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Proof: Candidate with violent past quits bid for Parliament

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-08T00:40:25Z","headline":"Candidate with violent past quits bid for Parliament","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"nzherald","url":"https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/tukituki-candidate-kaleb-hawkins-pulls-out-hours-before-nomination-deadline/BVOHEYY7QVD3NLY57P5JL6L5VE/","v":1}

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SHA-256

cf9c09f8d8fceb13e57883f938a3687b58ee4fdb2694ec5521dd3cfeb4d8f02f

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970415, mined 2026-10-08 01:04 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-08 00:42 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-08 00:21 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-cf9c09f8d8fc.json prints cf9c09f8d8fceb13e57883f938a3687b58ee4fdb2694ec5521dd3cfeb4d8f02f. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-cf9c09f8d8fc.json and headline-cf9c09f8d8fc.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-cf9c09f8d8fc.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.