Last Two Episodes: Episode 12 – Laughing Matters Jörg’s penchant for taking life seriously and literally is challenged when he is faced wi...

Episode 11: Germlish In episode 11, a comedy of errors ending in an unintended declaration of love for Professor Tracy’s elderly mother lead...

  Episode 10: Group Effort Having mastered how to sing a “vaiata” (German for waiata, a Maori song) and hongi with elders on a university ma...

Episode 9: She'll Be Right  In episode 9, Jörg learns the hard and hot way that there are some “key personality differences” bet...

Steffen and William have a shiny stack of advent calendars for 2016. Help support the making of more Lifeswap videos by clicking on the l...

This episode is most likely to appeal to the neighbours of Kiwis living in Germany who are as yet unaware of the fact that Sundays and lou...

Lifeswap 7 – Making a Funny Party from Steffen Kreft on Vimeo . So, you think you've really made it as an outsider in New Zealand...

We have a proud to announce the launch of the 2015 Lifeswap advent calendar. Steffen has bought a pile of envelopes and stamps for sending t...

Anyone who has gone for a bush walk in New Zealand will know that the minute you hear someone coming towards you, you must prepare your frie...

Lifeswap 4 – Change! Urine Stinks (AKA Change your Instincts) from Steffen Kreft on Vimeo . The fact that, in the German language, one ...

...In which Jörg must come to terms with the damp, the draughts and the rationed oil heaters of a kiwi flat and Duncan discovers a fundament...

So friends, we now turn our attention to episode number four, in which I finally get to ask a question that has been niggling me for a som...

Genesis - A Creation Story  In the beginning was Goethe. And then Goethe said to William and Steffen "Let there be Life(swap)...

This impressive piece of equipment is called a wacom tablet. It is Steffen's new baby. (Actually, it belongs to a good friend of his w...

Here it is. The secret at the centre of German civilization (at least from November till April)... The double window and t...

Why is it that in New Zealand, a land with a proud tradition of agriculture and DIY, you can't always just call a spade a spade? Poor ...

So, days away from releasing episode two (early next week - watch this space), the lovely ladies at the Goethe-Institut, while carrying o...

This is Ange. On the screen. The other one is Steffen. Ange is the newest character of Lifeswap , Duncan's flatmate and a top Sheila...

This is Danya. She's a designer and aspiring animator from Wellington. On a round the world tour, she has generously planned in a co...