<?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/hawkes-bay-today/news/te-hauke-hawkes-bay-church-fire-leaves-only-portrait-of-jesus-intact/GVRMEM3C3ZB47BJVXITQDJQTXE/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-12T23:39:43.333Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/DKCD6IZPJRC6HFEOLECVWOEENM.jpg?auth=81d4fc82e6f13d9ef2cd0d88edb783564c0d9b009f25116b81cdbb68fe40d8d9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The fire at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' chapel left the building badly damaged. 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]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/injuries-force-changes-as-all-blacks-name-side-for-grand-slam-tour/RWFVZGSIAJELZLVCIR34KCXKWI/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-12T23:01:27.895Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/PS544GCVXZFUTOX6GS3WXOC35E.jpg?auth=17127905ab1f70e51130b062d06e7b28cbaed01f4312239f9d47c393f9028953&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[All Blacks head coach Scott Robertson. Photo / Photosport]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/herald-poll-finds-97-believe-auckland-cbd-anti-social-and-uninviting-amid-accounts-of-public-sex-and-meth-fueled-rage/CH4RPTPTGRBELN65QREB3EEVDE/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-12T23:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/Y4EBYWUFJNGFPOCEXF3UAQKQHA.jpg?auth=e495a2a70448c600c2b9b3b70d8f2cd7b1e7c659d4db1bd8e5f808eae3a2a2de&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Homelessness has been cited as a reason Auckland's CBD is an uninviting place. New Zealand Herald Photograph by Jason Oxenham.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/markets/shares/nz-sharemarket-falls-as-wall-street-slides-on-renewed-us-china-trade-fears/64W2LOXGE5GPFG2HRCDTJXIFWA/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-12T22:43:37.362Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/NORDIMCBDVBLNEIJVLFMFZMAFE.jpg?auth=ed1eb9492ab5b07325bd7d179c2452b7e2150c7557dc4811790d1ab93ea4c6b6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Wall Street stocks ended weaker on Friday (Saturday NZ Time) as US-China trade tensions took another turn for the worse. Photo / Getty]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/all-blacks-squad-naming-how-many-changes-will-scott-robertson-make-for-end-of-year-tour/JLTLTBKFNNBKVF3PY5IB2XPHLQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-12T22:34:47.746Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/PTFAIFOWABES7HSHQXMFI5S2Z4.jpg?auth=4ae6376342c18157e01eb26aeaa6ff2d3d799d47b9dba8fd2643c85492a0ec0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Scott Robertson has named his team for the end-of-year tour. Photo / SmartFrame]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/tourism-numbers-up-in-august-airline-group-says-new-zealand-getting-close-to-pre-pandemic-peaks/LOKHFY52NVGB7BDYYJILSV5D3U/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-12T22:27:11.081Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/RPBWG5PBBFFEVHNDF5QR7DID6E.jpg?auth=a4da2f719672a5d9b4ef98a90ce73d74d7e309eb46245ca1e2d5f3aa029e44c5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[New Zealand in mid-winter attracted more foreign tourists than a year earlier. Photo / Sean Beale
]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/dog-friendly-napier-debuts-with-pawrade-bringing-300-dogs-to-city-centre/POGL67UWBBHDFP54JJ3X5PGOPM/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-12T22:19:38.599Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/VUPGBHJP3JC5TDUKX75KD6EJFY.jpg?auth=3cf133a9dc43e40a8c8921be6c21bd280c78018836125f0decab07c80cdc0705&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[About 300 dogs and their owners registered for Napier's first Pawrade on Sunday. Photo / Derek Rossiter]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/crime/former-building-designer-lucy-walsh-fined-10000-for-forging-documents-for-central-otago-dwelling/L632EHRIIZCFRG6IGGRKAOJJ6I/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-12T22:14:05.223Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/JHT4GAMYHROPWJES7HNX2EU6OE.jpg?auth=9a61e50cf019cc415c859c21a0a66b012193efd246b43bd6288f6adf142e34a3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Lucy Walsh was fined $10,000 in the Alexandra District Court for forgery and carrying out building work while unlicensed. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/israel-hamas-war-trump-declares-gaza-conflict-over-hostages-due-home/P3XUOOX6NFEF5CGCWY3T6M6DIE/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-12T21:58:15.585Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/H3QXAZSVFFH7HEH3FMS7GVXMBQ.jpg?auth=9eb7fcf3cacc7469d8d720a248011a056d3ad5e783fee84ff755523b87944804&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Demonstrators march during a "Bring them home" rally for Israeli hostages in New York City. Photo / Charly Triballeau, AFP]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/thousands-of-bay-of-plenty-nurses-midwives-and-teachers-join-mass-strike-over-pay-staffing/TEWGTIIECBBNJNIBNACAAOEHUE/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-12T21:51:24.921Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/KJDIOXMCMNGTJFSYINVZXAJMCI.jpg?auth=3c190c17c8a8667f3ec2224767acd9fd2d2891090a78528d7188fcc79182c4d7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Nurse Amber Benson attended a nurses' strike outside Tauranga Hospital in May last year. Photo / Alex Cairns]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-country/news/climate-change-farmers-welcome-governments-drop-in-methane-targets-no-emissions-tax/AF5HDJAS5RGFHIQFGE6VLIR6LQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-12T21:50:14.681Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/7VYB3M45VFELTNVL67426EN3G4.jpg?auth=3f2b13a6c362f6279d8fddef8b4aaebb761998b0c66fb0a60481c23c7df6d6d5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Government's new target lowers methane cuts to 14–24% below 2017 levels by 2050. Photo / Mike Scott]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/well-known-new-zealander-charged-with-sexual-abuse/HIP4IMN3ZBDOXEFO4WZKGCYGDQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-12T21:25:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/TKX7VLN6KU7KD6L2VSIN4A53YM.jpg?auth=f0a64b20565ab2f384f5ca86826146bf0f8d77193fc984451566aa4034e76706&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The man will make his first appearance in the North Shore District Court later this week. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/councils-defend-chipseal-choice-as-waikato-and-bay-of-plenty-works-start/FIOAVR6GA5HMJJUSLZ4LDMPU4I/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-12T21:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/TS3ZVUFQBRCDBLAS57MNENXVXQ.jpg?auth=ac42f43c94467d985b858060ac476eee9ad01a408fbfaf2cb0ca3199760bdf60&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Councils in Waikato and Bay of Plenty are implementing summer road maintenance with a focus on chip seal.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/promotions/win-a-wicked-night-out-to-celebrate-the-release-of-wicked-for-good/5P3TWJTU3FH7TOCJ3R4VPJ65F4/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-12T21:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/ERY3ZO7Q6BBB5K5KRMHOLOSRQQ.jpg?auth=a35ed119f6408a1c915dae7ac918af8e0ecf391122523ece39d4e495ffb613c4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Wicked: For Good]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/weather-rain-and-cooler-change-to-sweep-north-island/V6RU53P55ZD47FE2IH3FWZYY4E/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-12T20:52:03.825Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/NIG2HCZOJFDRVIQM3LESBLLYUU.png?auth=f2747ea86840240a23a4c1957afb90b4ed21df848c770cc2c33eea3a495d0b95&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Rain, possibly heavy, is forecast to sweep across the North Island on Tuesday. Photo / MetService]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/property/fletcher-building-issues-gloomy-update-targets-further-100m-cost-cuts/6ECVGBPBWFDYDGVQOU4YAN4FNQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-12T20:48:45.078Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/QHJRAOWHLBFEHORVQOX4XF3NII.jpg?auth=b9b056ad36cc3aff237eaba09d1eb8b8ef229e8ca3dbff91157a50a383009114&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Fletcher Building has given a downbeat quarterly update. Photo / Carson Bluck ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/companies/construction/precinct-properties-launches-310m-equity-raise-to-fund-growth-pipeline/UGND5DC3RZECFER4VIFJDFS4KQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-12T20:36:09.389Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/IXUJENTYJNFDPH3ZBAI5KNWO5M.jpg?auth=31b2b4fff2497dbf8c4078f18cbd414511733ddebf985fad23301eaf3d025c45&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Scott Pritchard, CEO of Precinct Properties. Pnoto / NZME  ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/local-elections-2025-western-bay-preliminary-results-confirm-denyers-win-close-race-for-maketu-board/FMDBB75DMZEWDPBU45UKNQJYLM/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-12T20:33:59.707Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/T2K6ZWUBUFAD3MKOT7QFBKNSOU.jpg?auth=b95a5181919cbc1e5f427cc12bbd313a87087a0d7c6a8d5b3a439c611eb08b88&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Western Bay of Plenty Mayor James Denyer has been re-elected for a second term. Photo / David Hall]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-country/news/climate-change-effects-expected-to-hurt-farm-viability-in-next-decade-study-finds/J7JO6W4FOZATVFRJGGYSK2UB3E/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-12T20:23:39.751Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/XDWHJAAJURDOBPB6FDIBAYKTIY.jfif?auth=ebf5503a7bc86a27ff0f5ade9e96261a3e02a7b185642194f1bee59d148dfd29&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The impact of drought in Hurunui in North Canterbury. Photo / Dan Hodgen]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/heres-where-kiwis-are-spending-their-money-in-2025and-where-theyre-not-liam-dann/FW6JP76PSFC5XLPJSVBOOM4UOA/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-12T20:19:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/D5Z5LFE4IHCL4PV47RAQ53KTBM.jpg?auth=1bd16eddb079c0c0dcbaabbdd93afd11033c1164b214becbe9069c6927b46f96&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[ANZ card data released this week showed overall spending rose in September, but the amount consumers spent at clothing stores was down. Photo / 123rf]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/property/christchurch-developer-williams-corporation-plans-partial-nzx-listing-in-2027/RPPFMYLYZFDBHKJTK3I4ARVNQM/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-12T20:11:38.338Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/C32USJIDJZD2TJB37AKERESHUQ.JPG?auth=ed93611a3ef4de3efa3536359d09aa4f197ab3666aea7bd73019d3ff4fe8c033&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Williams Corporation's work at 14 Nova Pl, Christchurch.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/two-gang-tangi-convoys-to-be-monitored-by-police-in-hawkes-bay/PLKAXUVJ3NAHNJ6LXAM62ECGIE/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-12T20:06:54.04Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/77K6ISP55ZGMVLWMQA3YIIE4FI.jpg?auth=eb4a0b90aae3d031edfbef4d0bd96564bfd47382cf7baf7bab0b17d887f108a5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Police are monitoring Hawke’s Bay roads as two gang tangi draw convoys in Waipawa and Flaxmere. 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