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Important Announcement

Please note: From Monday, 23 March the Goethe-Institut New Zealand will be temporarily closed to the public to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 Virus.

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LifeswapLifeswap - The Lockdown Diaries

Our favourite animated comic duo, Duncan and Jörg from Lifeswap, are back just when we need them. In his first week of coronavirus lockdown in Germany, Duncan has been using his days indoors to video-document his latest hilarious musings on the German language and culture, and he needs a, literally, captive audience. 
 

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Feminism todayOn Living and Letting Live

What's motivating women and feminists in Germany? Our dossier presents artists and other cultural professionals tackling the current top hot-button feminist topics and debates.

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Sustainable Tourism - Blog

The freelance writer Marina Bierbrauer from Dresden and Berlin writer Beatrice introduce us to sustainable tourism initiatives, walkways and visitor experiences in Germany, while Kiwi travel blogger Jord Bryant aka Jub reports on some of the great sustainable tourism ideas and initiatives in New Zealand. 

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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.

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Radio Show'Goethe on Air': our cultural radio show

Music, news and more from the Goethe-Institut New Zealand on Access Radio. 'Goethe on Air' provides interested listeners in New Zealand with information on all things German. An essential part of every show is to play the best of German music – old and new.

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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...