Five O'clock Report for Friday 17 January 2020

5:10 PM.That's how those at the centre of issues with Southern Response have characterised the state insurer's public apology.

Southern Response's new boss, Casey Hurren, offered the public apology while… Read more Audio

5:14 PM.A series of arson attacks on properties on the eastern side of Lake Taupo is being described as reckless and life-threatening.

Seven people escaped with their lives from one holiday home with just… Read more Audio

5:17 PM.One in five deaths around the world is caused by sepsis, according to a new study by the Global Burden Of Disease Report.

Sepsis -- also known as blood poisoning -- killed more than 11 million people… Read more Audio

5:21 PM.Cyclone Tino, a category one storm, is due to make landfall over Fiji's second-largest island of Vanua Levu later this evening. 

Labasa has closed shop early as the storm bears down on the farming… Read more Audio

5:24 PM.A historian is concerned that drastic reductions in archive opening hours will make it harder for iwi to conduct crucial research.

From March 2nd, the reading room hours at Archives New Zealand will… Read more Audio

5:31 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

5:33 PM.Andrew Barnes is on a global mission to shrink the average working week from five days to four.

It's been 18 months since the founder of the trust company Perpetual Guardian offered his staff an… Read more Audio

5:37 PM.The idea of fighting fire with fire, it's a concept rooted deep in Australia's aboriginal culture.

Indigenous fire management practices have found the spotlight amid the country's bush fire crisis… Read more Audio

5:45 PM.Data released by Inland Revenue has revealed overseas-based student loan borrowers owe the Government more than $3.4 billion.

There are more than 100,000 people with student loans living overseas and… Read more Audio

5:49 PM.The semi-finals are underway at the ASB men's tennis Classic in Auckland.

RNZ sports reporter Clay Wilson is there. Read more Audio

5:55 PM.Paddlers - both young and old - have spent this past week battling it out on Lake Karapiro at the annual Waka Ama Sprint Champs.

Eighty-one-year-old Emily Bishop is among those competing, her team… Read more Audio