Midday Report for Tuesday 19 December 2017

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

12:26 PM.After wiping away tears of joy at capturing the urn, captain Steve Smith wants an Ashes whitewash to mark his Australian cricket team as among the best ever. Audio

12:25 PM.The stock exchange is to extend the trading hours of its dairy derivatives market from next July to attract more overseas investors. Audio

12:25 PM.The small listed property investor, NPT, has sold an underperforming Christchurch industrial property for 8-and-quarter million dollars, almost 3-million dollars below the 11-million-dollar carrying… Read more Audio

12:23 PM.For the latest from the markets we're joined by Angus Marks at FNZC. Audio

12:21 PM.A new tertiary course is aiming to turn out graduates with qualifications to do their dream job of the future, without the bother of lectures and often meaningless assignment. Audio

12:19 PM.A competition lawyer says a merger of the country's two largest media companies is probably dead in the water. Audio

12:17 PM.Consumer confidence has fallen to its lowest level in 18 months as the change in government looks to have unnerved high income people and the economy starts to lose steam. Audio

12:00 PM.Farmers' mental health suffers under a welter of bad news stories. The Government looks at reversing state house meth evictions. Audio