Five O'clock Report for Tuesday 7 January 2020

5:10 PM.Fire fighters in Napier have now contained a large forest fire that doubled in size overnight. The blaze on Tangoio Settlement Road, that's been burning for almost 30 hours, grew to more than 300… Read more Audio

5:15 PM.It's estimated half a billion animals have perished in the Australian wildfires with volunteers scrambling to rescue those left behind. New South Wales woman Lucy Hoy has been setting up food and… Read more Audio

5:18 PM.An economist says prices at the petrol pump locally are unlikely to rise quickly without more developments in the Middle East after international crude oil prices rose overnight. Crude oil has jumped… Read more Audio

5:21 PM.Outdoor enthusiasts will have more tracks to choose from in Auckland's Waitakere Ranges this summer but the battle to keep the deadly kauri dieback disease at bay goes on. In 2017, the council closed… Read more Audio

5:23 PM.The New Zealand property market closed the decade with 18 record-breaking statistics. Online property sales site, realestate.co.nz says the average asking price for a house in New Zealand has risen… Read more Audio

5:26 PM.At least 100 women have come forward with claims they were coerced to appear in sex videos as part of a multi-million dollar online porn operation in the United States. The operation was headed by New… Read more Audio