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Proof: Man flown to hospital with critical injuries after alleged roadside assault

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-10T01:00:33Z","headline":"Man flown to hospital with critical injuries after alleged roadside assault","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"nzherald","url":"https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/state-highway-2-assault-police-seek-vehicle-after-man-critically-injured/5U64KOOQ2NCWDINL2SOQEAGZWA/","v":1}

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259a175d3752e3fc2e8e4ba83ed2e9a7239bed57e3b2946bc3693943fd76892d

OpenTimestamps

Submitted to the OpenTimestamps calendars 2026-10-10 01:02 UTC; waiting for a Bitcoin block (usually a few hours).

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-10 01:02 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-10 01:02 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-259a175d3752.json prints 259a175d3752e3fc2e8e4ba83ed2e9a7239bed57e3b2946bc3693943fd76892d. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-259a175d3752.json and headline-259a175d3752.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-259a175d3752.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.