Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in New Zealand

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Easygoing farming family living in a beautiful part of Otago needing help with farming, New Zealand
We live and work on a 600ha sheep and beef farm in Otago, New Zealand. We run around 4000 ewes and have 100 breeding cows. We have farm dogs, cat, chooks, pet lambs and a pony for the girls .... I think that is about it - a good selection of farm ......
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Extra hands welcome with our eco-build in gorgeous Kerikeri, Northland, New Zealand
Hello! We are an international couple with four children who moved to the Bay of Islands In 2017. We bought a beautiful property 15 minutes outside Kerikeri and are in the process of building an eco straw bale house, creating a permaculture garden ......

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Learn about dairy farming, kiwi and austrian culture and join our family in Southland, NZ
Hey there, we are a young family who own a small dairy farm with 400 cows in Southland between Edendale and Gore and lease a second farm close by. While we have staff members to run the farm alongside us, there are always odd jobs we need a hand ......
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Experience a small Organic farm (7 acres) close to beaches near Foxton and Foxton Beach, New Zealand
We are a small Organic farm (7 acres) close to beaches in New Zealand North Island. It is fairly central to several tourist towns and exploration destinations. The farm has dairy cows, sheep, bees, and chickens and a small veggie garden. We can ......

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Help with gardening and DIY tasks at our family home in Upper Moutere, New Zealand
We are a family of Six, we are a youngish couple with four children aged 6 months, 3 years, 13 and 14. Laid back and open minded couple. Josie is Kiwi and Martin is from the UK originally. We are doing lots of landscaping on our 10 acre property. As ......

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Spend time in the natural environment near the coast in Whangarei, New Zealand
Hi, I'm Janice. I live with my husband, Derek, in our semi-rural harbourside home. Our daughter and grandchildren live nearby, and you may also see them. A special feature of our home is the natural setting with seashore, birdlife and forest all ......
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Help us maintain our home and garden in Arrowtown near Queenstown, New Zealand
We are a couple in our sixties living in the village of Arrowtown. At our home we sometimes need weeding done and at other times house cleaning or small painting jobs. We enjoy when our workaway helpers cook for us as well, with us supplying the ......

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Childcare and general house help in Pahiatua, New Zealand
Location near town called Pahiatua , lower north island **** looking for someone to stay and help me with the upkeep of garden and house cleaning. Also some minding of kids during calving - I feed claves twice a day and they kids find it tough ......

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Help with house maintenance and childcare on Great Barrier Island, New Zealand
Hey my name is Ebony and I’m 30years old, I have a 10yr old daughter Mackenzie. We live on Great Barrier Island situated in Tryphena, 2min walk to beach/shop. I’m not currently working full time but will be pretty much full time over the summer and ......
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Help with gardening and home tasks in Auckland's Hibiscus Coast, New Zealand
★ Beaches, beaches, beaches, vegan food, bikes and animals - join our whānau! Kia ora e hoa mā, nau mai haere mai ki Aotearoa! Hello friends, welcome to New Zealand! I'm Jess and I've been a host now for almost ten years! I've hosted 100+ ......
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Stay in beautiful location near beach in Auckland, New Zealand
Kia ora I have a lovely little house in Auckland in Narrow Neck on the North Shore. I would prefer female travellers ir a couple only, to start with as I live by myself but have family and friends visiting regularly. My house is 5 minute walk to a ......

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Join our family and enjoy daily life in the winterless north, Kaiwaka, Wellsford, New Zealand
We are a family of 5 (mum, dad and 3 kids- 7 years, 4 years and 1 year old) We live on a farm with big vege gardens and orchards, trying to live off the land as much as we can. We live a busy life as we own a native plant nursery and our kids do a ......
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Join our family in the stunning Ruakokoputuna River Valley, New Zealand
Hi, We are looking for people to share our home and help us with our large vegetable garden and small home orchard, there is also maintenance work with the house and land as well as helping look after the horses and other farm animals (cows, sheep ......

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Join in our family home and stay on the edge of the nature reserve in Hamilton, New Zealand
** Please do not request stays when our availability is showing red. We will only respond to messages for dates within our availability*** Family of three, living between Raglan and Whale Bay. Just 3 mins to the Beach, and 4 to Manu Bay. Direct ......

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Stay by the sea at our home at Cable Bay, near Nelson, New Zealand
Hello (kia ora) We (John and Cher) live in a open sunny modern home at Cable Bay, near Nelson. We live on the edge of a tidal estuary, and it is a short walk to the swimming beach. We have kayaking, walking tracks, fishing and snorkelling close by. ......

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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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Experience our organic homesteading lifestyle in Milnthorpe, Golden Bay, New Zealand
Welcome to our slice of paradise near Milnthorpe Park in Golden Bay! We’re Gerard and Patricia (seasoned hosts in our mid-50s), along with Yogi the cat, friendly chooks, a rooster, and two ducks. We’d love to share our peaceful, nature-filled home ......
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Help with daily life in the beautiful Waitaki Valley, North Otago, New Zealand
We are Jess (36) and Matt (33), and live rurally in the beautiful Waitaki Valley in North Otago with our beloved Border Terrier Ollie. We are lucky to live in a beautiful home with a big garden area, 5 minutes out of our local town Kurow. We have a ......

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Come and help us at our animal and farm sanctuary near Picton, New Zealand
Kia Ora and Welcome! >>>Latest update 23 September 2025: Long-term volunteer spot open – live with animals, help in the gardens, and enjoy sanctuary life all summer long in the amazing Marlborough Sounds! We are an Animal Sanctuary, established in ......
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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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