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This is what you need to know before you go. 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Photo / Auckland Transport]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/talanoa/measles-outbreak-kiwi-traveller-in-quarantine-in-rarotonga/I6GN5ECTF5AQDEZYLOUEF4BPJU/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-25T02:16:12.217Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/UF7LSNWRBZEKPLS6RVZOAPDHBM.JPG?auth=52f71df93103e30f81421ec4bc39ee79fec6541df59b39ed80e0c6201e999388&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The passenger is in quarantine at an accommodation facility in Rarotonga. Photo / 123rf]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-country/news/listen-to-the-country-online-fonterras-950-milk-price-midpoint-forecast-with-ceo-miles-hurrell/MKAWUEFRIBFRHCKCZQZIIJELNU/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-25T02:11:25.394Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/JP7WGWNFDNA6PCNOJWPWHJPQ3E.jpg?auth=e214e1e116a9bea2e02f5701eba522251197943b760e16db7dc46bc811f1eba0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Fonterra chief executive Miles Hurrell spoke to The Country's Jamie Mackay today. Photo / Alyse Wright]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/crime/maya-moore-refuses-to-face-the-court-as-shes-jailed-for-nine-years-for-wairarapa-arsons/IFLRWIDP25EYRBAPREUDQDZ7LY/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-25T02:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/V46N7W5OWJFTPJ2KNM2B6TTOAE.jpg?auth=0bf62b70a6f91f7670f201564f8f101ad2a1dd57870a9cd121afd98cc1f65603&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Maya Moore (right) was jailed for nine years and must serve a minimum of 4.5 years after she was found guilty of lighting the fires at two properties in Wards Line, near Greytown, in October 2022.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/travel-news/air-nz-faces-complaints-over-treatment-of-disabled-passengers-on-regional-flights/5B4A2WFNIJC6JDH62ZQNCX2HC4/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-25T02:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/WYDEVJ5TWBCXXCNG3JDAD5YKM4.jpg?auth=2919c9ca834e7bf5c63d833d9fd41a5b4aae468b1c6a72c9b676294c462c7af7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Rachel Adams, 52, says she was told to slide down the stairs of an ATR 72-600 unaided while flying with Air New Zealand. 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Photo / Mark Mitchell]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/worksafe-investigates-serious-injury-at-riverlock-packhouse-near-opotiki/P6DHTUOG7NFGPEWKSYVT53IG7Y/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-25T00:24:11.115Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/MJIN662MSRBXHIEZQ4SJ4QGHME.JPG?auth=f99199e071d1437f7bc905a62fa78804ec7d0d9e4b940d0dfbf859dd540f4837&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Emergency services were called to the Riverlock packhouse near Ōpōtiki about 12.15pm on Monday. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/northland-police-investigating-after-whangarei-woman-seriously-assaulted-in-murdoch-crescent-home/R4R6UOA3TJFYXJZWQ5TDVWM4YQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-25T00:23:55.431Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/RG6KLUJNPZEAVE5VABPD3BZOTU.JPG?auth=ba0b16b36f2b7ed4c6e599b0eef6b343e82a1d146a004467bb9cd2d8d5f14577&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Police can be seen in the distance investigating an assault on a woman inside her Murdoch Crescent home in Raumanga. Photo / NZME]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/winston-are-you-in-labour-extends-olive-branch-to-nz-first-offering-to-repeal-regulatory-standards-act-this-term/JKMSKYHIQRE4JPYT4VFNTZYB3Y/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-25T00:17:51.047Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/AATHF4CQKNH35C5YH4GAS7QZCU.jpg?auth=78d51d1fb012076652254ca5b427327eec273207cfa5c497120efc50fc96457e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Winston Peters has said he will repeal the Regulatory Standards Act.]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>