Checkpoint for Tuesday 17 April 2018

5:00 PM.Watch Tuesday's full programme here. Video

5:10 PM.15,000 people missed out on a free bowel screening programme at Waitemata DHB, far more than the 2500 people previously identified. Thirty people developed cancer and at least one person has died. Video, Audio

5:15 PM.Free trade was top of the agenda when Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern met with the leaders of France and Canada. Political reporter Craig McCulloch reports from Paris. Video, Audio

5:18 PM.Former Wallabies Coach Alan Jones says it's time people "toughen up" and accept that Israel Folau is entitled to believe that gay people are destined to go to hell. Read more Video, Audio

5:29 PM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has only gone as far as saying she "accepts" the reasoning behind the airstrikes launched by the United States, Britain and France in response to a suspected chemical… Read more Video, Audio

5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

5:37 PM.It is understood 26 Christchurch earthquake claimants who took class actiona against Southern Response are close to reaching an out of court settlement. Video, Audio

5:38 PM.Peter Glasson today began a hunger strike in front of Southern Response's Christchurch headquarters, after years of fighting with the government owned insurer to have his policy honoured. Video, Audio

5:49 PM.A special conservation order is being sought which, if granted, would give the Te Waikoropupu Springs in Golden Bay the highest protections possible, but some argue the order doesn't go far enough. Video, Audio

5:54 PM.Housing Minister Phil Twyford says Housing New Zealand was "petty and vindictive" for taking a pensioner to the tenancy tribunal over a small table outside her front door. Read more Video, Audio

6:08 PM.A man severely injured in a head-on car crash in Northland says he has met the tourists driving the car involved and forgiven them but still wants their passports confiscated and charges laid. Video, Audio

6:17 PM.Auckland activist Penny Bright has raised more than $7000 via a Givealittle page to pay $20,000 worth of rates that she's refused to pay herself. Video, Audio

6:23 PM.A youth convicted of burglary and drug offences has received a Duke of Edinburgh's Hillary Award while serving his sentence behind bars. Video, Audio