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Proof: National promises ban on ring-net fishing in Hauraki Gulf, Greens call U-turn 'laughable'

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4e2d266a3cda8e581eefe055271341e083b5de5719098832af12e8875b5e7324

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970699, mined 2026-10-10 00:51 UTC.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-4e2d266a3cda.json prints 4e2d266a3cda8e581eefe055271341e083b5de5719098832af12e8875b5e7324. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
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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.

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