Midday Report for Monday 19 December 2011

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

12:26 PM.The New Zealand sailors will be the first athletes named in the expected 200-strong team for next year's London Olympics with the first members of the New Zealand contingent to be announced on… Read more Audio

12:17 PM.Consumer confidence plunges, Fitch says a comprehensive solution to save the eurozone is beyond reach and the sharmarket edges up. Audio

12:00 PM.Property owners hit by last week's floods in Nelson and Tasman brace themselves for news about their future. The Christchurch City Council's CEO gets a whopping 14-percent pay rise. Audio