Midday Report for Wednesday 29 August 2018

12:35 PM.The Ministry for Primary Industries is standing by its crackdown on an international supplier of apple and summer fruit trees, despite the industry here saying it could cost them over a billion… Read more Audio

12:26 PM.The former men's singles champions Novak Djokovic and Marin Cilic have opened their campaigns for a repeat victory at the US Open with contrasting first-round wins in sweltering heat and humid… Read more Audio

12:23 PM.Trading in the New Zealand stockmarket is up and running normally again after trading was suspended for most of yesterday. Audio

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

12:22 PM.Cinema software company, Vista Group, has reported a profit of 5-point-8 million, for the six months ended June, compared with the previous year's 3-point-6 million. Audio

12:20 PM.The fish farmer, King Salmon, has reported a fall in profit although trading and sales are strong. Audio

12:19 PM.Building products company, Steel and Tube, has slumped to a large loss on the back of large asset writedowns and restructuring costs. Audio

12:17 PM.The profit of the country's biggest power retailer, Genesis Energy, has fallen sharply because of reduced values for the contracts it uses to guard against volatile power prices. Audio

12:00 PM.Hundreds of Auckland homeowners may need new resource consents. Burger King is penalised after failing to pay a worker the minimum wage . Audio