<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:news="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9" xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1"><url><loc>https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2026/07/12/northland-leaders-back-path-to-single-super-council/</loc><lastmod>2026-07-11T22:00:00.77Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Te Ao Māori News</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-07-11T22:00:00.77Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Northland leaders back path to single super council]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://whakaatamaori-teaomaori-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/JKEWOEJQVNDUTGYIHD3ZEPC45I.JPG?auth=c896ef3c63a5a4acaca634ab7f6dde70b1e5fb7acdcc9281d6a888b79f9e76c0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3865&amp;height=2279</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Members of Northland's 12-person joint Local Government Reform Elected Member Steering Group who were present outside Far North District Council in Kaikohe after the 6 July 2026 meeting (from left) NRC Chair Pita Tipene, KDC Mayor Jonathan Larsen, WDC Mayor Ken Couper, WDC councillor Brad Flower, FNDC councillor Kelly Stratford, WDC councillor Crichton Christie, FNDC Mayor Moko Tepania, KDC Deputy Mayor Gordon Lambeth, and NRC Deputy Chair Jack Craw. 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Photo: Unsplash/ Jonathan Borba.]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>