Midday Report for Tuesday 16 April 2013

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

12:26 PM.The Kiwi selectors have called 21-year-old Melbourne Storm forward Tohu Harris into the squad as a replacement for forward Jeremy Smith for Friday night's League Test against Australia in Canberra. Audio

12:17 PM.US stocks plunge after the Boston explosions. Slumping gold prices send our markets tumbling and Diligent's revenues soar in the first quarter. Audio

12:00 PM.Two are dead, and scores injured, following bomb blasts at the Boston marathon and the Prime Minister doesn't expect opposition support for changes to spy laws. Audio