Podrias ir yendo de nodo en nodo pero al final se vera raro en codigo, mejor usa XPath:
Código PHP:
Ver original<?php
$xml = <<<XML
<kml xmlns="http://earth.google.com/kml/2.0">
<Response>
<name>1600 amphitheatre mountain view ca</name>
<Status>
<code>200</code>
<request>geocode</request>
</Status>
<Placemark>
<address>
1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
</address>
<AddressDetails Accuracy="8">
<Country>
<CountryNameCode>US</CountryNameCode>
<AdministrativeArea>
<AdministrativeAreaName>CA</AdministrativeAreaName>
<SubAdministrativeArea>
<SubAdministrativeAreaName>Santa Clara</SubAdministrativeAreaName>
<Locality>
<LocalityName>Mountain View</LocalityName>
<Thoroughfare>
<ThoroughfareName>1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy</ThoroughfareName>
</Thoroughfare>
<PostalCode>
<PostalCodeNumber>94043</PostalCodeNumber>
</PostalCode>
</Locality>
</SubAdministrativeArea>
</AdministrativeArea>
</Country>
</AddressDetails>
<Point>
<coordinates>-122.083739,37.423021,0</coordinates>
</Point>
</Placemark>
</Response>
</kml>
XML;
var_dump($handle->xpath("//PostalCodeNumber"));
?>
Es solo una prueba para que veas como funciona ;)