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Proof: Man dies at Auckland bus stop in unexplained circumstances

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-09T23:32:16Z","headline":"Man dies at Auckland bus stop in unexplained circumstances","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"nzherald","url":"https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/new-lynn-bus-station-death-man-dies-at-bus-stop-in-unexplained-circumstances/7CKG3FVC6NBMVOWT3EN4ECENC4/","v":1}

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92624c6e7d8f5bdfe5d2750d53fe34b188b28f16c94148ea1d3598fd3483c5a4

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970693, mined 2026-10-09 23:42 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-09 23:37 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-09 23:37 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-92624c6e7d8f.json prints 92624c6e7d8f5bdfe5d2750d53fe34b188b28f16c94148ea1d3598fd3483c5a4. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-92624c6e7d8f.json and headline-92624c6e7d8f.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-92624c6e7d8f.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, 5 min after it was first seen.