Five O'clock Report for Monday 13 January 2020

5:12 PM.People who saw an out-of-control tour bus crashing into a mother and child in central Auckland expected to find them dead when they rushed to help. Incredibly, both the woman and the baby escaped with… Read more Audio

5:15 PM.The police say immediate family members of the two people shot dead at a Castlepoint property this morning were in the house at the time of the incident. The Armed Offenders Squad was called to the… Read more Audio

5:19 PM.There's still no saying what caused an early morning inferno in a Christchurch boarding house, which claimed one life this morning. The single storey New Brighton property went up in flames just… Read more Audio

5:22 PM.A fire safety campaign designed to pull at the heartstrings appears to have struck a chord with new New Zealanders. Fire and Emergency's education campaign, launched last month, uses posters kiwi, tui… Read more Audio

5:25 PM.Australia's Environment Minister Sussan Ley says the country's koala population has taken an "extraordinary hit" in the bush fire crisis and they could formally be classified as endangered. Ms Ley… Read more Audio

5:32 PM.The government has launched an inquiry into New Zealand's mysteriously weak levels of productivity growth. The Productivity Commission will investigate the economic contribution of the country's top… Read more Audio

5:37 PM.For a quick update on what the markets are up to this evening we're joined by business reporter Madison Reidy. Read more Audio

5:42 PM.Senior members of the royal family are expected to gather at the Queen's Sandringham estate today to discuss the future roles of Prince Harry and his wife Meghan. The couple's statement last week… Read more Audio

5:46 PM.New Zealand is thought to be in danger of becoming the new wild west for the testing of self-driving cars unless it takes a brave approach to regulation. Mitchell Gingrich worked in the US as a test… Read more Audio

5:56 PM.Day one of the ASB Classic men's tennis in Auckland and Kiwi doubles specialist Michael Venus has lost his first round match to defending champion American Tennys Sandgren. Kim Savage speaks to RNZ's… Read more Audio