Checkpoint for Friday 15 April 2016

5:10 PM.After a 21-year-old man suffering from schizophrenia drowned near to his mental health facility, his family say the related formal inspection was a whitewash. Audio

5:15 PM.A 6.0 magnitude quake in Japan's Mashiki has killed at least nine people. The Washington Post's Tokyo bureau chief Anna Fifield joins Checkpoint. Audio

5:20 PM.Former Prime Minister Helen Clark today gave public hustings for two hours as part of her application to UN Secretary General. Audio

5:22 PM.UN analyst Jeffrey Laurenti says the media focus on having a woman for UN Secretary General belies the views of non-Western nations such as Russia and China. Audio

5:28 PM.A retired Californian couple were sentenced to four years and two months today after falling victim to a scam that saw them importing up to $7m of methamphetamine to New Zealand. Audio

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

5:37 PM.Wairarapa dairy farmer Alex Benton has lost a farm that's been in his family for seven generations. Audio

5:45 PM.A decision on the future of Christchurch's red zoned land could be made within a year. That's the hope of the man at the helm of Regenerate Christchurch, one of two organisations charged with taking… Read more Audio

5:50 PM.A company which dumped thousands of used tyres on council-leased land in Kawerau is being taken to court by the Bay of Plenty Regional Council. Audio

5:55 PM.A fragment of Nelson's rail history will be revived this weekend with the re-opening of an old train tunnel. Audio

5:58 PM.Water Safety New Zealand is disappointed that a bill before Parliament would mean spa pools and hot tubs do not have to be separately fenced. Audio

6:09 PM.As the Opposition loudly makes claims about the Panama Papers, Mossack Fonseca, John Key and John Shewan, what the papers themselves actually reveal about New Zealand and the foreign money in very… Read more Audio

6:13 PM.Former Prime Minister Helen Clark has sought to convince the UN General Assembly in New York and the public that she is the best person to be the next Secretary General of the UN. Audio

6:18 PM.RNZ News reporter Jemma Brackebush covered Helen Clark's presentation at the UN headquarters. Audio

6:19 PM.Low decile schools have long complained about the difficulties they face - now new figures indicate they are responsible for most of the children with special education needs. Audio

6:21 PM.Animal rights groups are slamming new proposed welfare rules saying they are a complete farce and fall well short of international standards. Audio

6:25 PM.Shane Loeffler, an undergraduate student from the University of Minnesota, has developed a phone app which helps passengers to identify and explore identifying features from the air as they fly to… Read more Audio

6:26 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:38 PM.The controversy over the use of foreign trusts to dodge tax has continued to dominate Parliament this week. The government bowed to pressure and announced a review of the rules governing foreign… Read more Audio