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Proof: Labour wants automatic refunds for cancelled flights

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-08T00:10:14Z","headline":"Labour wants automatic refunds for cancelled flights","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"rnz","url":"https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics_election-2026/1790464/labour-says-it-will-force-airlines-to-show-real-prices-up-front","v":1}

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SHA-256

ebf934d9a1fe24f178b83e573ee3848526c5aa0e7a0e438ffb147197997b0d8d

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970412, mined 2026-10-08 00:29 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-08 00:12 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-07 23:02 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-ebf934d9a1fe.json prints ebf934d9a1fe24f178b83e573ee3848526c5aa0e7a0e438ffb147197997b0d8d. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-ebf934d9a1fe.json and headline-ebf934d9a1fe.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-ebf934d9a1fe.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.