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Photo / Supplied]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/sexual-violence-laws-under-fire-as-helen-clark-foundation-seeks-reform/CN4TEBRQENCEXFGH2RPARTG3SA/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-01T16:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/VPIIIBQXZRHA5LLVY37AXPCBRM.jpg?auth=5f5e13b532fb9fbd5d75606b4738ae6f3ca7066c4d5067cf58d21edf6dff17dd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Helen Clark Foundation is calling for urgent changes to modernise New Zealand's laws to better protect victims of sexual violence. 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Photo / Peter Riubery]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/racing/horse-racing-railway-winner-sets-sights-on-other-leg-of-sprinting-double/GHSMGRHZBZHDLLM5EFVHSNQAYA/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-01T16:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/WZHQ57DGGBFHVOSIE5PSVW4RGA.jpg?auth=3fefb39be407b6037fe8df0851ce293db5b7c21d516c2903d9f54fce734b0372&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Crocetti is the early TAB favourite for the Telegraph at Trentham. 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Photo / Annaleise Shortland]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/netball/silver-ferns/netball-nz-inside-the-plan-to-overthrow-governing-bodys-leadership/U6NWFUVIV5E5TJKVM25BFGBBIQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-01T05:01:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/EQZB4HXOLJEO7D72TZQJJ74F34.jpg?auth=6bb1f0ff72a361dff73b20a4050df5a6b99111fe9f967b52e053e05118719c49&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Netball New Zealand's leadership is in the spotlight. 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Photo / 123rf]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland/wayne-brown-unveils-79-auckland-rates-increase-to-pay-for-city-rail-link-running-costs/ZO2Y25JPJ5GDXPS62GJQUVCX3Q/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-01T05:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/DUAJNONCG5KNDPWNW54RRPSHKE.jpg?auth=0138b0aa33dc0786f28eff90c2ee7c75e67bd3c1106f94bc68729e23f854b402&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Auckland households face a 7.9% rate rise next year. 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Photo / Annaleise Shortland]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/early-childhood-educators-in-australia-get-final-5-pay-rise-as-workforce-grows/IOKMHOOBAFATLBEBC5VC4WSELY/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-01T03:33:19.759Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/OBR2R47VJZAAVM73SOC63JEZ4Q.jpg?auth=bd18b5876c90419d679c2d5212ae37c6a6bd58d1b1c787cd78a57c23dc145395&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Australian Education Minister Jason Clare says the final pay rise will help "bring more people into the sector" while keeping "the great educators we’ve already got". 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Photo / Dean Purcell]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchurch/food-poisoning-warning-issued-after-christchurch-school-children-served-mouldy-lunches/G7AWAIZ46ZD7LDVNBVC7JISASY/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-01T03:30:49.826Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/7DEVZFKKJNHNJIKU7RMBRSOMI4.jpg?auth=29a0c4d627ff18fd65829f5ff6c76bb9061f18d70866a85a0e5e897197fb376b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Mould: The lunches given to students at Haeata Community Campus were covered in 'furry stuff'.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/wellington-dad-smashed-4035-pull-ups-afterwards-things-got-spicy/NFTA7E4UHFDIFMKY6PRQ2266GE/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-01T03:07:10.201Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/OT7MAJGZNZGNDDK4PCDNCPYOOI.png?auth=75808d9a6c79bf75202a3ae8c2250f63d3803da14f036aaf7905d896e3045133&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Harding completed his goal in just under 16 hours. 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Image / MetService]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/rotorua-lakes-high-school-appoints-its-first-female-principal-gwyneth-cooper/EYHHC3AYVBFRNIAIP72HVCRH5Y/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-01T02:27:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/E53K6BCTGJEUHE653HH2N7SBLY.jpg?auth=c3d5e3b026f3264bca9218a56b8a3a0e7845e50e9399e3bbdffe864b7c7a063b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[ Gwyneth Cooper has been appointed as the next principal at Rotorua Lakes High School.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/pharmac-defends-near-350000-exit-payment-to-one-employee-in-same-year-ceo-resigned/CM5CYM5ZGFFERHG4PSC73KHIHA/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-01T02:16:03.538Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/Z7WHRWRI2JH27GNGRZCJKWIAFE.jpg?auth=ce7233015dc03cb9ed07034a67b4ea11c29784618a88d4e7f0c3c068145ae21d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Pharmac Minister David Seymour (centre) sits between Pharmac board chair Paula Bennett (left) and chief executive Natalie McMurtry during their appearance before the health select committee. Photo / Mark Mitchell]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/state-highway-5-tapapa-crash-sparks-vegetation-fire-and-traffic-delays/ZL7I4RPEBRGUNBDBCUWGWVDPC4/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-01T02:11:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/V2P4W5ETCVFBPGTRQ4EBVDQ22M.jpg?auth=c6feefd278a502aad2a751c0af401b6494409db0223e083e2c8c7038d603bb60&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A large section of SH5 in the Mamaku Ranges is closed after a car crashed into a tree, killing one person and causing a vegetation fire.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/otane-vegetation-fire-crews-from-napier-and-hastings-among-large-group-of-firefighters-at-scene/5JCGK5I2QFCKPJ6T7FSWSHNS2U/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-01T02:03:36.65Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/3ADO7CW4WNBIFDWAV3AFOFTQSM.jpg?auth=f64855c08218a0ec47bdf76eb966487c48732f0e06736d32622fae332ce795b2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A vegetation fire broke out near Ōtāne around midday on Monday. Photo / Alex Cairns]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/home-improvement-child-actor-zachery-ty-bryan-arrested-over-probation-breach/GR3C4CVJPZDPTNF3BRA5PVQIDE/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-01T02:02:23.024Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/UT3RAIYQLVF3JAKNSY2WSQVJ2A.jpg?auth=16ff7d1f1fbc1feac1641f39978a3ebc292e98f16cfc3b900568a7fb566e2895&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Former child actor Zachery Ty Bryan has had multiple run-ins with the law in recent years. 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