Midday Report for Thursday 1 September 2016

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

12:32 PM.Long Range Weather Forecast for 1 September 2016. Audio

12:26 PM.Sir Mark Todd says the Olympic disappointment still hurts, but he's hoping to put that behind him at this weekend's Burghley Horse Trials in England. Unheralded American qualifier Ryan Harrison has… Read more Audio

12:24 PM.For the latest from the markets we're joined by Angus Marks at First NZ Capital Audio

12:19 PM.New Zealand does not offer generous tax deals to attract big global firms such as Apple, with experts saying the system is based on taxing all income earned here. Audio

12:17 PM.The country's purchasing power with the rest of the world has fallen. Official data shows the terms of trade declined 2.1% in the June quarter. Audio

12:00 PM.A prominent Maori leader is found guilty of defrauding his iwi, the independent watchdog rules on the Police shooting of an unarmed man. Audio