Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in New Zealand

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Experience beautiful rural living and the outdoors near Auckland, New Zealand
Our warm modern house is situated on 18 acres of beautiful rolling green hills with its own small area of native bush. We (my husband Bruce and myself) have 2 Labrador dogs 3 chickens and one Kitten who has just been added to the family. We run a ......
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Experience coastal living north of Auckland, New Zealand
Kia ora / Greetings, Our names are Mike and Karena and we are in our early 60''s. We live in an architecturally recognized house in Opahi Bay which is in beautiful Mahurangi West, a northern coastal rural area in greater Auckland (approximately 1 ......

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Help us with our wetland restoration project on a peninsula on the Waimea Inlet near Māpua, Nelson, New Zealand
Our property is on the shore of the Waimea Inlet near Māpua Village. The estuary is home to many wading birds and most of our work is restoring the intertidal estuary margin and regenerating coastal forest. Our project is to increase numbers of ......

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Help around our home and share our culture in Auckland, New Zealand
We have a lifestyle block that is set up for horses about 1 hour from Auckland City centre. We are 10 minutes away from the township of the Pukekohe. Our home is fairly small but a comfortable 3 bedroom home. It is just my husband and me plus our ......
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Join us on our family project - permaculture in progress in Auckland, New Zealand
Hello fellow travellers 🌺 It’s has always been my dream to become as self sufficient as possible so since buying our beautiful acre property over looking the Hauraki Gulf last yr I’ve been not stop trying to put it into motion. We’re ultimately ......
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🥑 orchard in Paengaroa, New Zealand
Hi! We are Brendon, Mayson, Archer (2) and Amelia (7m) and we live on an avocado orchard in the beautiful Bay of Plenty. We have a small herd of cows, chickens, ducks and a cat. We are located right in the centre of many great beaches, lakes, ......

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Help for our community driven day care centre in Waikanae, New Zealand
We are Jan and Marian. Dutch from origine, both over 60 years old, living in New Zealand since 2007. In June 2025 we moved our green care farm from Raumati to Waikanae ( still Kâpiti coast) leasing a larger house with lots of land , semi rural. The ......
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Stay right on the edge of Fiordland National Park in Te Anau, Southland, NZ
We live in Te Anau, right on the doorstep of Fiordland National Park. We have 2 children Rita 9 and Austen 6, a dog and 3 chickens. We run a charter boat business in Dusky Sound and absolutely love the outdoors. We try and grow as much produce as ......

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Wake up to the sound of Tui and Fantails and join our day-to-day family life in Lower Hutt, New Zealand
We are a multicultural blended family of 6 (baby girl Maia was born end of June) who enjoy being active in the outdoors, touring with our campervan when time allows, being part of a very cool church community and traveling overseas. Judith came to ......
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Help us with care of goats and aviaries in North Auckland, New Zealand
Please read our profile and only apply if you have the skills we need, especially the ability to work with birds and dogs. We are currently looking for someone to help around the house, sort “stuff”, cook (if you have the ability), some light ......

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Participate in creating harmonious community life in Lower Moutere, New Zealand
Kia ora I'm Ethan, and welcome to my little corner of Motueka, New Zealand. I'm passionate about creating abundant and diverse ecosystems, building sustainably, and learning to live more closely with the land. This project is my way of expressing ......

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Come and join us with childcare in a vibrant and diverse area of West Auckland, New Zealand
Come and experience life out in Glen Eden West Auckland, gateway to the Waitakere Ranges and Karekare, Piha beach. Kerri is as Kiwi as they come, and works part time at a University mentoring students from the school of education. She has been ......
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Come and spend some time in the beautiful Marlborough sounds New Zealand
My partner and I have just retired from our flower farm and are in the process of turning our boat access only Bach (New Zealand holiday home) in the Marlborough Sounds into our permanent home. We have many different projects on the go that we could ......
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Developing a Large Eco Garden and home grown food Garden. New Zealand
Got a bit of rain in your NZ trip? Well, flood damaged block had a river though the middle of it. Good food, good music, plua , I was in Europe in a heatwave was happening, same time flooding. Hello , I,m Bryn A traveler ,and workaway volunteer ......

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Join us for a cultural exchange in beautiful Lower Moutere, New Zealand
I live in a beautiful home with a large garden that I’m slowly turning into a peaceful, welcoming space full of life with myself and my husband, close to Motueka, Tasman. I love meeting new people, sharing stories, and working together with others ......
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Help with gardening and the many projects I have going on in Te Awamutu, New Zealand
We are Jack and Hadassah Jones. We are an international couple. Jack is English, spent many years in Germany and married Hadassah who is a Kiwi. Hadassah grew up in Papua New Guinea, has an American accent but is a New Zealander. We both have ......
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Join us for a Kiwi family experience in Whakamārama, New Zealand
Jono and Nicky live in a large property on 3 hectares of beautiful rural land, close to Tauranga city (20mins) and Mount Maunganui (35mins). Ōmokoroa is our local for cafes and the beach. We are a fun family with 2 lively children ages 7 and 4 ......
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Come enjoy our slice of heaven, teach us a foreign language and help in the garden or house in North Otago, New Zealand
We are a friendly middle aged couple living on a lifestyle block in beautiful North Otago. Patrick is a retired teacher and Sara is an architect, working from Oamaru. Patrick is recovering from a stroke and usually comes to work with Sara because he ......
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Enjoy an outdoor experience and nature in Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Hi! I'm Lauren, a Kiwi artist who works in the film industry, and my husband Mirko is a German web developer. At the moment I’m taking time off work, and Mirko often works remotely from home—so as your hosts, we’ll usually be around and available to ......

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Help needed on a small dairy farm in Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
I live on a 124 hectare dairy farm,milking 220 cows with some drystock. I have a farm worker who does the main farm work and lives 100 metres away. I have dog,cats, and 2 donkeys that love attention.Very quiet location and very nice rural views.Farm ......
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