Five O'clock Report for Friday 25 January 2019

5:09 PM.A Wellington academic has been sentenced to eight months' home detention for sexually assaulting an 82-year-old woman in the rest home she lived in. The 55-year-old man has name suppression until… Read more Audio

5:12 PM.National MP Sarah Dowie is understood to be under police investigation relating to a text message she allegedly sent to Jami-Lee Ross in August last year, telling him he "deserves to die". RNZ… Read more Audio

5:16 PM.Auckland Transport says the signal failure that stopped every train in its tracks this morning raises questions about the resilience of Kiwirail's network. Audio

5:19 PM.Kiwirail acting CEO Todd Moyle says this morning's network failure, where the signals and its back-up network failed, was "incredibly unusual" and the organisation is working as quickly as possible to… Read more Audio

5:24 PM.Outspoken former Labour MP, urban Māori leader John Tamihere looks set to take on Phil Goff in this year's mayoral race in Auckland. Auckland Issues Correspondent Rowan Quinn has the story. Audio

5:31 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:36 PM.The attack on Shannon Baker that left him dead inside his Sandringham, Auckland home is linked to two previous incidents in the weeks prior to his death. Police know that much, but two months since… Read more Audio

5:38 PM.The T20 Black Clash cricket match between rugby and cricket players is underway in Christchurch, raising money for people living with Cystic Fibrosis. Sir Graham Henry and Scott Robertson join 5… Read more Audio

5:50 PM.Hotels are booked out, bars are full and costumes are rented, as thousands of people gather in Hamilton for a bumper World Rugby Sevens weekend. Audio