Midday Report for Thursday 31 January 2019

12:35 PM.The agriculture sector says incoming tourists must get better warnings about the risks of breaching biosecurity rules. Audio

12:26 PM.The Black Caps spinner Mitchell Santner says there's no need to throw the baby out with the bathwater in today's fourth one-day against India. Audio

12:23 PM.For the latest from the markets we're joined by Michael Grace from FNZC. Audio

12:21 PM.The U.S. Federal Reserve held interest rates steady in its first meeting of the year and shifted from a rate hiking to a rate watching policy, saying it will be patient in further rate rises. Audio

12:20 PM.The Commerce Commission's has detailed the specific issues it wants to investigate in its inquiry into retail fuel prices. Audio

12:19 PM.Air New Zealand's profit downgrade and flagging of softening growth in tourist demand may have some implications for the broader sectror. Audio

12:00 PM.The wife of a dying man says the Government's cancer policy has failed her family. Jim Bolger says employers must be forced to abide by proposed new wage rules. Audio