Midday Report for Tuesday 21 August 2012

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

12:26 PM.Brian McClennan has left his role as head coach of the New Zealand Warriors with immediate effect. Audio

12:17 PM.Migration has fallen as more people head to Australia. Australia's former Treasury head tells manufacturers to head overseas to survive and the sharemarket is flat. Audio

12:00 PM.The government rejects calls for a private prison operator to lose its contract and a kiwifruit vine killing disease is discovered in Waikato for the first time. Audio