Switzerland
Will the Swiss pull the plug on public broadcasting?
While our government is promising to put more public money into public broadcasting, Switzerland is about to vote on whether to pull the plug on it altogther. Video, Audio
Will the Swiss pull the plug on public broadcasting?
While our government is promising to put more public money into public broadcasting, Switzerland is about to vote on whether to pull the plug on it altogther.
Video, AudioGutsy Gusta Peach: part two
Gusta Peach came to New Zealand in 1951 to be a land girl. Now 87, her story roams from a human skull on her mantlepiece to lost love with a married man and buried cars in Indonesia during WW2. Audio
Gutsy Gusta Peach: part two
Gusta Peach came to New Zealand in 1951 to be a land girl. Now 87, her story roams from a human skull on her mantlepiece to lost love with a married man and buried cars in Indonesia during WW2.
AudioGutsy Gusta Peach: part one
Gusta Peach came to New Zealand in 1951 to be a land girl. Now 87, her story roams from a human skull on her mantlepiece to lost love with a married man and buried cars in Indonesia during WW2. Audio
Gutsy Gusta Peach: part one
Gusta Peach came to New Zealand in 1951 to be a land girl. Now 87, her story roams from a human skull on her mantlepiece to lost love with a married man and buried cars in Indonesia during WW2.
AudioMissing Swiss couple found frozen on Alps 75 years later
The bodies of Marcelin and Francine Dumoulin, parents of seven children, have been found 75 years after they went missing in a meadow above Chandolin in the Valais canton on August 15, 1942. Video, Audio
In a Nutshell
Otto and Valda Muller are taking a serious crack at the organic walnut market, planting 1,300 trees on their 130 hectare plateau above the Kawarau River in Central Otago. Audio
In a Nutshell
Otto and Valda Muller are taking a serious crack at the organic walnut market, planting 1,300 trees on their 130 hectare plateau above the Kawarau River in Central Otago.
AudioSwiss firefighters' alcohol ban goes up in smoke
Switzerland is easing an alcohol ban for volunteer firefighters, saying it had led to staffing shortages during crises.
Just 23 percent of Swiss vote for 'basic income'
Switzerland appears to have rejected by a wide margin a proposal to introduce a guaranteed basic income for everyone living in the country.
Longest, deepest rail tunnel finally ready
The world's longest and deepest rail tunnel is to be officially opened in Switzerland, after almost two decades of construction work. Video
Switzerland of the South?
Mediawatch looks at two startling claims in a newspaper article last weekend about New Zealand's place in the troubled world of today. Audio
Switzerland of the South?
Mediawatch looks at two startling claims in a newspaper article last weekend about New Zealand's place in the troubled world of today.
AudioMediawatch for 3 April 2016
Lifting the lid a little on PR's pull on journalists; out from under censorship in Myanmar; Switzerland of the South?; mixed messages on Boris. Audio
Search for missing yachtsman in French Polynesia called off
The search for Swiss yachtsman Laurent Bourgnon in French Polynesia's Tuamotu archipelago has officially been called off.
Search for missing yachtsman in French Polynesia called off
The search for Swiss yachtsman Laurent Bourgnon in French Polynesia's Tuamotu archipelago has officially been called off.
Swiss museum to accept Nazi-era art
A Swiss museum has accepted a collection of priceless artworks amassed by Adolf Hitler's art dealer and bequeathed by his son, Cornelius Gurlitt. Audio
