Midday Report for Thursday 6 October 2011

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

12:26 PM.All Black assistant coach Steve Hansen says Richie McCaw's niggling foot injury won't stop him playing in Sunday night's rugby World Cup quarter-final. Audio

12:17 PM.The NZX's chief executive will step down next year. The Qantas industrial dispute gets personal and the sharemarket rises. Audio

12:00 PM.Oil continues to leak from a stricken ship near Tauranga and a former museum staff member pleads guilty to medal theft. Audio