Midday Report for Wednesday 4 July 2012

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

12:26 PM.The New Zealand men's basketball team's Olympic dreams are all but over after Nenad Vucinic's side crashed to a 84-62 defeat to Macedonia. Audio

12:17 PM.A new telecommunications czar has been named. Analysts wonder who'll want the top job at scandal ridden Barclays and the sharemarket jumps more than half a percent. Audio

12:00 PM.The Feilding community talks about the effect of the Scott Guy murder trial. Civil Defence says last night's magnitude 7 earthquake was close to being declared a national event. Audio