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Proof: Live: ACT promises to scrap tax on KiwiSaver earnings at campaign launch

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-04T00:52:52Z","headline":"Live: ACT promises to scrap tax on KiwiSaver earnings at campaign launch","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"rnz","url":"https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics_election-2026/1710400/election-2026-live-act-vows-to-scrap-tax-on-kiwisaver-earnings-at-campaign-launch-in-auckland","v":1}

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e26ce1a857b04e1b867191008bcb01552ccfdbee6a8d8af64b3ee4a1b1019d95

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969787, mined 2026-10-04 02:17 UTC.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-e26ce1a857b0.json prints e26ce1a857b04e1b867191008bcb01552ccfdbee6a8d8af64b3ee4a1b1019d95. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-e26ce1a857b0.json and headline-e26ce1a857b0.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-e26ce1a857b0.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, 4 min after it was first seen.