Take a look at some of our recent events.
What a great turnout to a fantastic talk by Peter Keup! The Pat Hanan room was filled by an eager audience who enjoyed Herr Keup’s interesting presentation and fascinating stories. There were many superb questions from the audience, followed by casual mingling and snacks at the end of the evening.
Written by Vanessa Chong
The AGS hosted a lovely Weihnachtsfeier on the 20th of November and celebrated another fantastic year of German with some yummy food and beautiful violin playing from Olivia and Cecile McNeill.
There was lots of delicious Stollen and other finger foods, all prepared by our committee members. It was a pleasant evening filled with festive entertainment, singing and conversations in German. :)
Written by Vanessa Chong
Another successful production from The German Drama Company!
This year’s show, Mörder mögen's messerscharf (Who killed the Baron?) was performed on the 18th-25th August at the University of Auckland and was positively received by both German and non-German audiences. The German Drama Company delivered six fantastic and hilarious performances and look forward to putting on more shows to promote the German language in the future.
For more information about the German Drama Company and how to be part of future productions, visit: http://bit.ly/GermanDramaCompanyFacebook
Written by Vanessa Chong
German Drama Company 2019 Cast and Directors
The Auckland Goethe Society hosted another exciting quiz night on Wednesday 22nd May. A special mention goes to the students from Rutherford College for being super enthusiastic and speaking lots of German throughout the evening. Thank you to everyone who came along and made it a fun evening!
Make sure to keep an eye out on the events page for more interesting upcoming events! Look forward to seeing you again at next year’s quiz night!
Written by Vanessa Chong
Pianist Amy Chang and singer Nathan Hauraki
We hosted a jolly 'Weihnachtsfeier' on Wednesday, November 21, at University of Auckland's Epsom Campus. Pianist Amy Chang and singer Nathan Hauraki entertained us with their excellent musical skills. The celebration was in the German tradition with Stollen, Plätzchen and other seasonal goodies as well as juice, wine, tea. Thanks to everyone for their generous contributions. It was an enjoyable evening and a pleasant way to get ready for the festive season.
Christmas goodies
At the Fisher & Paykel Appliances auditorium at Auckland University
A large number of students, parents, friends, families and teachers attended the prize-giving celebrations of the 2018 Auckland Goethe Society German examinations on September 26. The Fisher & Paykel Appliances auditorium at Auckland University was packed with visitors and aspiring German language learners.
Guest speaker Astrid Sandberg and overall winner Hugh Malcolm, Mount Albert Grammar School.
Guest speaker Astrid Sandberg shared her experience with the audience and described how learning the German language has enriched her life and helped her to make a lot of friends and has led to a successful career. She encouraged the young students to give learning a second language a chance.
Auckland Goethe Society president Stephan Resch pointed out that the examinations would not have been possible without the support of the teachers of German in Auckland schools and the help of a dedicated team of people, willing to be involved.
Lots of laughter
Setting the table
On Wednesday, June 13th, the Auckland Goethe Society invited to an evening of German board games. The cosy atmosphere in the Humanities Common Room of Auckland University was the perfect antidote to the cold and dark weather conditions outside. The number of entrants was not large but all the more passionate about playing board games. We had some excellent German versions of popular games.
Stocked up with chips, Gummibaerchen, crackers, cheese, soft drinks and juice, we dived into the games. The only challenge was the agony of choice. We enjoyed the evening very much, whether we played 'Pirateninse', 'Spiel des Lebens' or 'Reise um die Welt'. It was all fun and entertainment and the participants would like to have a repeat. Bring it on.
Fun for young and old ones
With 40 plus participants, this year's edition of the annual Goethe Society German Quiz Evening on May 16, was again a great success.
Quiz Girls
Thinking about the right answers
Group 'Natives' was one of the winners
MC Johnson Zhuang (picture right) led through the fun-filled evening, helped by Annika Wischnewski and Anna Luft, who double-checked all questions and evaluated the answer sheets for the participants.
Johnson Zhuang
School and university students, as well as Goethe Society members and German teachers teamed up to answer the pub quiz format questions about Germany. Participants were tested on their general knowledge about the country and in diverse fields such as history, geography, society, popular culture, literature, music and sports.
One of the funniest part was to recreate long German words. The German language is notable for its compound nouns such as Rindfleischetikettierungsueberwachungsaufgabenuebertragungsgesetz, which means "law for the delegation of monitoring beef labelling". Thankfully, this word is out of use since 2013.
For reasons of fairness, German teachers and native speakers played in a separate category. The winners enjoyed German sweets and other goodies.