference on the climate.  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Photo / Getty Images]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/israel-expands-west-bank-control-with-new-settlements-and-land-seizures/PIGKN7VSQBDXZHKMZ3T5CPPQBM/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-29T16:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/DTB7JMTI4VCXHNTDZUEJQP5WPY.jpg?auth=7096c92d218f0ca0ededfccb07f681d638752e57b1148df5669e54b0356e523f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Ali al-Hirsh sits on the rocky terrain of Jabal al-Baba, which overlooks the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ma’ale Adumim. Jabal al-Baba is one of 22 Palestinian communities whose people may be displaced by new Israeli settlements. 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Photo / NZME]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/from-the-manosphere-to-tradwives-why-are-young-women-embracing-traditional-gender-roles/ZT5BJ33TDZFWRFPBWQZ35IKEBA/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-29T07:02:36.246Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/YN5GLQAIUVGJLFBLFXTSZICNJE.jpg?auth=f24e29981f0535bb743c38861b65d731a81f780657fad65dc2b4c3f9cd11b0bb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Recent signs suggest young adults may are embracing the idea that men should be dominant, while women play a supporting role. 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Photo / Google Maps]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/markets/currency/nz-dollar-still-suffering-after-gdp-dip/QZURG7HHTNBN5CZISZBMT7GEYI/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-29T06:13:56.309Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/JXLVWEHW6ZAO5CCQI2IZCOKMDM.jpg?auth=a5b5e0c57cb65b93fa5da561200a4934a90914de3e29e4f0fe2da0cf3410b181&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Kiwi is still suffering the after-effects of a poor GDP outcome for the June quarter. Photo / NZME ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/crime/victims-traumatised-after-wadesdown-wellington-home-invasion/PBFF3NB32NBN7JBTAXQXSB7MQI/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-29T06:13:54.699Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/5WFNZPYQFZHBHBO6XBK6YVG5UE.JPG?auth=4c8d5546d5b1016199f73614040330492819518c0d637f9234c151fd2b8bfdb1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Police fired a shot at a man during an armed home invasion in Wellington. Photo / NZME]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/crime/former-act-party-president-tim-jago-loses-appeal-against-sexual-abuse-conviction/AHCNBSFSNBFWRA32AIJSDSCVEY/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-29T06:03:56.181Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/F4GWFYM255HA7BOJF5CFTEUYNU.webp?auth=83e457bb313d521b48341d21ee7ab00562a9ec9253e1147526a3f8b1615569e1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Tim Jago was found guilty of sexually abusing two teenage boys in the 1990s. 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Photo / Getty Images]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/wellington/tramper-rescued-from-upper-hutt-bush-after-falling-into-steep-canyon/SWUWCCRSVBH7FOEDELOO6J66JQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-29T00:20:04.49Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/AGGWQCQZQJHDZMPHDHFH2JQR6A.jpg?auth=de9861ac8702df9dafc6ab96985faa4dc324de8f8016946a7cc52c84ffbda942&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The rescuers were able to move the patient to a spot where the helicopter could extract them. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchurch/christchurch-police-pause-search-for-missing-teen-marley-seek-new-leads/JQYH2HB5O5H35KXIOQGNCWXYQA/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-29T00:12:55.17Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/FYT4AEXHJFG5XP72CLX74FGZPU.jpg?auth=a1945c1b3a3cea8115f6d86920665d300715d0f0a9b97f6bf52ce9e7b08c51a4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Missing Christchurch teenager, Marley. Photo / Supplied]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/property/first-look-inside-nzs-biggest-build-to-rent-simplicity-livings-225m-te-reiputa/AZICZ5M3JBE3FKX4WERFSQJGEA/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-29T00:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/B6GY2OKRNRHXXDYPLDCMIVPCII.jpg?auth=b34a1788c2f14259c7ed0fe4da66a6e4e841b96c1c55730c56b2659a5799467f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Te Reiputa, a five-block build-to-rent project on Auckland's Mt Wellington Highway by Simplicity Living. This shows the project on September 25, 2025. Completion is due next year. Photo / Simplicity Living]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>