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Proof: Teacher's sexual asparagus suggestion to student part of pattern of misconduct

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-03T00:10:27Z","headline":"Teacher's sexual asparagus suggestion to student part of pattern of misconduct","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"nzherald","url":"https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/former-onslow-college-teacher-derek-neal-censured-over-sexualised-comments-to-students/G6SDHG5JINA3NFVJWFTHBQYINI/","v":1}

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174df48bb859cce32c06cbbcaf2591364e9a3a13c6a5bc8b5b24c79e5cdd6525

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969650, mined 2026-10-03 00:20 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-03 00:12 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-03 00:12 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-174df48bb859.json prints 174df48bb859cce32c06cbbcaf2591364e9a3a13c6a5bc8b5b24c79e5cdd6525. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-174df48bb859.json and headline-174df48bb859.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-174df48bb859.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, 2 min after it was first seen.