Midday Report for Friday 24 November 2017

12:34 PM.News from the rural and farming sectors. Audio

12:26 PM.12 New Zealand weightlifters have been named for the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in April, with two of them set to make history. Audio

12:24 PM.The country has posted a smaller trade deficit in October. Audio

12:22 PM.For the latest from the markets we're joined by Andrew Cathie at Craigs Investment Partners. Audio

12:21 PM.The meat processor, Alliance Group, has stepped up its investment plans to boost the performance of the company. Audio

12:20 PM.The great and the good of the corporate world were recognised in Auckland last night at the Deloitte top-200 company awards. Audio

12:17 PM.The chair of the country's biggest retailer -- the Warehouse -- says it's grappling with the 30 percent slide in the company's shareprice over the past year. Audio

12:00 PM.A rise in the number of adverse events or failures reported in public hospitals. A man who drowned when his boat sank off the Taranaki coast wasn't wearing a lifejacket. Audio