Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in New Zealand

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Join us by the sea and discover Waiheke Island, New Zealand
Hi workawayers! We're looking forward to meeting you :) About us: We are a writer and architect with 2 older kids (girl of 14 and boy of 10), who live in a (mostly) renovated old house overlooking the sea on Waiheke Island, just 35 minutes by ......
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Experience simple East Coast life connected to bush and sea in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Nau mai haere mai! Welcome! Willkommen! Thanks for checking out our page... We are a family of four living on a property with 14ha of protected native bush (forest), small flocks of chickens and ducks, a few sheep, hundreds of birds, thousands of ......

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Experience farm life and country living in Mid Canterbury near Ashburton, New Zealand
We are cropping farmers in Mid Canterbury near Ashburton. We both love to travel, experience different cultures and have trekked in Nepal, India, Africa and Peru. LIfe is always busy on the farm of which we grow a variety of crops ranging from ......

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Help around our old farm in Dunedin, South New Zealand
We are Patrick (56) and Bernice (58) - (Both English). Very friendly and down to earth people. Bernice's has devoted all her time to horses all the time I have known her. She breeds horses but this is not a business. We both enjoy the rural life, ......
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Enjoy family life with us in Lake Taupo, New Zealand
We are a family who live on a small lifestyle block 10 minutes drive from Taupo and 5 minutes drive to our beautiful Lake Taupo. We have lived and travelled a lot overseas with our family and enjoy sharing our home with other global ......
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Dog and house sitting in Central Auckland, New Zealand
April 2 - 9 - House sitting , dog sitting and helping with house maintenance and a bit of painting and weeding. My preference is for a couple and workaways with experience looking after high energy dogs. Walk to iconic Ponsonby Road for great ......
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Join our sustainable family farm in Hawarden, New Zealand
We are a family of 5, 2 adults and 3 children, aged 13 and 12 (twins). We love travelling and learning about other cultures, and love cultural exchange. We live on a farm in North Canterbury New Zealand so we can aim towards a self sustainable ......

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Daily life with our family in the beachside town of Whitianga, New Zealand
UPDATE February 2026: We are currently renovating our house so if you have building/carpentry skills that would be super handy! You will also need to be prepared to live amongst a house in renovation mode 😃 Working married couple in mid 30s with a ......

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Creating space for conscious community in Northland, New Zealand
We have a variety of projects according to the time of year. We have finished building a big yurt and now there is a project of making a base for a smaller yurt. There is some painting to do and a few other smaller tasks. It is exciting seeing this ......

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Help with housesitting and care for our dog in Auckland, New Zealand
Hi to all I do furniture restorations and repairs at Dovetail Restorations. My partner, Margaret, is back to Auckland University and doing her Master Degree. We live in Weymouth by the Sea , South Auckland, about 15 minutes south of the Airport. We ......
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Experience coastal life on our property surrounded by native trees in Tutukaka, New Zealand
Kia Ora, My partner Matt and I have a new homestead in Tutukaka, Whangārei and are needing some hands-on support to renovate our home. This will be in the realm of giving hand on support with , demolition, gardening, landscaping, maintenance of our ......
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Join us on our lifestyle block in a beautiful rural setting near Dunedin, New Zealand
Close to city, a 10 hectare block (27 acres), with ~5 hectares of native bush, lots of birdlife, the rest is pasture with sheep including lambs at the moment. There are magnificent views to the town and Kapukataumahaka (Mt. Cargill), the organ pipes ......
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Learn earth building skills and create permaculture gardens in Waipara, New Zealand
Hi, we are Francois, Kate, Mateo and Max. Four years ago we built a Straw bale home, on a very special piece of land in the Waipara gorge. The home was made with as much recycled, low or no carbon foot print materials. We have mostly finished earth ......
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Stay at a suburban house while enjoying the many tourist attractions in and around Rotorua, New Zealand
After a break for a few years, I'm delighted to be back on Workaway. I look forward to connecting with independent travellers who can help maintain my suburban Rotorua home in exchange for comfortable self-contained accommodation.

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Garden and around the house in Suburbia Oamaru, New Zealand
Hi , my husband and I enjoy having people stay with us in our home and share our lifestyle We live in suburban Oamaru and like to grow our own vegetables and enjoy our flower gardens also. There is just the two of us and we have a lot of interests, ......
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Share my syntropic journey in Northland, New Zealand
I have previously been an artist in clay, textiles and graphics. I owned an art gallery for more than nine years, specialising in handmade New Zealand made works but now I concentrate on developing my neglected small holding. I garden organically, ......
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Enjoy life at the sunny side of the harbour in Diamond Harbour, Christchurch, New Zealand
Developing a food forest, organic growing, perma culture principles, finishing the new dwelling are part of the daily grind here in, where the sun makes diamonds in the water and the views are breath taking. We are looking for mature people who ......

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I am building a space of community, learning and nourishment in Auckland, New Zealand
We are a family of five: Tom (builder, coach & body worker), Juliana (relationship coach), Hazel (11 year old fairy), Aspen, our very alive toddler and Evren, our 10 month old baby boy. We are building a space of community, learning and nourishment. ......
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Ocean and bush in Whangārei heads, New Zealand
Kia ora, We are Caitlin and Arthur, a couple in our late thirties with a 7 month old babe, and a medium sized teenage dog. We have the privilege of living in the beautiful Whangārei Heads, nestled beneath the majestic rocky outcrops of Bream Head, ......

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Help a couple with outdoor projects in Christchurch, New Zealand
I live with my partner Marcial who is form Chile, we have recently moved to chch where we are looking after large garden may need help collecting fruit and preserving it.