Five O'clock Report for Friday 11 January 2019

5:10 PM.District Health Boards say a sticking-point over rosters is to blame for a nationwide strike by junior doctors next week. Up to three-thousand junior doctors are expected to walk off the job for… Read more Audio

5:12 PM.A law researcher is proposing new 'degrees of murder' could make the criminal justice system fairer for victims and offenders. University of Waikato senior law lecturer Brenda Midson says current… Read more Audio

5:14 PM.: A group of out-of-work Chinese construction workers say even though they've been offered jobs, they're stuck in limbo until they get valid visas. The government says it is working with the Unite… Read more Audio

5:25 PM.The Swedish homeware giant Ikea has announced the details of its imminent arrival in New Zealand. The company has been in Australia for over 40 years - and has always eyed our shores as an opportunity… Read more Audio

5:26 PM.As New Zealand and many western countries look to liberalise laws around the use of marijuana, a US territory in the eastern Pacific has given it full legal status. Lawmakers in the Northern Marianas… Read more Audio

5:28 PM.A Niwa scientist has used the sounds of nature to compose a symphony. Weather records of rainfall, river levels and even the rise and fall of the tide have been computer blended with instruments into… Read more Audio