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Photo / Grave Guardians]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/minimum-wage-to-increase-from-april-next-year-govt-commits-to-bigger-rise-than-last-year/JMX5I5G6CBA5TITWZXHPIKXOBI/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-11T22:36:39.476Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/OUEAWROBNNH4PIS42SMFL3C45Y.JPG?auth=fce9424d7ee9dba1db1edcd53df08fe6f7b86e03c79646e93e8aed0c326baf4f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Workplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden said the planned increase was "moderate" and reflected a balanced approach from the Government. 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Photo / Dean Purcell]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/un-is-a-joke-government-ministers-take-aim-at-united-nations-over-report-criticising-new-zealand-treatment-of-maori/FQHGCTQL55GLPF5L2GGTV62KLA/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-11T04:54:08.581Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/HB7UVZHUFFDUXNHMEVYJ6EOYW4.jpg?auth=538f08c87c491484b1ced81ba07d88accc73e8c31a10c906b24b697c89696a0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour called the UN "a joke". Photo / Mark Mitchell]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/suspected-illegal-gambling-venues-uncovered-in-auckland-raids/2POLUUQNCVCUFEPTCY2UOSWO3Q/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-11T04:52:08.373Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/SBGZS3NMKZG47PKD7L4MUBEQGY.jpg?auth=d8e491c894b75af695e51240ab2242351cadcecc752c432e6893ac89556fe3cd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Nine alleged illegal gambling venues involving unlicensed poker games have been uncovered in Auckland raids. Photo / 123rf ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/queensland-skydiver-left-hanging-from-plane-tail-after-parachute-mishap/SHDOKUL5JZEXNHPXL4NLCWTF5A/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-11T04:43:24.274Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/2VH4NRQJWVHKXP57LO3RXDCDCI.jpg?auth=afa10a06a7f74280581aa9d250a2c469e0859b0a3f0b204d48a86df9f8750d7e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The skydiver became caught on the horizontal stabiliser section of the plane's tail.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/companies/telecommunications/2degrees-to-begin-3g-shutdown-within-days-one-nz-sets-town-by-town-timetable/BNRWGTNHCZGX3MNT5PMNCPH5YQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-11T04:20:48.755Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/SGYPZE5NIVGEFF5QJPFOZKDKAU.jpg?auth=db4f71e71c55198d05680225ead5621014b017f7888b7bc5e69dd66dff5183e1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[2degrees says it will begin shutting its 3G mobile network on December 14 while One NZ has now delayed doing so until early 2026. Photo / Getty Creative]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/dunedin-businessman-sentenced-for-attempted-commercial-sexual-exploitation-of-minor/GLNBZLVRBJFT5OOTIO3BBNGF6A/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-11T04:10:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/EWGIPVPSNFEULHV2FMOJBQQJCA.jpg?auth=fa4eea1c1f2668652c6dce87c763d4d17def0ec98258201c06da285f20fb41f9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The man appeared today in the Dunedin District Court, where he pleaded guilty to attempting to enter into a commercial sexual relationship with a person aged under 18. Photo / George Heard]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/bay-of-plenty-feeling-the-heat-fan-sales-surge-as-temperatures-soar/ZI7ZCLCIERECHAOWDNN4K4ZGIE/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-11T04:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/WNMXVLPXS5GLDC57BUFECJ7KAE.jpg?auth=fc08bacaa0841d2cbaa576907d83478d5c323532fd0b9837ed74d08cb42a6f36&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Mount Maunganui beach remains a popular spot for people seeking to cool off in the heat. Photo / Alex Cairns]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/are-big-boozy-work-christmas-parties-over-for-good-the-front-page/QKIQD4JUJRBUZA2QQCJ5M23ZAY/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-11T04:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/62XQ2WXYVJHF7JNPC2246O7EOI.jpg?auth=e724fad851fdd03deb9a92bf761bdbdbe05baa42a6467e0acbaa6f4562cf5841&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Social media and private livestreams have increased the risks for office Christmas parties. Photo / Getty Images]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/government-delays-final-cabinet-decision-on-whether-to-abolish-ncea-as-officials-scrutinise-11000-submissions/premium/FJ4IK66WA5G3FG4TT7YUN5LUYQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-11T04:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/OLRDD5RKN5FRXINWFCTFZG4JKE.jpg?auth=af5e4d0e3ff48acfd6c2cdbfd70b02120f0e15e6d2632930fbbcff4c61bfd5a7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Education Minister Erica Stanford announced the NCEA proposal in August. Photo / Dean Purcell]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/independent-police-conduct-authority-officers-unlawfully-entered-flaxmere-house-for-arrest/TIZRAI3PFBGSLBNJH2DP47SRY4/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-11T04:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/HJHOMB2SMJCAPEGN6MX4QTTMVM.jpg?auth=1f5fe231f502b693413fa45d8b429c6a93c50936096425e2335a0fe077104905&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Police were armed with Glock pistols, tasers and pepper-spray when they went to the house. Photo / NZPA]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/crime/glen-innes-bus-stabbing-deputy-mayor-rides-route-76-bus-to-reassure-public-safety/UKW65SASTNFA3G2K7VEKEP5Z2A/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-11T04:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/WS4LJLYNSNEDTPR5THYEVILIT4.jpg?auth=ffb0425ac8ae05f9ebacf404b6478691fc79fa7098a6d46fd48c9b03379006ac&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Glen Innes community is reeling after two people were stabbed on an Auckland bus and one later died. Photo / Jason Dorday]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/waikato-news/news/huntly-10-year-old-harry-muru-ketes-lawn-business-second-2-none-booms-after-viral-mahi-for-kaumatua/QLIZIJWWTBHEJOTREJIFGZH47I/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-11T04:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/XWNXJ3QGNVFF5KRZ47MMV4TFXM.jpg?auth=788f9ab0069d56c10114792ff384ab29807edf737071f6e5548df89624906a09&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Harry Muru-Kete, 10, of Huntly, was 5 when he began mowing lawns. Now, he owns his own business. Photo / Malisha Kumar ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/wellington/amalgamation-talks-underway-as-wellington-councils-take-first-step-towards-potential-super-city/MYJ2W3FGGNHCZCSVBWRHYBFWBU/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-11T03:57:33.597Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/KDOPYR5DPVAINHUFOSF7O5NN3A.jpg?auth=9c515bed4751ad55d672d6f026b729fe3ebcd41ac04eba72767f6919a7dd3c00&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Early talks have begun for a major merger of Wellington's councils. Photo / 123rf]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-council-investigating-reports-of-bee-swarm-in-central-city/NTMORV5IPBFL5JTRZQJDCG4NHI/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-11T03:45:11.488Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/TNLHSWHUWZCI3A5QHFYQPE6MHU.jpg?auth=b1bcd8fa998c36c41829378c1d3051ab8a6e124ba3a064a90a8827ff93c760b3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Auckland Council is investigating after what appears to be a swarm of bees appeared in the central city. Photo / File]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/severe-thunderstorms-and-hail-hit-otago-as-metservice-issues-red-warning/6EGGATJ45RHOBG5BAQGTABJ7LA/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-11T03:23:19.861Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/OANRYZX3LZAY5N7FZNI2CV4FXQ.jpeg?auth=aadca199f0f24340db6b8e5812d45dac1d445d77def917f5828bfce67083aa67&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for parts of the South Island. Photo / Nic Renall]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/white-ferns-eden-carson-to-miss-twent20-world-cup-title-defence/3DQNML5VEJC33HGTOHLVMP4YYQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-11T03:08:42.262Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/5XHSWNWS6VDX3MLZJLTPSQBV7M.jpg?auth=4db9edbc9e6d20fe17b1344b2154f7cfb081c2544ee91ad3b5900d990f54024e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[White Ferns off-spinner Eden Carson will undergo elbow surgery, sidelining her for six months. Photo / Photosport]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/police-used-28-motion-activated-cameras-during-tom-phillips-manhunt/premium/4NLRDASWMNE6ZGBF2QDDMHHVW4/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-11T03:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/KK5PSE6DIREKXKTWBXIERQX3UI.jpg?auth=e00c92f75414fbae1562213f7f6366396d6eaa7aeec58915c314123e4925bc3a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[ Michael Morrah traversed Tom Phillips' "satellite" camp near Waitomo where police located his remaining children. Photo / Mike Scott]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/scallop-ban-in-northland-suspected-poachers-caught-after-ute-pursuit/CI4YUUKWONHVJGCLQ2UK5UIGBA/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-11T03:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/4RFQ2DGHHVDWJD2ZX43N7SV3PE.jpg?auth=7cdec3383f23bcd05d5105c3b972c05039c68edf85ae65b4640fe517d1dee288&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Suspected scallop poachers were foiled at Headland Farm Park  (pictured) in Whangārei Heads.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/head-hunters-members-sentenced-for-deadly-assault-on-samuel-curle-over-hoodie/3CSHNZV5KFGUZFEJNLDCSZRAJA/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-11T02:59:29.472Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/KDJNVHPCA5GXVDQOPUUNCOK2VU.jpg?auth=f53596f97f12ab4343381d02258a9c990289903e647f9188e4245976b7352b97&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Samuel Curle, 36, was brutally beaten over the hoodie he was wearing, and died in hospital 20 days later.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/waikato-news/news/hamilton-copper-thefts-police-charge-three-after-frankton-burglaries/EGLSASULHNBWFFU7WNVY7DVZUU/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-11T02:42:45.136Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/EESXQJ7KIZCOPNZQ66YPDJ4GIM.JPG?auth=05d1d72376ee1f661f948a51511852d64b226f507113bf6b88e7230791aeb0ab&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[In August, the Waikato Tactical Crime Unit became aware of a commercial property in Frankton, Hamilton, that had been the subject of multiple break-ins. Photo / NZME]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/christmas-lights-dispute-melbourne-couple-warned-of-9k-council-fine/EBRMEIZFLNCU3KMEDZWGU6PFOU/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-11T02:41:13.728Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/NAEKN5QJ25AFXOXVGY5FLYG4DI.png?auth=bec054d43275707c07030421a5dd4770e0feb666f9bbfe8829093de49f25178a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Neighbours say they love Stephen Jacobs' front yard Christmas display in Craigieburn, Melbourne, and don't want to see it go. Photo / Facebook]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/central-hawkes-bay-community-kairakau-placed-under-level-4-water-restrictions/SFXB623GPNDHPI4EXYTRUDNN7Y/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-11T02:40:41.614Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/WQYXYARH75HL7HN7U3FYTRGIDM.jpg?auth=b0c1aadeb4120fe716f5a07cd16bea414d45fd12615adcda249b621f0b88e329&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The level four water restrictions mean no dishwasher use and limits to flushing the toilet in Kairakau.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/new-zealand-energy-crisis-the-businesses-trapped-and-lost-in-transition/3Q5K4IEBDNDB3MI6ENOBXUXL2Q/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-11T02:36:15.437Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/VAW37UXPDVFSLKT25WEHZXL45Y.webp?auth=5256500896a9a2b1b3d1628acb449b5835c2138311a9d5f14cad45d60ca3be89&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Rainbow Park Nurseries owner and general manager Andrew Tayler. Photo / RNZ, Cole Eastham-Farrelly]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/airways-outage-air-traffic-control-display-screen-went-blank-in-complete-workstation-failure/premium/WTCXPZF54JERJGHP75QWAPB26M/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-11T02:27:04.143Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/34XR46QGN5DS3CITJ652PSMDHI.jpg?auth=0c1c47aaf3cdf7931a94ff49bb61e1a1f074536c979311c52456c447a5b75ca5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Airways promised a full technical review into the system outage. Photo / Brett Phibbs]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/clowns-to-the-left-of-me-jokers-to-the-right-nicola-willis-hits-back-as-debate-reaches-deadlock/XCWALELPWRAHHHV4IFEUPVHQ3M/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-11T02:13:50.52Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/T54MHEFAVBCAJAUTM5DZBYWZOE.jpg?auth=3f6c8bab1e75a953a9038f3628c716f6dd0f6d1a29011fed1d1d7c86811f5d2d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Finance Minister Nicola Willis wants a debate attended by all media. Photo / Mark Mitchell
















 














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]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/in-an-escalation-of-us-campaign-trump-says-oil-tanker-seized-near-venezuela/A63KS7BQPBCXRGNNAUS62FXLZY/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-11T01:44:22.53Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/74CFOXJ2J5EZFC5FNPSWMQFZIQ.jpg?auth=8b6bd5313bc5c5cd3318bf8bfaa9557b4fbae4a5e4d0d397827b8feeb462aa56&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[US President Donald Trump says the US has seized an oil tanker near Venezuela. Photo / Supplied]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-bus-attacks-spark-fresh-public-transport-safety-calls/ZFZOCXBUGRAKDKRJ2JEL2FPNBA/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-11T01:39:09.975Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/I7765RPJFJAFLILTFRKGFP4NUU.jpg?auth=e147ffa242a86fd2cc5f698953680e4839545558bd617d4244dff62373dc37f5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Police guarding the scene in Ōrākei after this week's stabbings on a bus. Photo / Hayden Woodward]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/otangarei-store-robbery-armed-men-assault-victim-and-steal-cash-cigarettes/64OP3LPF3VGNDKFM7GJ3Z46UKE/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-11T01:37:25.569Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/DHAJB6BMXNFMZN6LDEQVBUVSYA.jpg?auth=5ad11b49aa9bbb462b3c36e13786b2c660b40feb3422549e5f6c64ea6b65cc09&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Police are seeking witnesses to an aggravated robbery in the Whangārei suburb of Otangarei last night. Photo / NZME]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-country/news/listen-to-the-country-online-nz-first-leader-winston-peters-on-polls-and-the-rma/2CXWG6YQNNAHHMJEL2Z4MSW6ZI/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-11T01:22:40.629Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/RUN7OOG2TNBG3DJEIJWRO73IVU.jpg?auth=e26d41666398aefc66cc97a561e3e5dc6c0955a7ebdf0d1165d009a430da38d2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Winston Peters spoke to The Country's Jamie Mackay today. Photo / Mark Mitchell











 














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Photo / Brett Phibbs]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/new-64m-pekatahi-bridge-aims-to-ease-sh2-bottleneck-and-secure-vital-freight-link/HRQ5VDITK5E37HCUO53A6ACLZU/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-11T01:02:07.456Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/AN2CWHERHVGAJF7LJV2WUN57OU.jpg?auth=a1868657812d75c03fddc223b5998a60990523fb6d8b3cafa7508ae8646af3fa&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The asphalt over wooden boards on the deck of the Pekatahi Bridge began to deteriorate within days of repairs. Photo / Troy Baker, Whakatāne Beacon]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/critically-endangered-weta-thriving-as-breeding-programme-numbers-surge/3WTSKDGIMFDMHB3MPCU2TYN3XA/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-11T01:01:42.38Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/FWWUOLFVUNFZ3KR7NEJBVVXFGY.jpg?auth=3052a33ef0099204df74e333552514389cd05dd382a5b2df80996390f15bcf05&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Mahoenui giant wētā come in two colour morphs – dark brown and a speckled gold. Photo / RNZ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/f1-eloise-beattie-powers-into-red-bulls-future/YJOSY3SLFVCVNHAOHRWHMWLDRA/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-11T01:01:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/OSDNOOT425GXRAICNAVDZQWWM4.webp?auth=835598890cca805a8f066f88d2e619c40f67169f8807effb0734b1e8f45293fc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Eloise Beattie with some of the Red Bull prizes.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/mass-killing-of-civilians-on-october-7-amounted-to-the-crime-against-humanity-of-extermination/47ZJSWVCINGPXPZUBRR2J2GGLQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-11T00:40:48.531Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/OYRG2MTTAZHEJDLLJGQNZKPA6I.jpg?auth=81037bc35de65d3d8bf661519f8dbe2ef0d83d75ac43227b2bb8a1cd03f81903&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Palestinian armed fighters accompany International Red Cross vehicles in Khan Younis in October, after a prisoner release as part of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. Photo / Getty Images]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/yellow-legged-hornet-surveillance-zone-on-aucklands-north-shore-extended-to-11km/MAQFFNNWVFDRVILOHXPNZCW6BU/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-11T00:26:08.667Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/GALSQIIPYVCCHHHF24G4WC6UCI.jpg?auth=e85da85fd6d1403af004da4d565e933a0fe2bc63d89acb7575a6311e0eb875b7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A large swathe of Auckland is now included in the surveillance zone for Asian Hornets.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/us-homeland-security-department-to-create-its-own-fleet-of-737-jets-for-deportations/D2UMNF3FMVDC3J4WN6P3EFTFOE/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-11T00:20:52.289Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/ZUXBIR4X4JDTROEZZQX5M7UGFI.jpg?auth=34e77d56f84570c474f35401fa767e65a6c599955fbc2e0fe825084b531db1fc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Photo / Sarah L. Voisin, The Washington Post]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>