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Proof: Smoke visible from Queenstown as fire spreads rapidly

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-06T04:33:06Z","headline":"Smoke visible from Queenstown as fire spreads rapidly","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"rnz","url":"https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/emergencies_local/1758895/fenz-responding-to-vegetation-fire-on-walter-peak-smoke-visible-from-queenstown","v":1}

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d94a43b8b179d125b188e24a06d5e32705ef7c4c35eeb02e40889fbe4b227e68

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970135, mined 2026-10-06 05:28 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-06 04:37 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-06 04:54 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-d94a43b8b179.json prints d94a43b8b179d125b188e24a06d5e32705ef7c4c35eeb02e40889fbe4b227e68. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-d94a43b8b179.json and headline-d94a43b8b179.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-d94a43b8b179.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.