Midday Report for Tuesday 26 August 2014

12:34 PM.News from the rural and farming sectors. Audio

12:26 PM.NZ men's rowing pair posied to make history at world champs. Audio

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

12:23 PM.New Zealand's trade balance turned to a 692-million-dollar deficit in July, from June's surplus of 242-million dollars. Audio

12:22 PM.SLI Systems has reported its full year revenue is in line with the forecasts it made at the time of its initial offering of shares, in May last year. Audio

12:21 PM.The company behind Maui and Britz campervans has reported a full year profit of just over 11-million dollars for the year ended in June, which is almost three times more than it made the year before. Audio

12:20 PM.New Zealand's largest farmer, Landcorp, chalked up a 55-million-dollar annual profit compared with an 18-million loss last year. Audio

12:18 PM.Pacific Brands has posted a 224-and-a-half million Australian dollar annual loss a month after its last managing director left the company after a disagreement with the board. Audio

12:17 PM.Auckland International Airport lifted annual net profit more than 21 percent as its underlying earnings rose and the value of its properties near doubled. Audio

12:00 PM.Health ministry blamed for 45-year imprisonment of intellectually disabled man and Grey Lynn man arrested murdering a woman in Switzerland 10 years ago. Audio