Midday Report for Thursday 23 June 2016

12:34 PM.News from the rural and farming sectors. Audio

12:26 PM.Several debutants, a surprise selection at centre and some home town heroes means there is still plenty of intrigue in the All Blacks for Saturday's third test against Wales in Dunedin. Audio

12:23 PM.For the latest from the markets we're joined by Brad Gordon at Macquarie Private Wealth. . Audio

12:21 PM.The regions are riding the construction wave as demand for properties stretches beyond Auckland. . Audio

12:20 PM.The 30-billion-dollar Superannuation Fund says there's a shortage of good investment opportunities in the market place. Audio

12:19 PM.The Hill family is restructuring its majority stake in Michael Hill International ahead of the jewelry company's move to the Australian stock exchange from the NZX, expected to take place in early… Read more Audio

12:18 PM.The Financial Markets Authority has given the stock exchange's operator a good report card for the way it's run the market over the past year. Audio

12:17 PM.Local listed insurance company CBL Corporation is to buy its biggest customer, a specialist French insurance brokerage -- Securities and Financial Solutions. Audio

12:00 PM.The State Services Commission is urged to apologise over a flawed and unfair report and the government will spent six hundred million dollars to try to reduce road deaths. Audio