Five O'clock Report for Wednesday 16 January 2019

5:15 PM.The rejection of Theresa May's Brexit deal is worrying New Zealand sheep meat exporters. Beef and Lamb New Zealand's general manager of policy Dave Harrison, explains what a no-deal brexit would mean… Read more Audio

5:18 PM.A member of a British family accused of causing havoc around the north of New Zealand has appeared in court on theft charges and been heckled as she left. Tina Cash is one of a large group of unruly… Read more Audio

5:23 PM.About 40 people have previously come forward to try and reclaim their investments with the New Zealand crypto currency exchange Cryptopia, which crashed this week after being hacked. The police have… Read more Audio

5:32 PM.Surfers and hapu in coastal Taranaki say they are horrified at an algae bloom that is clogging the area's rivers and streams this summer. They say the bloom is treacherous to cross, a threat to… Read more Audio

5:36 PM.Wellington students desperate searching for rental accommodation are going to extreme lengths to find themselves a home. Students are now posting messages in people's letterboxes in the hope their… Read more Audio

5:48 PM.Professor Max Abbott, the dean of the Faculy of Health and Environmental Science at AUT, says the findings of the Australian study which found 14 year olds who used cannabis once or twice had grey… Read more Audio

5:55 PM.The Children's Commissioner Andrew Becroft is passionate about improving the wellbeing of New Zealand children and believes one way of doing that is to listen more carefully to their concerns. He says… Read more Audio