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Proof: 'An incredibly strong woman': Friend of missing Queenstown woman remaining optimistic

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-06T01:42:07Z","headline":"'An incredibly strong woman': Friend of missing Queenstown woman remaining optimistic","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"rnz","url":"https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/emergencies_local/1758230/friend-of-missing-queenstown-woman-erika-coelho-remaining-optimistic","v":1}

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f6c0c12d8235aa2469913597dc6ade93291bfcf840b9ef16d933671c9bb0e20a

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970116, mined 2026-10-06 01:56 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-06 01:47 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-06 00:58 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-f6c0c12d8235.json prints f6c0c12d8235aa2469913597dc6ade93291bfcf840b9ef16d933671c9bb0e20a. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-f6c0c12d8235.json and headline-f6c0c12d8235.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-f6c0c12d8235.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.