Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in New Zealand

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Help with housesitting and care for our dog in Auckland, New Zealand
Hi to all Important Note for Early 2026: ........ DOG LOVERS ...... this is for you. We have family visiting from overseas between mid-January and mid-February 2026. During this time, we’re planning a 3 to 4-week road trip to show them around, but ......
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Come spend time with family by the sea in Gisborne, New Zealand
We are after paid help on our farm for a couple with very good english and past cattle farm experience. Come stay on Australasias oldest Angus Stud Farm beside the sea. We are on the beach, 10 minutes from Gisborne in a beautiful homestead. We ......
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Family land and lifestyle in Raglan, New Zealand
We are a family of 5 living on a small lifestyle block 10 mins from Raglan town. We have vege gardens, chickens, an orchard, a sweet cat, a couple of lovely flatmates who live in tiny houses, and 3 fun-loving boys! Having your own transport is ......

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Help with petsitting and gardening by the river in Gisborne, New Zealand
Hello and welcome! We’re a young, friendly married couple with an adorable English springer spaniel puppy, living in a beautiful spot right by a river in Gisborne city. We’re in the process of transforming our property through landscaping and house ......
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Enjoying the outdoors and gardening on the gorgeous Waiheke Island, New Zealand
This beautiful island offers some of the worlds best everything! Waiheke is home to world class wine producing vineyards, restaurants and adventures. Ferries to the island (to and from Auckland) leave regularly and take approx 40 mins. There is a ......

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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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Join us with family daily life, an hour from Wellington, New Zealand
A bit of an update required here now that the world is pulling itself back together and we're all travelling again! Welcome back workawayers! We travelled a lot and came back home to NZ to put down some roots around 14 years ago. We bought an old ......

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Experience rural life and learn about sustainability in Central Otago, New Zealand
We have a small lifestyle property surrounded by larger farms in the beautiful Central Otago. Our property is rural but only 5 minutes drive from our local cafe and the river. There are many beautiful sights to see nearby such as St Bathans, ......

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Love the outdoors? You’ll love it here! Stunning surroundings while you help & learn - Karangahake Gorge, New Zealand
THE PLACE Join us on our beautiful 1.5 hectare property, nestled in the hills above a river in the heart of the picturesque Karangahake Gorge. Much of our land is covered in native bush, with paddocks for our goats, an orchard, large vegetable ......
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Help with gardening on Waiheke Island, Auckland, New Zealand
I have a large garden with an orchard, wetland, veg and flower garden and aim to be as weed and pest free as i can manage. Most workaways call it a jungle. I have been having volunteers for the last 15 years so I'm well used to having working guests ......

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Shape and care for the land in a haven of diversity in Cheviot, New Zealand
This is the eco-living arrangement and rural lifestyle of Olmec and Melisa. Our 2 hectare lifestyle forest garden is a haven of diversity. We use permaculture principals and thinking to shape and care for the land, growing a wide range of crops ......
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Surf your brains out with our family off-grid in Dunedin, New Zealand
Kia ora koutou. We are a family of four with a coastal vegetation restoration project on our beach side farm at Smaill’s Beach Dunedin. We have been chipping away at our project for a decade or so. If we had a hand, we’d get there quicker! The aim ......
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Help around our pottery studio and garden welcomed in Marlborough, New Zealand
We are hobby clay artists with an interest in Whole Food Plant Based eating- (think healthy vegan). You can eat what you like as you are self-catering in your own flat which means you bring all your own food, drink and snacks. (Some seasonable herb ......

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Help with some projects around our farm in Kaitaia, New Zealand
Hello, we are looking for people who are very practical and strong, good with a hammer and are thinker workers , not worker who dont think and distroy things, or who are happy to ask for help if they dont quite understand the task.We have farm fence ......
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Help us at our family place and experience life in Rural Bay of Islands, New Zealand
We are a family with 2 children aged 8 &10 living on a small rural block of land 10 minutes from Kerikeri. We built here 7 years ago are we are trying to plant many native plants and food gardens. When we are not at home we enjoy visiting local ......
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Experience our country life on the edge of Hamilton, New Zealand
Welcome to our family of two adults. We live on a lifestyle block, 10-minutes' drive form Hamilton. We are busy professionals and would enjoy having someone living with us and giving us a helping hand, especially with gardening and around the house. ......
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Help with general gardening and family life around our place in Temuka, Sth Canterbury, New Zealand
Hi everyone, we are on the hunt for someone or a couple to house sit for us while we take a family holiday leaving 9th January 2026 for around 2 weeks. If you don't like the idea of a crammed hostel over the xmas/January period or feel like ......
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Permaculture homestead farm close to Tuatapere, western Southland, New Zealand
We bought a farm (in late October 2023) and could do with some extra hands! Plenty to do for experienced or non-experienced. We offer you a small caravan (with 2 singles), or a tent with blow up mattress, or parking space for your own van or tent ......
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Help with gardening, house maintenance and wetland development near Ōtaki, New Zealand
We are a sustainably designed, rural property on the edge of a protected wetland of regional significance in the lower North Island of New Zealand. We have fully organic domestic vegetable gardens, a small orchard, and firewood trees in addition to ......
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Stay in a beautiful rural area with mountain bike and walking tracks in Waimate, New Zealand
We are renovating our home situated on the outskirts of the town of Waimate. ,I am a cycle mechanic and I enjoy mountain biking and living at the foot of the Waimate trail. I also do Karate. My wife is an Art tutor and avid gardner.We enjoy having ......