Midday Report for Wednesday 21 December 2011

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

12:26 PM.The Tour de France stage winner Rubens Bertogliati of Switzerland will compete in the New Zealand Cycle Classic in the Manawatu in January. Audio

12:17 PM.New Zealand's current account deficit widens. AT&T ends its bid to buy T-Mobile USA and the sharemarket rises. Audio

12:00 PM.The goverment's Rugby World Cup agency is found partly to blame for opening night chaos and new charges are laid against the Captain of the Rena and his first officer. Audio