Five O'clock Report for Thursday 14 January 2016

5:11 PM.An investigation has been launched after a police officer shot himself in the foot while searching for a wanted man. Audio

5:13 PM.A large scrub fire at Mount Maunganui is now being treated as suspicious, and damage to the area could take up to 50 years to restore. Audio

5:15 PM.New spending stats show New Zealanders spent up large at restaurants and bars as the holiday season began. Audio

5:21 PM.The police in Auckland say they're shocked to have pulled over a driver who was three times over the legal limit, and with three pre-school children in the car. Audio

5:22 PM.Olympic rower Mahe Drysdale will be back on the water with his controversial coach Dick Tonks tomorrow morning after reaching a solution with Rowing New Zealand. Audio

5:25 PM.Two semi finalists have been confirmed for the men's ASB Tennis Classic in Auckland. Audio

5:35 PM.Rowan Quinn with a bit of business news. Audio

5:37 PM.The Parole Board will consider invoking its harshest restriction - a five-year freeze - on a man who kidnapped, raped and murdered a Lower Hutt girl. Audio

5:39 PM.Conservationists are fighting to save New Zealand's most threatened tree by using DNA profiling and cracking down on possum control. Audio

5:42 PM.A group respresenting iwi around the country say Maori must be given the right to freely use the water on their land. Audio

5:47 PM.A survey of more than 2-thousand people, carried out by Southern Cross, found only four-percent knew how much sugar the average New Zealander consumes. Audio

5:50 PM.Farmers in remote Wairoa are worried they'll have no back-up water in a drought if a company doesn't stop discharging silt into a river they need. Audio

5:53 PM.A community on the Papua New Guinea island of Daru is struggling to cope with a drug resistant form of tuberculosis that is baffling experts. Audio