Midday Report for Monday 4 February 2019

12:35 PM.The Government has announced about 100 million dollars of funding support for new initiatives to help rural New Zealand. Audio

12:26 PM.The former New Zealand cricket captain Brendon McCullum has called time on his Australian Big Bash Twenty20 career and is set to move into coaching. Audio

12:23 PM.For the latest from the markets we're joined by Belinda Stanley of Craigs Investment Partners. Audio

12:21 PM.Changes to the NZX's market listing rules will be challenging for organisations which operate in an decentralised working environment -- otherwise called agile management. Audio

12:17 PM.The New Zealand financial services sector is bracing itself for whatever changes are recommended by Australia's Royal Commission into the misconduct of the banking, superannuation and financial… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.New funding for unemployed youth in the regions. Hundreds gather as a waka carver is knighted at Waitangi. Audio