Switzerland

New Zealand asylum seeker worker Jean Claude 'Jack' Noser lives with his wife Sandra in Oerlikon, a multicultural suburb of Zürich, Switzerland. The story of how the two of them came to be together is… Audio

Hawke's Bay native Dean Treml is a self-employed photographer who shoots mostly sports and worked for Red Bull for over 20 years, These days, he lives in the countryside in the canton of Luzern with… Audio, Gallery

Sam Schoeller is based near Klosters  in Switzerland. He initially arrived in Switzerland 40 years ago in what was meant to be a short excursion to learn more about the country his father came from… Audio

James Griffiths works as an independent sustainability advisor in Geneva and is more than happy with his lot, despite the high cost of living and the fact he still misses his fellow countrymen and… Audio

Thurvalley BK Bree VG86 produced the most milk of any Brown Swiss cow in New Zealand for the 2018/19 season. Her owner Tony Buehler grew up helping hand milk of a commercial herd of 12 in Switzerland… Audio

Dr. Hannes Gissurarson is a professor of political science at the University of Iceland, and he argues there is a systemic reason for the huge growth of smaller countries that are generally both… Audio

Protests in Switzerland are rare - but the country's women have finally decided enough is enough Audio

Apparently coffee is not an essential item to have in a nuclear bunker. Since WW1 Switzerland encouraged all its citizens to stockpile goods in case of a nuclear war, but one item that has fallen off… Audio

Twenty people have died after a World War II vintage aircraft crashed into a mountainside in eastern Switzerland, police say. The plane - a Junkers JU-52 HB-HOT - was carrying 17 passengers and three… Audio

In the latest episode of Squeaky Bum Time: RNZ's FIFA World Cup podcast, hosts Emile Donovan and Max Towle break down the latest results, including late German heroics, Polish despair and the rise and… Audio

Swiss voters go to the polls this weekend to decide what could be a radical change to the country's banking system. Supporters say it will make the industry more stable. Critics say the move would be… Audio

104-year-old Australian scientist David Goodall has ended his own life by assisted suicide in Switzerland, because he wasn't legally able to do so in his home country. Jacob Greaves reports. Video, Audio

Australian writer Joanna Murray-Smith has written more than 20 plays and they have been translated and performed in 30 countries around the world. Her play, Honour, has been produced in more than… Audio

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