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Checkpoint for Thursday 19 January 2012
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Meridian scraps highly controversial central Otago wind farm
5:07 PM.A power company has scuppered the highly controversial Project Hayes - a 2-billion-dollar wind farm development in the middle of Otago's Lammermoor Range. Audio
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Painter thrilled at demise of Central Otago wind farm
5:12 PM.The Otago painter and Project Hayes opponent, Grahame Sydney, says it was never appropriate to build a wind farm on such an outstanding natural landscape. Audio
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Jetstar fined for border breach
5:14 PM.Jetstar has been fined 6-thousand-500 dollars after a staff member in Australia changed a Chinese woman's nationality to Swiss, allowing her visa free entry to New Zealand. Audio
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Legal challenge promised if Crafar farms sale approved
5:17 PM.The Overseas Investment Office is being threatened by its first ever Judicial Review if it approves the sale of the Crafar dairy farms to a Chinese buyer. Audio
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Evening Business for 19 January 2012
5:21 PM.News from the business sector including a market report Audio
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17-yr-old NZer signs with major league baseball team
5:26 PM.Pita Rona snared the seven year deal after being spotted by scouts, who flew out earlier today after signing up the one-time Black Sox player Audio
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Sports News for 19 January 2012
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Prices fall for first time in two years
5:37 PM.Prices are on the way down, with the official measure of inflation falling for the first time in two years. Audio
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Investors missing out on big sums under Kiwisaver - ANZ
5:40 PM.The country's largest KiwiSaver provider ANZ claims tens of thousands of investors each stand to collect 72 thousand dollars less on retiring than they should. Audio
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Controversial submissions enflame passionate plant lovers
5:43 PM.People have just one more day to have their say on which plants should be taken off the national register of pests. Audio
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Critics blast smokefree Auckland proposal
5:47 PM.Critics say making the whole of the Auckland CBD smoke free would be impossible to police. Audio
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Hundreds attend funeral of well known vagrant
5:53 PM.About 200 people turned out in Wellington today to farewell a well known homeless man. Audio
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Australian Tennis Open underway
5:56 PM.It's been a day of the big guns Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray fronting up again at the Australian Tennis Open in Melbourne today. Audio