Midday Report for Wednesday 4 February 2015

12:35 PM.News from the rural and farming sectors. Audio

12:27 PM.The veteran All Blacks Sevens player Tim Mikkelson has been ruled out of this weekend's Wellington tournament and next week's event in the United States because of injury. Audio

12:25 PM.For the latest from the markets we're joined by Andrew Cathie at Craigs Investment Partners Audio

12:22 PM.Fresh data points to continuing strong demand in the Auckland property market. Audio

12:18 PM.An economist says the latest rise in global dairy prices reflects the impact of falling supply. Audio

12:17 PM.The unemployment rate spiked up to 5.7 percent in the December quarter, even though the labour force grew by 36-thousand people to a record number. Audio

12:00 PM.The Jordanian government is promising what it calls an earth-shaking response to avenge the murder of one of its air force pilots by Islamic State extremists. The day after the British foreign… Read more Audio

11:21 AM.The New Zealand dollar rebounded sharply against the Greenback after a sharp rise in prices at the latest global dairy auction and on weakness in the US dollar. Audio