CustomFields not available through NewsItemDetailsTemplateExtender

I'm busy building an NewsItemDetailsTemplateExtender and I want to be able to loop trhough my customfields. However in the extender I see a property called 'Item.CustomFields' but it's count is zero and so it doesn't contain any of my customfields. Below is the current extender. What is going wrong here?

Public Overrides Sub ExtendTemplate(t As Dynamicweb.Templatev2.Template)
        If t.TagExists("Innovadis:RelatedNews") Then
            Dim newsItemId As Integer = CInt(HttpContext.Current.Request("NewsId"))
            Dim newsitem As NewsV2.NewsItem = Item
            Dim b = MyBase.Item

            Dim aa = newsitem.CustomFields.Count 'is zero
            Dim bb = b.CustomFields.Count 'is zero

            t.SetTag("Innovadis:RelatedNews", "hier komt iets")
        End If
    End Sub

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CustomFields not available through NewsItemDetailsTemplateExtender

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