Midday Report for Tuesday 12 July 2011

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

12:26 PM.The Silver Ferns arrive in Auckland this afternoon to continue the post mortems of their extra-time world netball championship loss to Australia in Singapore . Audio

12:17 PM.The sale of the Whirinaki power plant encounters delays. Fears mount that Europe's debt problems are spreading and the sharemarket slips. Audio

12:00 PM.Solid Energy's boss is cross examined at the Pike River Royal Commission and there is chaos in Queenstown as heavy snowfalls shut down schools and roads. Audio