Midday Report for Thursday 30 August 2018

12:35 PM.A judge has given growers and the Ministry for Primary Industries 24 more hours to decide what to do about 48 thousand impounded seedlings. Audio

12:27 PM.Noeline Taurua will this afternoon be confirmed as the new Silver Ferns coach. Audio

12:26 PM.The upmarket Swedish clothing retailer H and M opened its second New Zealand store this morning. Audio

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

12:21 PM.The United States economy grew at its fastest annual rate in four years according to revised data released overnight. Audio

12:20 PM.The investment fund formed by Māori iwi will have a longer term view than other funds. Audio

12:18 PM.The former owner of the Mad Butcher business, Veritas Investments, has made a full year profit having sold off loss making businesses cut debt and putting its faith in pubs. Audio

12:00 PM.M Bovis arrives in the North. An egg farm has been prosecuted for selling millions of eggs as free range when they weren't. Audio