Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in New Zealand

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Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand

Learn about living on a lifestyle property Kapiti Coast, New Zealand
Urgent help and learning placement available for a volunteer with some experience in using basic hand tools and light weight garden equipment (training provided). Help with restoring parts of the garden after recent storm damage - pruning and ......
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about 12 days ago

Nelson & Bays, New Zealand

Family life, helping with our children and garden in Central Nelson, Aotearoa, New Zealand
We are a Vegetarian family of 4 who work in health and hospitality. Our two daughters are aged 8 and 12 so we would prefer to have a female helper. We like to live a yoga lifestyle and love to practice yoga and meditation daily. We follow a yoga ......
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about 7 days ago

Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

Horsey person welcome to join us on our lifestyle block in the beautiful Bay of Plenty, Otakiri, New Zealand
We have a small lifestyle block in the sunny bay of plenty, both my daughter (20 years old) ride horses and have 6 horses on the property at the moment. We have chickens,cats and a very cute dog. We are 15 minutes from Whakatane Town and I travel ......
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about 52 minutes ago

Auckland, New Zealand

Help organise my garden in Auckland, and housework, New Zealand
Hi I'm Pauline a mum of 5 kids though only 1 lives at home now Oliver. I'm a midwife, so work crazy hours, and in my down time I like to get in the outdoors. We have a piano in the house for anyone who likes to play. We have had homestay students ......
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Taranaki, New Zealand

Help us prep for the garden festival, Okato, New Zealand
Sam and I have signed on to be part of a garden festival at the end of October. The festival is 7 weeks away and almost everything needs prepping and sewing (seeds and seedlings). A couple of the buildings need a paint on the outside; this will ......
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Waikato, New Zealand

Help with outdoor projects at our lifestyle block in the Coromandel Ranges, New Zealand
Hello, Mandy and I (Brian) would love you to join us in Te Mata. We are presently looking for helping hands on our 30-acre lifestyle block between September, and October 2026. We are in need of physically fit Workawayer/s, who can assist in weed ......
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about 1 day ago

Canterbury, New Zealand

Join our rural lifestyle with horses and discover Amberley, New Zealand
We’ve recently purchased a beautiful lifestyle property in North Canterbury and are looking for friendly, practical helpers to stay with us and lend a hand with a variety of projects as we settle in. In return, you’ll be staying in a relaxed, ......
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Otago, New Zealand

Enjoy our dream lifestyle in Central Otago, New Zealand
We are a young couple in our 30s who have just settled into our dream property with our baby ,3 dogs and a cat. This dream property comes with bit of work which is a bit hard to juggle with a toddler so need a hand with a few things. Our place has ......
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about 13 days ago

Nelson & Bays, New Zealand

Join our community and help with different eco-projects in Motueka, New Zealand
We are offering the opportunity for you to come and experience our community. The land has 4 hectares of wondrous forest, stream, ancient Totara tree, permaculture activities, meditation, music and movement, arts, healing. We are a band of 5 ......
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Otago, New Zealand

Come and stay with us at Wilson Bay, Queenstown, New Zealand
We live 9 minutes drive from Queenstown at Wilson Bay, loved for its walking tracks, mountain biking and swimming. We have a property which adjoins DOC land. For the past 20 years we have been creating large gardens of native NZ shrubs to help ......
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Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

Help us and our rescued greyhounds bring a little piece of eco paradise to life in Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Come to Golden Springs, Reporoa (between Rotorua and Taupo) and help Andrew and I, and our rescued greyhounds bring this one acre plot from a neglected mess up to a little piece of eco paradise... big plans and dreams but we have amazing vision for ......
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about 11 days ago

Waikato, New Zealand

Come and help with bush regeneration on our beautiful farm in the Kaimai, New Zealand
My husband and I, both in our sixties, have bought a 100 Ha dairy farm with 20Ha native bush at the foot of the rugged Kaimai range. After living overseas for years, it is nice to settle with our animals, 2 dogs and 2 horses but there is plenty of ......
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Auckland, New Zealand

Come explore Waiheke Island, New Zealand
We are a family with Alex (20) who is studying podiatry (he commutes some days to the city) and works part time at the local supermarket and loves to play volleyball. Belle (18) who is living in Wellington study at French at university but will be ......
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about 11 hours ago

Waikato, New Zealand

Help with gardening and the many projects I have going on in Te Awamutu, New Zealand
We are Jack and Hadassah Jones. We are an international couple. Jack is English, spent many years in Germany and married Hadassah who is a Kiwi. Hadassah grew up in Papua New Guinea, has an American accent but is a New Zealander. We both have ......
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Northland, New Zealand

Help us with our lovely garden in Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand
Hello, we are Brent and Wanda. We live in a beautiful, peaceful, private spot that is just a five minute drive from the center of Whangarei. We grow over 100 fruiting trees, shrubs and vines, from temperate to tropical on our urban property. Plus ......
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about 7 days ago

Nelson & Bays, New Zealand

Experience rural living in a beautiful seaside community outside Nelson, New Zealand
We are a mature couple whose own children are now adults and living independently. We live in a close knit community. The Glen is 14km North from Nelson City, it is at the start of the boulder bank where we swim, snorkel, kayak, paddle board and ......
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about 22 days ago

Tasman, New Zealand

Help with gardening and DIY tasks at our family home in Upper Moutere, New Zealand
Just updating our profile. We are currently looking for a helper or a couple for a week or 2. Very basic help, mainly cooking meals and a bit of tidying up. We have a long term helper living in our tiny house, so accommodation is in the main ......
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Wellington, New Zealand

Stay with our family of 5 on our leafy lifestyle block in Te Horo, NZ
Come and stay with our family of 5 on our lifestyle block in Te Horo, on the Kapiti Coast. We moved back to NZ in 2018 after working and travelling extensively for 19 years abroad. This gave us a love of different cultures and we're excited to host ......
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about 22 days ago

Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

Join us for garden projects in Havelock North, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
Urgently looking for 2 helpers in the garden Simon and I live on a lifestyle block of 5 acres on the edge of Havelock North. We have a large garden ,though mostly trees and shrubs and we grow a lot of our own vegetables and fruit. We have a farm 45 ......
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Tasman, New Zealand

Come, stay and help out at our cosy house and garden in Takaka, Golden Bay, New Zealand
We are Richard and Jolanda - we live in Takaka, Golden Bay. We have a house and large garden and live a stones throw from the main shops and cafes. We are also about ten minutes walk from the Takaka river. Takaka is a wonderful small and friendly ......
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