RNZ: Best Of The Week

Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 6th July. This week .... a not guilty decision the Scott Guy murder trial leaves the big question around his murder unanswered, Researchers in Switzerland believe they've finally discovered what's been dubbed by some as the God particle, Last weekend, Television New Zealand switched off its last remaining commercial-free channel, a war veteran who took part in bombing raids over Europe recounts his adventures, and the experience of a trip to the Red Planet at the Mars Research Station in Utah.

Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 29 June. This week .... what are changes to Fairfax Media in Australia going to mean for readers in this country, Fiji's slow but steady return to democracy, a research project looking at the recovery from the Bay of Plenty's Rena disaster, Glenn Frey of the Eagles talks about going solo with a project his parents approve of, 21 years of Huia Publishers, Big Band leader Roger Fox talks jazz, the Athfields talk architecture and leaky buildings, the plans for Cardrona Ski Fields near Wanaka and the art of acting with masks with Indian Ink's Jacob Rajan.

Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 22 June. This week .... is the media fascination with the Scott Guy murder trial more than that of the publics, the daughter of Deep Throat talks about her father's decision to be the source behind the Watergate scandal, the sounds of Kapiti Island, communities celebrating Matariki - the Maori New Year, an Aussie import to help NZ pastures, mental trainer Kerry Spackman on retraining how you think to unlock inner truths, Breasts: a Natural and Unnatural History and inside the Junior Lyric Writing competition at South Auckland's East Tamaki Primary school.

Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 15th June. This week .... members of parliament must declare their financial interests in the name of transparency, but should the journalists who hold our politicians to account have the same obligations, for the first time since the government announced the intention to move to plain packaging on cigarettes - the tobacco industry fronts up to discuss it, the Transit of Venus celebrations at Tolaga Bay, Ambergris - the floating gold thats found washed up on beaches around the world, Barry Humphries tours Dame Edna Everidge and his other alter-egos for possibly the last time, and New Zealand's top pop culture magazine Rip It Up celebrates its 35th birthday.

Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 8 June. This week .... 70 years of Bomber Command remembered, the head of a leading pharmaceutical company talks success in NZ, the Kiwi attitude to alcohol in the media and 50 years ago, the Queen's first Christmas message from New Zealand, the role of the Archbishop of Canterbury is discussed, Grape-a-Hol - is Big Business killing artisan wine making, neutrinos, The Bone Feeder and the word like - is it like overused?

Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 1 June. This week .... where is the fair pay for those looking after our older citizens, when is personal opinion - no matter how distasteful - news? Getting ready for the Transit of Venus, 70 years since the "American Invasion", the ambitious plans for a future predator free Stewart Island, coping with the increase of food allergies, the reviewing of theatre - is it a dying art? the enthusiasm of those working in the diary industry, celebrating 20 years of Maori pre-school learning in Dannevirke and the enormous success of Usborne children's books.