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Proof: Sir John Key, politicians face off in Future of NZ election debate

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03843277ce3e0aabde2b6fb2ba83a374d375e0d19237afb2acad174a6c9a3afd

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970298, mined 2026-10-07 05:53 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-07 05:37 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-07 05:37 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-03843277ce3e.json prints 03843277ce3e0aabde2b6fb2ba83a374d375e0d19237afb2acad174a6c9a3afd. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-03843277ce3e.json and headline-03843277ce3e.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-03843277ce3e.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, 4 min after it was first seen.