Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in Canterbury, New Zealand

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Coastal homestead living by the water in Banks Peninsula, Akaroa, New Zealand
Tikao Bay homestead is a roughly 160 year old homestead on a lifestyle farm, where I grow most of our food. We have 4ha land, sheep, chickens, ducks, dogs, large gardens, two kids, a small business, and a big, old homestead to look after, so many ......
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Fun family welcomes friendly helpers in Geraldine, New Zealand
*Availability for volunteers* Hello, we are family, Helen, my husband Shun, Wren (10) and Taiga (7), We live in a house with a reasonable garden and caravan (where you will be staying) We are a jolly bunch (most often). I am an Artist and Teacher, ......
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Help with DIY and bike or walk to Christchurch City, New Zealand
============ Looking for short term stayers after 18 January and into Feb 2024. ============ I just bought my first house (that came with a cat named Noodle- he will ignore you) in Addington, Christchurch. I'm 35years old, work in the conservation ......
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Help around our home and garden in Methven, New Zealand
Looking for a single, couple or 2 friends together, energetic, for all sorts of tasks in country life: Housework,gardening, feed chickens ,firewood, and general tidying up around the property. At the moment we are also looking specifically for ......
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Outdoor experience learning about animals in Akaroa, New Zealand
Hi there Thank you for stopping by ;) We live in a beautiful farm/farmhouse in Goughs Bay, 20-minute drive from Akaroa. We have a child, so you MUST be good with children. If you love animals you’ll love our place, dogs, chickens, ducks, ......
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Join our family on our lifestyle block outside Christchurch, New Zealand
UPDATE: we are looking for Workawayers to come and stay with us for a few days to look after the animals while we take our exchange student away for the weekend - arrival 5/6 March and departing at some point the following week (flexible). You would ......
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Join us in Geraldine, South Island, New Zealand
You do not need a NZ work visa to volunteer & help us, as this is not a business, nor paid job position, just Workaway at it's best. Just come and enjoy your stay. We are....Uncle Dave & Aunty Nikki. We live and work on a Geraldine Sheep, Beef & ......
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Join us on our small farm on beautiful South Island's east coast, New Zealand
Our small farm is just south of Timaru on the east coast of the beautiful South Island, New Zealand. We are close to lots of lovely NZ landscapes and it is a great place to explore if you love nature. We feel like our home is a little piece of ......
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Join us on our lifestyle block in North Canterbury, New Zealand
General profile We answer every email, usually within that day. So if you answer our profile you will get an answer immediately. We are very interested in having someone at this time to help. If you like tidying up then we have the job for you. ......
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Join us on our lifestyle block in Geraldine, New Zealand
We are a lifestyle block in Geraldine with sheep cows and pigs + dogs We have a large garden and my husband also does homekill meat. He loves hunting and fishing We have a self contained unit available. We also have our 23yr old Autistic son ......
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Experience typical Kiwi family life in Geraldine, New Zealand
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Workaways ! Have loved all our 2025 Workaways and looking forward to meeting all the cool travellers in 2026 ! I have free approx 1 week from 9th Feb And then March 4th - 18th free April 15th - 21st ......
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Live and explore with our family in Darfield, New Zealand
We're a sheep, beef , and cropping farm based in Darfield. As a busy family with two young children, life is always full-on-whether it's lambing season, rearing calves, planting crops, or managing things at home. On top of that, I work off-farm ......
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Become part of our busy little family living on the farm in Ashburton, New Zealand
We are a busy young family on a farm. We have an active lifestyle and would like you to join us to help with the day to day activities. We are a couple in our 30s with two young boys who are very active. We offer a lovely quiet location in 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 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.
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Join us at our little sea side spot in Timaru- South Cantebury, New Zealand
We are a family with two boys(11&13) who enjoy the outdoors. In our free time we enjoy walking, bouldering and biking and skiing. We have a bouldering wall in the shed. We are a busy family, but are trying to make time for things like roasting ......
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Looking for a painting, gardening and sailing help in Akaroa, New Zealand
I am originally from New York and moved to New Zealand 22 years ago. I am often in Christchurch, so there will be times when you will be housesitting as well. I live by myself. I have two children, and they are grown and are in university. I prefer ......

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Get an insight into country family life and help on our lifestyle block near Springfield, New Zealand
Welcome to our place in the Canterbury foothills! We’re a family living on a lifestyle block about 60 km from Christchurch, close to the main highway that links the city to the West Coast. Our home is surrounded by beautiful lakes, rivers, and ......

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Come and help our family and learn about a farm in Cheviot, New Zealand
Our family runs a large sheep and beef farm in Cheviot, NOrth Canterbury. we also have a feijoa orchard on site and a large vegetable garden. We love to share our lifestyle with overseas visitors to show others how a typical farming kiwi family ......
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Help in the garden and around the house and learn about rural life in New Zealand
We are a country couple in our late 60's. Our farm is currently leased out, to a dairy farmer, however we would like some help splitting firewood and general help in our large garden. We have hosted many Woofers over the last ten years and have had ......