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Proof: Man facing murder charges following double homicide in Christchurch

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-09T22:11:45Z","headline":"Man facing murder charges following double homicide in Christchurch","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"rnz","url":"https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/crime-and-justice/1824622/two-dead-two-seriously-injured-as-homicide-investigation-launched-in-christchurch","v":1}

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9e9e65745f8f4776168e8de8f70f04b674a76ec489e977048696ac802fe169a2

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970687, mined 2026-10-09 22:53 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-09 22:12 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-09 19:16 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-9e9e65745f8f.json prints 9e9e65745f8f4776168e8de8f70f04b674a76ec489e977048696ac802fe169a2. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-9e9e65745f8f.json and headline-9e9e65745f8f.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-9e9e65745f8f.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.