Midday Report for Friday 18 March 2016

12:34 PM.News from the rural and farming sectors Audio

12:25 PM.The weather is set to play a part in New Zealand's World T20 cricket clash with Australia in Dharamsala tonight. Audio

12:24 PM.A trading halt in the cinema software company, Vista Group International, will remain in place until the sale of a large block of shares is completed today, or until Monday morning at the latest. Audio

12:21 PM.For the latest from the markets we're joined by Don Lewthwaite at First NZ Capital. Audio

12:20 PM.Do you have a dress code, are employees or co-workers scruffy looking, well they could be putting off customers not to mention their colleagues. Audio

12:19 PM.To Australia, where the high cost of settling and living in the country's biggest city is said to be making it harder to attract businesses and talent. Audio

12:18 PM.The head of France's national state-owned railway company wants to expand into the New Zealand market. Audio

12:16 PM.The ANZ Bank's job ads index rose a seasonally adjusted zero-point-9 percent in February after a 3 percent fall the month before. Audio

12:00 PM.Concerns about the integrity of steel products may delay the Christchurch rebuild and Winston Peters is accused of playing cheap politics over his claims of illegal immigration. Audio