Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in New Zealand

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Join our family and experience a rural way of living in Little River, New Zealand
We are a family of 5 , 3 generations , 3 dwellings , developing a 3 Acre property into extensive gardens , native tree restoration & fruit trees whilst caring for each other and living largely from the land and ocean. Our Area is a peaceful haven ......
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Share handy skills and travel experiences in Hamilton, New Zealand
I have done a bit of travelling and working overseas and have really appreciated the hospitality of family, friends and others while doing this. I have also enjoyed giving back by helping with jobs around their properties, etc. I'm a teacher and ......
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Join the local community and help with our daughter on the West Coast, Christchurchon, New Zealand
Kia ora (Hello and well wishes) My name Is Ian, and I am a single father to an absolutely amazing 6-year-old girl named Blessing. We have spent almost 4yrs in a house-truck traveling both islands and capturing memories and images shared with ......
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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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Nature to create a regenerative-permaculture homestead near Paeroa / Thames, New Zealand
We are working with nature to create a diverse and resilient regenerative-permaculture homestead on 30 acres of farmland with animals, a fruit orchard, a garden, a native plant nursery and woodlots. Our property is located in a rural valley ......
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Enjoy the outdoors and get to know Kiwi culture in Tuapeka Mouth, New Zealand
Wake up in your own private caravan, parked on a sun-soaked section overlooking horses, sheep, and cows. Just a three-minute walk away, you’ll find a secret swimming spot and the southernmost ferry in the world. At night, with almost no light ......
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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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Meet the cutest and friendliest sheep in the world and enjoy our place in Rotorua, New Zealand
Welcome to my little slice of the countryside. My husband and I moved here from the city to begin our next adventure on just over 5 acres of bare land. We built a garage with a small workshop to live in while we finished the cottage. Sadly, he ......
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Join me at my home in Wellington, New Zealand
Kia ora, I am a busy single woman in my early 30s who loves meeting travellers from all over the world. I am excited to host single female travellers and share my beautiful home and country with you. I prefer to host travellers for short stays (1 ......
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Have some chill and quiet time on our land in Marton, Rangitikei, New Zealand
We are a 1 mama, 2 x 6 year old twin boys, 1 dog family looking for some help on our 8 acre slice of paradise in the beautiful Rangitikei. (not to mention a flock of chickens and a kunekune pigs!). The land we reside on was once a working small ......
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Learn new skills and experience life at a a small village-like beach-side town in Auckland's North Shore, New Zealand
Hi there. Graham and I are in our mid 60s (me), early 70s (Graham). Our two adult children 29 and 31 live elsewhere. We are seeking a workaway to come and stay with us to enjoy our particular brand of hospitality and life-style and to help us out ......
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Connection & conscious living near the stunning Mangawhai surf beaches, New Zealand
Kia ora! I’m Cherie — a friendly, down-to-earth Kiwi mum of two, living just 5–10 minutes from the stunning Mangawhai surf beaches, bush walks, cafés, and weekend markets. After years of living on a larger self-sustainable farm, I’ve now relocated ......
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Be part of our family and learn about growing a permaculture food forest in Taumarunui, New Zealand
We are Maithuna Forest, an ecological off-grid campground and a permaculture food forest.We a family with two boys, 2 & 5 years old. We’re on a big piece of land that we became kaitiaki (guardians) of nearly 6 years ago. We are co-creating an ......
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Help with a variety of projects in Nelson, New Zealand
Hi Workway folk - we are Peter and Monika - a couple from Nelson New Zealand. We love sharing our home with others and sharing stories with people. We have a nice home in Nelson not far from most things you might like to explore in and around ......
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Enjoy life at a peaceful nature retreat near Kerikeri, Bay of Islands, New Zealand
Countryside Nature Retreat / lifestye with olive groves, ponds and white swans Please inquire for March , April, May, June 2026 or for a longer stay where summer spends the winter. Our work schedule (yours too) is only three hours in the ......
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Home away from home learning new skills in Oamaru, New Zealand
Hello, we are a well travelled middle aged couple keen to carry on travelling through sharing experiences and stories with travellers that stay with us and hopefully become part of our family. We welcomed a number of travellers (couchsurfers, ......
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Join us on our rural lifestyle property in Taupo, New Zealand
We are a husband and wife who run a small farm which is non profit. We sometimes hold community events as well as hosting people from overseas. We have lots of animals, mainly sheep. We live in a small rural village which is in the centre of the ......
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Join our organic family farm near Dunedin, New Zealand
A young family running an organic farm... We have a room to spare, fun company, and lots of board games. We need help with our animals (dog, goose, duck, and chicken), our projects (mostly improving workawayer facilities), our gardening (weeding, ......
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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 back on Workaway and look forward to connecting again with people who can help maintain and improve a modest suburban home that is now on the market for sale in the tourist mecca of Rotorua...
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Look after our home and dog in Auckland, New Zealand
We are going away between the 24th-3rd and then again 6-10th. Happy to have you stay from before the 24th to the 10th with us and our main priority is that you look after our home and dog while we are away! I am a tech entrepreneur and Jiu Jitsu ......
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