Checkpoint for Friday 1 April 2016

5:12 PM.After multiple fires at the same pig farm, have owners Ray and Joanne Brien installed a sprinkler system? Farmwatch's John Darroch joins Checkpoint. Audio

5:20 PM.Investigations have revealed that the number of employees underpaid in breach of the Holidays Act may be more widespread than imagined. Audio

5:29 PM.And just a few minutes ago, our reporter Kate Newton spoke with Mr Coleman on his way to Dunedin airport and asked him what he ate and what he thought of his meal. Audio

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

5:40 PM.The Government is not ruling out further increases to paid parental leave or benefits as it rolls out new policies. Audio

5:44 PM.Zero hour contracts have been scrapped under new employment laws in force from today, though tens of thousands of workers will still be 'on call' without guaranteed hours. Audio

5:47 PM.Front-line social workers are warning that abused and neglected children could be left worse off because a flagship project for at-risk families is being undermined by a lack of resources. Audio

5:50 PM.The backers of a second undersea cable link to the United States insist the project will be commercially viable after securing the money to go ahead with the project. Audio

5:54 PM.Tauranga iwi and locals are campaigning to keep protection around the Astrolabe Reef in place as salvaging activity is due to wrap up. Audio

5:58 PM.Paralympics swimming star Sophie Pascoe has slashed more than a second off her own world record.. in the hundred metre butterfly. Audio

6:10 PM.Provincial New Zealand could feel the squeeze more than big cities as Lotteries funding takes a dive. Audio

6:17 PM.US presidential hopeful Donald Trump has been forced to backtrack after publicly calling for women who have abortions to be punished. Audio

6:20 PM.Our Washington correspondent is Priscilla Huff. I asked her if the Donald Trump campaign is self-destructing. Audio

6:25 PM.The White Ferns were knocked out of the T20 World Cup tournament overnight, losing to the West Indies in their semi-final by 6 runs. Audio

6:38 PM.This week a major international study concluded that the War on Drugs has been a failure. It found that rather than stopping the trade and use of drugs, the so-called war had created parallel… Read more Audio