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Helvetia : magazine of the Swiss Society of New Zealand

Helvetia : magazine of the Swiss Society of New Zealand Volume 74 (2008)
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Issue [1] 1
Front matter 1
Table of Contents 1
Article: Fasnacht in Switzerland - Morgestraich in Basel 1
Article: Lötschental mask 1
Preface: Editorial 2
Rubric: Äs Wort vom Presidänt 2
Rubric: [Impressum] 2
Rubric: Carolyn Lane : Bus-Board Bulletin 3
Rubric: Swiss Club news from around New Zealand 4
Index: Top 10 popular names given to babies in New Zealand and Switzerland (2005) 8
Rubric: You know you're Swiss if... 8
Article: Memories are history [to be continued] 9
Article: School bags are a pain in the back 10
Article: Schools record falling pupil numbers 10
Article: One in six adults lacks basic literacy 10
Rubric: Children' [i.e. Children's] page 11
Article: Nostalgic chairlifts - no longer wanted 12
Article: Ski pistes go for a song 12
Article: ...Latest news from Erner Galen 12
Rubric: From our correspondent in Switzerland 13
Article: More Europeans in Switzerland 14
Article: Röllelibutzen in Altstätten 14
Article: Christmas cards 14
Article: In search of the trend flavours of the future 14
Article: Bio-gas plant 15
Article: Pot smokers hope for support in parliament 15
Article: Volunteers play key role in Swiss society 15
Article: When does Old Age begin? 15
Article: Neighbourhood Street Party - the Swiss way 16
Article: Winterzauber in der Schweiz 18
Article: Swiss dairy farmers milk high global demand 18
Rubric: Recipe : homemade Mocca ice cream 19
Article: Wily foxes embrace easy city life 19
Article: Blaze guts historic guild house in Zurich 20
Issue [2] 1
Front matter 1
Table of Contents 1
Article: Easter = Pâques = Ostern = Aranga = Pasqua = Pasca 1
Rubric: [Impressum] 2
Preface: Editorial 2
Rubric: Carolyn Lane : Bus-Board Bulletin 3
Rubric: Swiss Club news from around New Zealand 4
Obituary: Obituary : Maria-Theresia Hafner 8
Article: Bevor ich sterbe 8
Rubric: Children's page 9
Article: Muotathaler Wetterschmöcker : im Tal der Wetterpropheten 10
Article: Memories are history [continued and end] 11
Article: Cows and kids 11
Article: Easter processions in Mendrisio 12
Article: The slaves revolt 12
Article: Swiss fuel 13
Article: "Solartaxi" starts record trip round 13
Article: A meal of sausages that changed the world 14
Article: "Sausage task force" cannot help cervelat 14
Article: The city of Geneva has unveiled plans for a bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympic Games 15
Article: Nasty bite : mosquitoes cross the Alps 15
Article: Nestle swallows Swiss water firm Henniez 15
Article: Farming - the traditional way 15
Article: Of knights and ruins 16
Issue [3] 1
Front matter 1
Table of Contents 1
Article: Zürcher Sechseläuten 1
Rubric: [Impressum] 2
Preface: Editorial 2
Rubric: Carolyn Lane : autumn upon us 3
Rubric: Swiss Club news from around New Zealand 4
Article: Keeping contact with the "Fifth Switzerland" 8
Rubric: Children 9
Article: The Böögg between right and left 10
Article: The guilds in the Middle Ages 10
Article: Memories are history : emigration in the thirties [to be continued] 11
Article: The "milky way" 12
Article: Schlechtes Wetter 12
Article: Homeowners saddled with high debts 13
Article: Cat furs cause furore in Switzerland 13
Article: A triangle turns 100 14
Article: Basel it like Beckham 15
Article: Rigilied 15
Article: Val Müstair/Münstertal 16
Issue [4] 1
Front matter 1
Table of Contents 1
Article: Landsgemeinde 1
Preface: Editorial 2
Rubric: Äs Wort vom Presidänt 2
Rubric: [Impressum] 2
Rubric: Carolyn Lane : auf Wiedersehen Neuseeland 3
Rubric: Swiss Club news from around New Zealand 4
Rubric: 2008 Swiss Society AGM 7
Rubric: 2007 Swiss Society AGM minutes : minutes of the Annual General Meeting of the Swiss Society of New Zealand Incorporated, held at the Wellington Swiss Clubhouse, hosted by the Wellington Swiss Club, on 3 June 2007 8
Rubric: Children 11
Article: Cross-border love knows no bounds 12
Article: Men get hungry too 12
Article: Greenpeace thinks of lonely hearts 12
Article: Swiss railways are the world's busiest 12
Article: Memories are history : emigration in the thirties [continued and end] 13
Article: Swiss are champions in waste management 14
Article: More security for nuclear plants 14
Article: Prospecting for gas and oil in Lake Geneva 15
Article: Quinten/SG 16
Issue [5] 1
Front matter 1
Table of Contents 1
Article: Traditional cow fights 1
Preface: Editorial 2
Rubric: Äs Wort vom Presidänt 2
Rubric: [Impressum] 2
Rubric: Carolyn Lane : Bodensee Bulletin 3
Rubric: Swiss Club news from around New Zealand 4
Rubric: Children 7
Article: Ban on animal meal to be overturned 8
Article: Experts hook source of fish abnormalities 8
Article: Eco-car revolution "possible within three years" 9
Article: Turning children into bookworms 9
Article: Potato promoted as staple food of the future 10
Article: Experts sound alarm bells over biodiversity 11
Article: Die Walliser gehen zu Fuss nach Hause 11
Article: Swiss store seeds in Norway's Noah's Ark 12
Article: Lingerie lures visitors to St Gallen 12
Article: Swiss gypsies relive a painful past 13
Article: Nomads in Switzerland? 13
Article: Excerpts from Nigel's African diary 14
Article: Tick invasion in Switzerland 15
Article: Suonen - Bisses - water courses - Waale - Levadas 16
Issue [6] 1
Front matter 1
Table of Contents 1
Article: St. Gallen and the Kinderfest 1
Preface: Editorial 2
Rubric: Äs Wort vom Presidänt 2
Rubric: [Impressum] 2
Rubric: Carolyn Lane : Bodensee Bulletin 3
Rubric: Swiss Club news from around New Zealand 4
Rubric: Children 11
Article: St. Gallen - centre of the textile industry 12
Article: University of St. Gallen 12
Article: Sahara crossing by Andrea Vogel 13
Article: Thousand of army guns are lost 13
Rubric: 2008 AGM of the Swiss Society of New Zealand Inc : Ambassador Dr Beat Nobs's speech held at the AGM in Auckland, June 1, 2008 14
Article: Cheesemakers celebrate boom year 17
Article: Glaciers are melting away 17
Obituary: Obituaries : Joseph Alphonsus Kaiser : 1928-2008 18
Obituary: Obituaries : Niklaus Clemens Werder : 1949-2008 18
Obituary: Obituary : in loving memory of Arthur Werner Müller : 19 February 1928 - 24 May 2008 19
Article: Calls for action over treatment rationing 19
Article: Public shows little fear of flu pandemic 19
Article: The Verzasca Valley 20
Issue [7] 1
Front matter 1
Table of Contents 1
Article: The legend of William Tell 1
Preface: Editorial 2
Rubric: Äs Wort vom Presidänt 2
Rubric: [Impressum] 2
Rubric: Carolyn Lane : trains, boats, planes, bikes - and Swiss-Kiwi Yodellers! 3
Rubric: Swiss Club news from around New Zealand 4
Article: Sisterly love rejuvenates old hotel 8
Article: Novartis enters five-year tuberculosis deal 8
Rubric: Children 9
Article: Life is more beautiful in Zurich 10
Article: Heineken deal for Eichhof brews mixed feelings 10
Article: "Ecstasy" used to treat Swiss trauma victims 11
Article: IT skills shortage reaches alarming levels 11
Article: Making a splash in Lucerne 12
Article: Der Hecht 12
Article: Scientists unlock sleep mysteries 13
Article: Bird rules ruffle environmentalists' feathers 13
Article: The Föhn - friend and fiend 14
Article: Föhnstorms - Firestorms 14
Article: Alarm sounded over chemicals in sunscreens 15
Article: Researchers find off-switch for skin cancer 15
Article: The Teufelsbrücke in the Schöllenenschlucht 16
Issue [8] 1
Front matter 1
Table of Contents 1
Article: The canton of Glarus 1
Preface: Editorial 2
Rubric: [Impressum] 2
Rubric: Carolyn Lane : two-hemisphere bulletin 3
Rubric: Swiss Club news from around New Zealand 4
Index: Swiss Society sports competition 2008 9
Obituary: Obituary 9
Article: Steinpilz und Eierschwamm 10
Rubric: Children's page 11
Article: Fridolin, a little-known Saint 12
Article: Glarner Schabziger 12
Article: Nurse to thousands for 40 years, now Liliane O'Leary can rest 13
Article: Sticky gecko toes inspire internal bandage 13
Obituary: Obituary : Wendel Franz Appert : 1931-2008 14
Rubric: Letter 14
Article: Some religions are more welcome than others 15
Article: Witch exonerated 15
Article: A new Swiss Saint 15
Article: The alpine marmot (Murmeltier) 16
Issue [9] 1
Front matter 1
Table of Contents 1
Article: Zug - more than a tax paradise 1
Preface: Editorial 2
Rubric: [Impressum] 2
Rubric: Carolyn Lane 3
Rubric: Swiss Club news from around New Zealand 4
Article: Flowers by the side of the road 7
Article: Verschtönd ihr no Schwiizertüütsch? 8
Article: More about Zug 8
Rubric: Children's page 9
Article: Kirsch 10
Article: Gretel's gingerbread specialities & other European treats : nutritious, delicious & hand made in New Zealand 11
Article: "Schacher Seppli" für immer verstummt 11
Article: Swiss Halloween retailers get a shock 12
Article: Wine makers raise glasses to a good vintage 12
Article: Minority languages still under threat 13
Article: English makes inroads at Swiss universities 13
Article: How the Swiss watch their language 14
Article: Students strong in foreign languages 14
Article: Tobacco exports flourish as Swiss smoke less 15
Article: Surge in arms exports 15
Article: Swiss aim to boost beaver count 16
Issue [10] 1
Front matter 1
Table of Contents 1
Article: Angels 1
Preface: Editorial 2
Rubric: Äs Wort vom Presidänt 2
Rubric: [Impressum] 2
Rubric: Carolyn Lane 3
Rubric: Swiss Club news from around New Zealand 4
Obituary: Obituary : Kaspar Josef Kopp (Joe) 7
Article: Christmas cards 8
Article: Luxury chocolate sales boom at Christmas 8
Rubric: Children's page 9
Article: Avalanches in history - a history of avalanches 10
Article: Moritzli 10
Article: Sawdust slows rate of melting snow 10
Article: New models help revive popularity of sledging 11
Article: Picassos found at Zurich airport 11
Article: Old Swiss powder hound is still in the frame 12
Article: From Liberia, with Mercy - a modern day Christmas story 13
Article: The Rheinfall - and a Reinfall 14
Article: Neujahrsgebet des Pfarrers 14
Article: Two Swiss climbers receive bravery award 14
Article: Text messaging takes on Christmas character 14
Article: Record amount of greens eaten 14
Article: Es kam ein Engel 15
Article: Die Weihnachtsgans 15
Article: S Christchindli und de Samichlaus 15
Article: Silväschter 15
Rubric: Recipe : Grittibänzen zum Samichlaustag 15
Article: Christmas - a celebration of light 16