Midday Report for Wednesday 3 December 2014

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

12:26 PM.New Zealand Football has unveiled its new high performance plan aimed at boosting the competitiveness of national teams on the world stage. Audio

12:24 PM.For the latest from the markets we're joined by Andrew Cathie at Craigs Investment Partners. Audio

12:22 PM.ANZ Bank's overall mortgage lending continued to grow in the September quarter but its lending to those with less than a 20 percent deposit shrank dramatically. Audio

12:20 PM.Two gauges of the housing market are giving essentially the same message: activity and prices in the housing market are heating up. Audio

12:19 PM.The ANZ Bank is the first of three banks to reach a 19 million dollar settlement with regulators over an interest rate swaps product that is alleged to have disadvantaged its farming customers. Audio

12:17 PM.An economist says whole milk powder prices will remain weak for now, but could rise next year. Audio

12:00 PM.A former Northland detective goes to jail anmd an Inquest into the death of an inmate is told nurses asked too much of guards. Audio