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Photo / 123rf]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/rotorua-author-zoe-rankin-reflects-on-parallels-between-tom-phillips-case-and-debut-novel-the-vanishing-place/XG23HQT4BJAEVFWKZ3U6WHGPZY/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-27T19:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/JYS3LBQUPBBGBAFMIK7SJ5BMOQ.jpg?auth=29fea9def208291eb87f8a864b686925b0c94e8a0e5f98f59503c1b17c332c9c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Rotorua author Zoë Rankin’s debut thriller, The Vanishing Place, shot to number one on the New Zealand fiction charts in its first week. 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Photo / Peggy Cormary, The Washington Post]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland/us-businessman-implicated-in-800k-scam-involving-remuera-financier-threatens-to-sue-nz-police/RDYF4K32PFEB3HYVMMXZKG5YGE/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-27T18:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/IAWX2SHKPVAY3E4VFR7YAXUAAY.jpg?auth=6f609a8a14074d84fd51690bf78c43dabfe7890bf7f77b58647305522823a574&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Auckland finance company director Michael Sperry went to trial for money laundering in connection with an $800,000 scam. A judge found the charge had not been proven beyond reasonable doubt. Photo / Dean Purcell and Composite image / Paul Slater]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/alcohol-and-ageing-why-hangovers-get-worse-as-you-get-older-and-how-to-ease-them/premium/XHTH4ATVCFGXTDDDDELFLHW5S4/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-27T18:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/DBN7OWFBXVDWXEJCNXXUX7RTZQ.jpg?auth=1115549988ac09e8ac408be425a8db38dc28fedd674805d8c7dcac966c285ee6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Three experts explain what happens to your body during a hangover, and why symptoms worsen as we get older.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/russia-pummels-kyiv-ahead-of-volodymyr-zelenskyys-us-visit/MLD5Q543YZGZRAEXYWREDJLLNU/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-27T17:57:47.827Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/RWYLINVHSNDS7DY4H4KVNTAQL4.jpg?auth=420b7d75893de7f676a29e1cbb3c69d5221f57cb160e8785043728755a553583&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Smoke rising above residential buildings following a Russian drone and missile attack in Kyiv, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. 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