Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in Wellington, New Zealand

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Wellington, New Zealand

Share our family life in Lower North Island, Masterton, New Zealand
Hi travelers Is anybody a painter? My bathroom is in desperate need of a face lift! Physically capable person is what I need! Lots of outside work. Jobs would include: - Painting - Cleaning tack - Cutting the grass around my house - The right ......
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Wellington, New Zealand

Join a Kiwi family and help with day to day life in Martinborough, New Zealand
Hello, We are Michelle and Ross also Abby who is 15 yr and shes home on the weekends from school. We have 2 lifestyle blocks . Home block - we are renovating our home, planting trees , general gardening, weeding ect. Block 2 - a beautiful block ......
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Wellington, New Zealand

Experience family life along the coast in Waikanae, New Zealand
We’re a lively Kiwi-German family — two adults and three spirited kids (7, 4, and 2) — who believe life’s better when it’s full of laughter, language, and a little bit of adventure. Our home buzzes with English and German conversations, spontaneous ......
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about 27 days ago

Wellington, New Zealand

Welcome to our little corner on earth, Wairarapa, New Zealand
Dean and I have a small dairy farm in the beautiful Wairarapa. We enjoy the peacefulness of the countryside, being able to produce some of our own food, love dogs and generally living a healthy lifestyle. We have 2 grown children no longer living at ......
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Help our busy family and share our home in Hautere, New Zealand
We are a busy family of 5 looking for help around our unique rural property. We are an Australian/New Zealand family who have travelled throughout Europe. We are located on the Otaki River in Te Horo, on the beautiful Kapiti Coast. We have 18 ......
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Wellington, New Zealand

Join me gardening in beautiful Raumati South, New Zealand
Hi, I live in a comfortable house in a cute community, close to a beach, and about one hour by train from Wellington. I have two spare bedrooms and am keen to swap some gardening, painting and other help, for accommodation. I love this part of NZ ......
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Wellington, New Zealand

Help us with moving towards self sufficiency on our little lifestyle farm in Carterton, New Zealand
We moved onto a little lifestyle farm just out of Carterton, in the Wairarapa (1.5hrs North of Wellington) in 2022. We live with one of our teenage sons (the other one is travelling in Europe). We work part time. My husband Saali is a music teacher ......
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about 3 days ago

Wellington, New Zealand

Be a part of our family and experience farm life in the Wairarapa, New Zealand
We are looking for friendly, helpful workawayers to be a part of our family at Christmas time. We need help with the gardens (weeding, watering, trimming etc) and spring cleaning the house ready for a family Christmas where we expect you to join in ......
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Wellington, New Zealand

Join on a small homestead with friendly farm animals and a private cottage, Masterton, New Zealand
We are a young family from California who moved to New Zealand 4 years ago. Alex is a dual citizen of the USA and NZ so we decided to take a leap of faith and follow our dream of moving to the countryside of New Zealand. We bought this homestead ......
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Wellington, New Zealand

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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Wellington, New Zealand

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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about 1 day ago

Wellington, New Zealand

Family life in Kapiti, New Zealand
My name is Vittoria, originally from Italy I have moved here to call New Zealand my home. I'm a single mum to 2 amazing kids, Freya-Rose who is 5 and Lorenzo who is 3. I'm an artist, I make copper wire sculptures and also work part time at a ......
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Wellington, New Zealand

Help for our community driven day care centre in Waikanae, New Zealand
We are Jan and Marian. Dutch from origine, both over 60 years old, living in New Zealand since 2007. In June 2025 we moved our green care farm from Raumati to Waikanae ( still Kâpiti coast) leasing a larger house with lots of land , semi rural. The ......
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Wellington, New Zealand

Enjoy an outdoor experience and nature in Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Hi! I'm Lauren, a Kiwi artist who works in the film industry, and my husband Mirko is a German web developer. At the moment I’m taking time off work, and Mirko often works remotely from home—so as your hosts, we’ll usually be around and available to ......
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Wellington, New Zealand

Enjoy a relaxing stay at our home and enjoy the local beach in Paraparaumu, New Zealand
Robyn and I are in our late 60s - Robyn is a retired nurse, and I am a teacher. We have two adult daughters with families - one in New Zealand and one in Australia. We have a large house, with a large section and great areas for entertaining. We ......
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Wellington, New Zealand

Help with taking care of our eco community land while learning to live in a more natural way in Masterton, New Zealand
We are a family of 4 living within an eco community on 6.3 hectares of land. We have our own private land and animals, as well as having responsibilities on the shared community land. We have 16 hens, 2 puppies, and 2 sheep. In August we often adopt ......
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Have a fun experience and learn about a typical way of farming life in beautiful Masterton, New Zealand
Hi workawayers, I'm Rosa and together with my Husband Corey and two little kids Serena and Frankie, we live on a sheep and beef farm in a beautiful area of the Wairarapa. We are located 15 minutes out of Masterton, a town of 25,000. The reason we ......
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about 9 days ago

Wellington, New Zealand

Farm-Animal Sanctuary in Wellington, New Zealand
Kia ora! We are a vegan farm animal sanctuary in Ōtaki, just over an hour drive from Wellington, New Zealand. Every day we care for over 200 animals (ponies, cows, goats, pigs, sheep, chickens, ducks, cats, bunnies and more) who have been abandoned, ......
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about 26 days ago

Wellington, New Zealand

Beautiful stay in a little beach town near Wellington, New Zealand
I (30F) moved over to New Zealand from Canada in 2022 and met my partner, Juan (34M), here. He came to New Zealand in 2019 from South Africa. We both love traveling and trying new adventures across the country, so we can make heaps of ......
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about 1 day ago

Wellington, New Zealand

Help me with projects on the beautiful Wairarapa coast, New Zealand
I am Philippa and I live in New Zealand on the beautiful Wairarapa coast. Tora is well known for its surf and seafood. I often get despondent about the work required to maintain my section and need some help to keep on top of it
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