• Corona Key Visual © Goethe-Institut

    Covid-19 Update

    Covid Alert Level information: From Wednesday 18 August all language classes in Auckland will be taught online until further notice. Language classes in Wellington will take place online or face-to-face. We will be in touch with all course participants in good time with further information. 

  • GFF 2021 © Beauvoir Films

    German Film Festival 2021 - ONLINE NOW

    The 13th German Film Festival in New Zealand will be a hybrid film festival this year: in cinemas and online from 13 August until 26 September. Discover its programme of film productions from Austria, Switzerland and Germany.

  • Image collage - 40 Years Goethe-Institut NZ © Goethe-Institut

    The Goethe-Institut New Zealand turns 40!

    The Goethe-Institut is 40 years old. Since 1980 we have been active in New Zealand. To celebrate we asked friends and supporters for their fondest memories and stories that they connect with Germany, the German language and/ or the Goethe-Institut. Enjoy them here! More to come...

  • Queer Comic Conversations banner © Illi Anna Heger + Sam Orchard

    ComicQueer Comic Conversations

    Queer Comic Conversations is a webcomic series by artists Illi Anna Heger and Sam Orchard where they discuss similarities and differences about queer and trans lives.The series stretches from July to December 2020; every month, a new episode will be released.

  • Lifeswap © Steffen Kreft

    Film SeriesLifeswap

    Lifeswap is a series of short animated Skype conversations between two young men, Jörg, 27, from Münster, Germany and Duncan, 27, from Wellington, New Zealand.

  • Living language © Goethe-Institut Neuseeland

    Living language

    Features, interviews, podcasts and a monthly blog exploring how learning a new language opens up worlds of possibilities, changes your outlook - and boosts your brain! Life is more interesting in more than one language. Find out more here...