Midday Report for Friday 25 March 2011

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

12:26 PM.Defending champs Australia are knocked out of the cricket World Cup. Audio

12:17 PM.In business news, the Securities Commission denies it's being too slow in tackling low value share offers, and Portugal edges closer to needing a bail out. Audio

12:00 PM.In the news, a huge surge in demand for Red Cross emergency grants in Christchurch and fears grow for civilian casualties in Libya. Audio