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Proof: Niuean Government buys $2.2m luxury property in Auckland as 'strategic asset'

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-01T22:41:44Z","headline":"Niuean Government buys $2.2m luxury property in Auckland as 'strategic asset'","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"nzherald","url":"https://www.nzherald.co.nz/talanoa/niuean-government-buys-22-million-luxury-property-in-auckland-as-strategic-asset/CKI5R3RCEVCYVCB4A23KLFAHTE/","v":1}

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66ebbdcc178e23b29fd22e787c4865e47fd7c09959499353016fe65d8d3fadd7

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969500, mined 2026-10-01 23:00 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-01 22:42 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-01 22:42 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-66ebbdcc178e.json prints 66ebbdcc178e23b29fd22e787c4865e47fd7c09959499353016fe65d8d3fadd7. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-66ebbdcc178e.json and headline-66ebbdcc178e.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-66ebbdcc178e.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 1 min after it was first seen.