Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in New Zealand

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Eco-earth house in the bush; protecting endemic fauna and flora in Northland, New Zealand
Kia ora, travellers! Haere mai - welcome - to my whare (home) in beautiful Honeymoon Valley, surrounded by native rainforest, birds and insects. We built this eco-earth house using local clay from right under our feet. This land used to be just ......
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Share your skills and learn about permaculture on our brand new family project in Ōkaihau, New Zealand
We are a permaculture based project. We love what we do and love to share and learn together. We are a family of 2 mums and a 7-year-old. We have 2 cats, 6 chickens, and a bottle lamb, and... the dream to transform our blank canvas and bush ......
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Experience our conservation eco-sanctuary in Picton/Waikawa, New Zealand
Welcome. This workaway suits outdoor nature- loving, conservation motivated, purpose-driven & community focused workawayers with a positive attitude, can-do spirit, physical stamina and kind-heartedness. Meals suit gluten-able lacto-ovo ......
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Urban food & forest garden in Raglan, New Zealand
Raglan (Surfing Capital of NZ) is a great place to be, even for those who don't like the waves. I'm a retired Nurse and former Organic Beef Farmer who moved from the farm into urban Raglan at the start of 2024. It's a big change being in the village ......
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A warm welcome in our family home in a peaceful valley in rural Moutere, New Zealand
Hi. Before we get into the details, please only apply if you have your own transport! We are in an isolated rural area, which is not on a bus route, so have found that Workawayers only really get the most out of staying with us and exploring the ......
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Permaculture homestead welcomes help with gardening and seed saving in Little River, New Zealand
This is a permaculture homestead in Little River with aims of being a relatively self sufficient learning environment. Luke Bird is the host who breeds a range of poultry, belongs to the Southern seed exchange- a heritage seed savers group, and ......
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Help welcome with gardening, habitat restoration and eco project on Goat island, New Zealand
Looking for help from March to June 2026 at the moment. Hi - We are a family - Our teenage son, one dog and one cat!- near to Goat Island, Leigh, around an hour north of Auckland. We are around 10 mins walk from Goat Island marine reserve and beach, ......
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Join our sustainable lifestyle in Motueka, New Zealand
We are a belgian family (French speaking) of four, with 2 teenages children, and a dog :-) All passionnated in our own fields (permaculture, soil, river ecology, wetland, insects, crafting,... and balls ;-)). Our desire is to learn, to try and ......
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Off-grid paradise being restored to natural state looking for chilled, positive crew in Motueka, New Zealand
looking for chilled, positive, fit, conservation-minded crew who love life Hi there, thanks for visiting our page! *We're flattered to have been favourited over 1,000 times on this website (*800 active users). Our aim is to be the #1 awesome ......
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Holistic family living and Māori culture in Whāingaroa, Raglan, New Zealand
Kia ora! We are a Te Reo Māori speaking family of 4 and are just beginning an epic project to establish ourselves and restore a beautiful 38acre block just out of Raglan. We're situated in Waitetuna 15 min drive to the beautiful and funky surfing ......
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Embrace the wild on our sustainable homestead in Northland, New Zealand
We live on 60 acres 40 min out of whangarei, two thirds of it is native bush and some grazing and our space has our house, a big workshop and a sleepout for the volunteers and huge gardens. There is a single and a double bed in the sleepout and ......
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Learn about living on a lifestyle property Kapiti Coast, New Zealand
Urgent help and learning placement available during November and early December 2025 for a volunteer with some experience in using basic hand tools and light weight garden equipment (training provided). Learn about no dig gardening and the main ......
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Permaculture, animals and sustainability near Auckland, New Zealand
We have a lifestyle block 5 minutes from Pukekohe, forty five minutes south of Auckland CBD. I’m an artist and my husband works in Auckland city. We spend most of our time developing and maintaining our small lifestyle farm, and could really use and ......
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Peace and harmony for all in a beautiful food forest in Rockville, New Zealand
Kia Ora, I am MokshaJoyJoy and live in a beautiful foodforest in the making. My goal is to live a self-sustainable lifestyle in harmony with nature. It's been 4 years sice ive been develloping the forest and it's been a rewarding journey which I ......
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Join our family permaculture adventure in Northland, New Zealand
We are a family of 4 with a 9 year old daughter and a 7 year old son who live on a 1 ha lifestyle property. We enjoy sharing our place and our sustainable living experience with a wide range of people. Nearby attractions include the Bay of Islands, ......
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Plant a polyculture and learn about the stars in Auckland, New Zealand
Our "nest" sits atop a deep valley on 8 acres of land. We are in North Auckland, right after the suburbs become bush. Our neighbors are our extended family and pop over occasionally. I like holding fire circles, gym & sauna, bhakti yoga, chanting, ......
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Experience Wiccan spiritual workshops in Whangateau, Auckland, New Zealand
I am an organic farmer, wiccan, herbal healing balm maker, taxation consultant and English language teacher and live with my daughter, her partner and my three grandchildren on our 20 acre natural agriculture, permaculture, organic property. We also ......
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Land regeneration and growing food for an education charity in Whanganui, New Zealand
=============== Looking for a couple or individual who are interested in regenerative land care, growing food and holistic health for a work exchange opportunity in a tiny house in Whanganui. ============== Our vision is to grow community resilience ......
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Join our family with a native forrest restoration project in Clevedon, Auckland New Zealand
Its the time of the year that we spend a lot of time on the newly planted trees to release and weed manage. We planted 23,000 trees last year Besides the reforestation, we also have an existing forrest and a new area to be prepped for planting ......
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Off-grid living in Woodville, New Zealand
We are an Austrian and New Zealand couple with a 10y/o boy, Living off grid, Beside the Manawatu River 10km East of Woodville. Here we have been working with the land to create a forest garden, camping area, converted bus accomodations and ......
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