Midday Report for Tuesday 30 January 2018

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

12:26 PM.The outgoing Hurricanes coach Chris Boyd is backing assistant John Plumtree to take over the role - a move that's widely expected. Audio

12:25 PM.The manager of the Vital Healthcare Trust is being restructured to combine its operations with its Australian counterpart, Generation Healthcare. Audio

12:25 PM.The measurement device company, IkeGPS, says it's met its annual sales target for one of its products at the end of December, three months ahead of its schedule. Audio

12:23 PM.For the latest from the markets we're joined by Angus Marks at FNZC. Audio

12:21 PM.An Auckland accountant has been censured and ordered to pay 24-thousand dollars in costs for negligence and breaches of audit rules involving a listed company two years ago. Audio

12:19 PM.New Zealand has posted its biggest monthly trade surplus in more than two and-a-half years, because of record export values. Audio

12:17 PM.The honey products and oils company, Comvita, says a strong start to the honey season and a pick-up in sales to China have put it on-track to deliver an improved first half result. Audio

12:00 PM.In the midst of extreme summer highs, a warning of a storm on its way. Searchers hope to find more survivors from the sunken Kiribati ferry. Audio