Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in New Zealand

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Home life surrounded by farming and native forest in Owaka, New Zealand
We are situated in a picturesque valley completely surrounded by farmland and native forest, close to the wild and stunning coast. My husband is a farmer, and I work in conservation. We enjoy being outdoors, including hunting wild game and horse ......
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Join our Kiwi family and help with our house and garden in Governor’s Bay, New Zealand
We are a French Kiwi family of four living in beautiful Governor’s Bay - just over the hill from Christchurch. Our children are 17 and 14 and we also have a young dog and cat. We love meeting new people and look forward to welcoming you to our home....
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Join us for gardening and share skills, art and music in Miranda, New Zealand
Hello Everyone - we are Mark, a semi-retired(ish) maths and English teacher and Kanani, an artist and grower. Spring is here and there's lots of land work to do. It's a beautiful time of year and a beautiful place to come to. We have been lucky ......
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Join us on our small farm on beautiful South Island, New Zealand
Seeking helpers with practical skills to help with farm tidy up tasks, in particular someone with building knowledge and skills to help son and I carry out maintenance tasks. Would be ideal for a mature couple who could stay in our self contained ......
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Lifestyle farm based on permaculture practices with a lovely river near Te Mata, New Zealand
We are a couple developing our place using permaculture, land share and hosting. Having finished our straw bale farm shed, house and fencing. Gardening, tree planting and looking after cows, chickens and donkeys, gorse clearing. We are omnivores ......
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Outdoors while exploring Greta Valley, New Zealand
We are 10 minutes north of Greta Valley on a Sheep and Beef farm. The house is on a hill with magnificent views, with a walking track up to the top with 360 views of North Canterbury. There is a hut for you to sleep in for your own privacy which has ......
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Be part of our family and help with some outside tasks in in Norwest Auckland, New Zealand
My name is Lyn and I am in my mid-sixties. I am recently retired from full time work but am so busy doing things I love. I have four grandchildren who I absolutely adore. I am still very active with horse-riding, e-biking, walking my dogs, and going ......
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Experience rural life surrounded by nature and beaches in Northland, New Zealand
Paul and I searched for ten years to find our stunning coastal site on which to build our dream home, recently completed in 2024 after four years of hard work. We still have a lot of work to do before the landscaping is looking as we envisage but we ......
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Come and help and experience farm life in heart of Auckland. Waimauku, New Zealand.
NOTE: We do not take bookings in advance. Please get in touch a day or two prior to arrival to see if space is available. Fom 2012 Joanna and I (Tomasz) have lived on a farm. It's a 17 Hectare property that is only 35 minutes by car from the centre ......
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Bush and beach retreat where we aim to live more lightly, Auckland, New Zealand
I am a mature woman, a former academic (Social Sciences), who has left the city to pursue my dream of a slower, quieter life, more connected to nature. I live on a one acre property in Cornwallis/Karangahape in the beautiful Waitakere Ranges, about ......
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Help in a beautiful location on the coastal peninsula in Northland, New Zealand
Our place gets busy over the summer months , so we really need help with cleaning. A max of 3 hours per day... not every day but we pay a minimum of 10 hours per week. Your room is part of the main house with your own bathroom and entrance. You ......
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Welcoming help in a garden paradise on the Otago Peninsula, Dunedin, New Zealand
Our place is a beautiful, peaceful seaside house and established garden on the amazing Otago Peninsula, in the township of Portobello. We are passionate about gardening and the simple life - working toward our goals slowly as we bring up our ......
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Come and join our Eco building project on Great Barrier Island, New Zealand
Our Community was born in 1975 when a group of young friends including Manu's father and uncle who got together and bought this land of native bush to start a community of like minded people, in that first period they built the communal house we ......
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Help with refining house, gardening and energy systems near Hauraki Gulf beach, New Zealand
We are Emily and Terry, a transplanted Canadian and a long time New Zealander. We live on a 70 Hectare block of family owned land with our two dogs and a donkey. At present there are two permanent households. We live off grid and aim for low ......
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Outdoor gardening in South Auckland, New Zealand
My husband and I are in our early 50's/early 60's and in 2014 built our home on 2.5acres. My parents live with us in a separate part of the house. We have planted approx 5000 trees with the help of Trees For Survival and Auckland City Council. We ......
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Join us with daily life at our home in New Plymouth, New Zealand
Hi, we are a family of 4, kids aged 22 months & 3. 5 years living in New Plymouth Taranaki, 3.5km from Ngamutu beach and less than 5 km from Centre City. We immigrated from South Africa (Pretoria) in 2019. I serve as a Minister at a Presbyterian ......
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Spend NYE at our big sunny home and care for our pup in Wellsford, New Zealand
House sitting dates needed for: 29th December - 3rd Jan. Hey! I’m Helayna (31), a website designer/developer, and my husband (36) is a waterproofer. We live in Wellsford with our 3-year-old daughter and our Staffy, Sammy. Sammy is the real boss of ......
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Help us with the house move and learn how to look after animals in Kaeo, New Zealand
***Urgent help from woofers needed in the Far North*** Kia Ora, our family of 3 is living in the Kaeo/Whangaroa Area in the beautiful winterless Far North of New Zealand. Claudia is from Germany and Cameron is from New Zealand. We both speak German ......
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Creative living with our community in Wellington, NZ
Do you enjoy kids, nature, regenerative agriculture, holistic wellbeing? We run a program that works with kids who are usually neurodiverse and the school system just really isn't working for them. This group of kids is currently planting out a ......
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Help around our home and garden in Methven, New Zealand
Looking for a single, couple or 2 friends together, energetic, for all sorts of tasks in country life: Housework,gardening, feed chickens ,firewood, and general tidying up around the property. At the moment we are also looking specifically for ......
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