Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in Waikato, New Zealand

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about 3 hours ago

Waikato, New Zealand

Stay a few weeks in lovely Coromandel , New Zealand
During late autumn and winter, we welcome one Workawayer at a time to share our home. The help is 4 hours per day, five days a week, leaving plenty of free time to explore or relax. In return, we offer clean and comfortable accommodation, breakfast ......
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about 23 hours ago
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Waikato, New Zealand

Stay in my gorgeous cottage and learn about natural plant growing in Waiuku, New Zealand
Hi There I would love to host you in my cute little cottage in the country in Waiuku, rural South Auckland. Here I love to live a healthy peaceful lifestyle, and grow lots of different plants, flowers, vegetables, fruit, etc. I also have a couple of ......
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about 36 minutes ago
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Waikato, New Zealand

Permaculture, animals and sustainability near Auckland, New Zealand
The best of both worlds. We have a small farm 5 minutes from Pukekohe, forty five minutes south of Auckland CBD, and a house in Auckland city that we will be uplifted and shifted to the farm at the end of the year. The work we need help with is ......
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about 6 hours ago

Waikato, New Zealand

Help in our house and garden near Thames, Waikato, New Zealand
Friendly couple with 2 dogs living on a 180 acre lifestyle block with bush tracks/forest streams. We generate our own power with hydro and solar and have an under ground spring for water. We have five cattle. We are 8 kms out of the small town of ......
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Waikato, New Zealand

Join our friendly home in Taupo, NZ
Based in Taupo New Zealand looking for individual or couple to help around our home to do house work to get home ready for Christmas. In exchange we can show you our kiwi culture and share if you the different types of food we eat including a ......
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about 23 hours ago

Waikato, New Zealand

Help in my garden on a beautiful coastal property Coromandel Town, New Zealand
Garden helpers welcomed on a beautiful coastal property at Papa Aroha on the Coromandel Peninsula. Always something to do here (gardening, painting, cleaning). I am a retired policeman,potter and glass artist. You will stay in a private apartment ......
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Waikato, New Zealand

Stay with me in the city or at my offgrid homestead in nature at Lake Taupō, New Zealand
I’m Gabriel and I am in my 30s and I love hosting people and have grown up watching my family host international travellers all my life. I have also experienced what is like to work and stay with host families too. I’d appreciate someone who is ......
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Waikato, New Zealand

Join our family and help us transform our new home in Hamilton, New Zealand
We are a family of four living in Hamilton, New Zealand. We have hosted many Workawayers before and really enjoy meeting people from around the world. Tash works in organisational change and change management, while Peter is a primary school ......
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about 3 days ago

Waikato, New Zealand

Have fun with a mass of fur babies and join us with our Maltese stud in Waikato, New Zealand
We live in a beautiful lush area of Waikato, New Zealand, close to a quaint town of Cambridge. We live on a lifestyle block in the country and have a Maltese dog stud. We are a family of 2 my husband, myself with my disabled daughter coming over ......
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about 3 days ago

Waikato, New Zealand

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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about 3 days ago

Waikato, New Zealand

Volunteer on the Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand
We live on a12 ha live style block with beautiful view over the bush to the pacific. Short drive away from some of New Zealand‘s most beautiful white,sandy and safe Beaches. Matarangi and Kuatunu, 20 min. Drive to either Coromandel Town or Whitianga ......
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about 2 days ago

Waikato, New Zealand

Daily life with our family in the beachside town of Whitianga, New Zealand
UPDATE 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 late 30s/early 40s with ......
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Waikato, New Zealand

Join our water-access haven in the bush of Cooks Beach, New Zealand
Kayak across a river to our remote water-only access property in the New Zealand bush. We have a home over here that we want to share with like minded people as we do-up and maintain the property. My name's Ayana and I've just been backpacking and ......
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Waikato, New Zealand

Immerse yourself in the outdoors and contribute to a vibrant rural setting in Waikato, New Zealand
Our family has been farming here since 1864, and today we run the farm alongside several holiday cottages, off-grid bush cabins and a small campground. We also host guests who come to the area for walking, cycling, fishing and exploring the ......
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about 2 days ago

Waikato, New Zealand

Join our family while exploring historic Waikino, New Zealand
We're a family of 4 looking for help around the lifestyle block. We live in Waikino, an area rich in mining history and surrounded with outdoor activities such as cycling, hiking and exploring historic sites. We are 20 mins from the beach and 2 ......
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Waikato, New Zealand

Escape to the country and join us on our Waikato lifestyle block in Tauwhare, New Zealand
Hi, we're Steve and Sandy, we have a lifestyle block in Tauwhare, Waikato, where we attempt to live self-sufficiently, growing our own vegetables, fruit, nuts and berries in a semi-organic way. Our elderly Dad lives in Coromandel and grows his own ......
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about 2 days ago

Waikato, New Zealand

Help with gardening, farming and other projects at the base of Mt. Pirongia, New Zealand
We are a busy family of five, living on a lifestyle block at the base of Mt Pirongia. My husband and I both manage mental health teams and our boys (17, 15 and 13) all love the outdoors, motorbike, swimming, basketball and rugby. With sheep and beef ......
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Waikato, New Zealand

Enjoy cultural exchange while helping restore native bush and enjoying beach life in Waiomu, New Zealand
Hi there! We’re Megan & Jamie. We live on the beautiful Thames coast on the Coromandel peninsula. I work from home with the occasional day trip to Auckland, Jamie works in town (Thames) at a native tree nursery. We have a 3 1/2 year old son August, ......
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about 2 days ago

Waikato, New Zealand

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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about 2 days ago

Waikato, New Zealand

Enjoy beautiful walks and local hot spots in Coromandel, New Zealand
Jim and I live on a delightful property on the edge of Coromandel town. We have a yacht called Papillon and we sail and fish as often as possible. You're welcome to come and join us. The private self contained unit we provide is super cool. We are ......
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