Checkpoint for Tuesday 29 May 2018

6:27 PM.France has offered citizenship to Mamoudou Gassama, an illegal immigrant who climbed up the outside of an apartment block to save a boy who was about to fall from a balcony. Video, Audio

6:17 PM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told farmers in South Canterbury today that the Biosecurity Act would be overhauled once MPI's investigation into Mycoplasma bovis was complete. Video, Audio

6:09 PM.Skid marks and pieces of concrete from a power pole are the only grim reminders that remain after a car crashed during a police pursuit in Palmerston North yesterday. Video, Audio

5:44 PM.Stories, tributes and laughter have flowed thick and fast in the last four days as hundreds gathered in Northland to mourn the death of Waitangi chief Kingi Taurua. Read more Video, Audio

5:41 PM.Another serious assault on a nurse at Christchurch's Hillmorton Hospital is being blamed on inadequate staffing and the lack of an Intensive Care Unit. Video, Audio

5:36 PM.District health boards could be in for a major shake-up as the government looks to cut back on bureaucracy and improve access to health care services. Audio

5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

5:28 PM.The government is setting up a taskforce to look at the Holidays Act, which has long been criticised for being too complex, resulting in many employers underpaying their staff. Video, Audio

5:20 PM.Ashburton farmer Frank Peters will lose 55 years of breeding when his entire herd of 2000 cattle go to slaughter after just one tested positive for Mycoplasma bovis. Zac Fleming reports. Video, Audio

5:15 PM.Carolyn Higgs says a young driver slammed into her car while being chased by police, and despite being pushed 120m down the road, police never stopped to check on them and never apologised. Video, Audio

5:14 PM.Jahvanaiah Ngatai's cousin Meadow James, 12, died in a police pursuit yesterday. She tells John Campbell her cousin died at the scene of the crash and the family's life is now "upside down".     Audio

5:09 PM.A new report from the government's top science advisor Peter Gluckman has found that there's never been a case of someone getting sick from third-hand exposure to methamphetamine anywhere in the… Read more Video, Audio

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