Midday Report for Monday 4 February 2013

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

12:26 PM.The England cricketers could be set for a damp start to their tour of the country today with rain forecast for the first of two twenty20 warm up matches against a New Zealand Eleven in Whangarei. Audio

12:17 PM.Don Elder quits as head of Solid Energy. Chorus tries to stop broadband price cuts and the sharemarket edges up. Audio

12:00 PM.David Shearer keeps the Labour leadership and the head of Solid Energy resigns. Audio