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Proof: NZ’s leaders grilled on AI, prosperity and the next 20 years in election debate

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45a283f00089b6cbbec61a93c30503f1246235afb158e4b8f0f5ffe41ffa1fd7

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

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-45a283f00089.json prints 45a283f00089b6cbbec61a93c30503f1246235afb158e4b8f0f5ffe41ffa1fd7. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-45a283f00089.json and headline-45a283f00089.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-45a283f00089.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.

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