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Proof: Man found dead in Papatoetoe was 'well-known in the community'

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-03T02:21:39Z","headline":"Man found dead in Papatoetoe was 'well-known in the community'","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"rnz","url":"https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/crime-and-justice/1698886/multiple-tragic-deaths-mourned-by-auckland-councillors","v":1}

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SHA-256

3fe92629b685d18f97bac3af5fb85feb0ede9dd865c4cf783810a4947615e6bc

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969659, mined 2026-10-03 02:32 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-03 02:22 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-03 02:22 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-3fe92629b685.json prints 3fe92629b685d18f97bac3af5fb85feb0ede9dd865c4cf783810a4947615e6bc. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-3fe92629b685.json and headline-3fe92629b685.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-3fe92629b685.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, 1 min after it was first seen.