Midday Report for Monday 13 July 2015

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

12:26 PM.The Finance Minister, Bill English, is jetting off to China this week to visit counterparts in Beijing. Audio

12:26 PM.The New Zealand golfer Danny Lee has finished agonisingly short of claiming his second PGA tour win, though he only has himself to blame. Audio

12:24 PM.For the latest from the markets we're joined by Bryan Shepherd at Macquarie Private Wealth. Audio

12:20 PM.Food costs have risen, due to higher fruit and vegetable prices. Audio

12:19 PM.A jobs report by the employment website, Seek, found firms created about 130-thousand new positions in the first half of the year, an increase of 2-and-a-half percent when compared with the same… Read more Audio

12:17 PM.Auckland's rampant housing market has again pushed house prices higher in the last year. Audio

12:00 PM.Labour stands by its use of real estate data and New Zealand accused of not doing enough on climate change. Audio