Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in New Zealand

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Help a family with gardening and caring for the animals in Invercargill, New Zealand
We are on a small property midway between Invercargill and Riverton, Southland. We are beginning our second season developing a garden based on the principles outlined in JM Fortier's 'Market Gardener' book blending in methods used by Richard ......
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Help with our horses, doing odd tasks and a wee bit of gardening on the stunning Otago Peninsula, New Zealand
Do you long to step away from the outside world for a while and immerse yourself in nature? Then look no further as we are looking for helpers in our wee piece of Paradise at the moment ......... Our farm is 100 acres of deer-fenced land on the ......
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Join a family creating a self-sufficient bush paradise near Taipa, New Zealand
We have 121 hectares of land of which 100 hectares is native bush. We do not have tracks through the Bush but that is in the plan. You can walk up our hill and have a view across the valleys and out to the distant coast. We are establishing ......
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Help around the home, gardens and walking the dog in Timaru, New Zealand
An Historic house just a few minutes into Timaru town centre and Caroline Bay Peaceful, surrounded by lawns and gardens. A favourite rental , a wedding venue too.
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Eco-earth house in the bush; protecting endemic fauna and flora in Northland, New Zealand
Kia ora, travellers! Haere mai - welcome - to my whare (home) in beautiful Honeymoon Valley, surrounded by native rainforest, birds and insects. We built this eco-earth house using local clay from right under our feet. This land used to be just ......
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House-sit and pet-sit in Hokianga, New Zealand
Looking for a peaceful summer retreat surrounded by nature and native bush? Our quiet 80-acre property in the Hokianga is home to regenerating forest, wetlands, birdlife, and long views across rolling farmland. It’s a calm, restorative place — ......
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Needs volunteer help Nelson, New Zealand. Explore 3 national parks close by.
Based near a coastal village not far from Abel Tasman National Park and walks/trekking in Kahurangi National Park. Accommodation is a house truck and meals provided for a few hours just holding the fort and keeping the place trim and tidy..A small ......
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Help welcome at our property at Opito Bay, Coromandel, New Zealand
Hi, we are wanting help to build a fence & do some painting at our holiday home at Opito Bay. Weather permitting there will also be some fishing involved on the sealeg (an amphibious boat!) We are looking at going there on the 14/15th December & ......
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Help me create a gentle, nurturing space within my property in Oratia, New Zealand
Hi my name is Denise and my home is in Oratia New Zealand. My property is nestled in established native bush, NZs rainforest full of native birds. I am 15 mins away from beautiful West Coast beaches and the Waitakere Rangers 16000 hectares of ......
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House, dogsit and plant sit in Havelock North, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
Looking for 2 workawayers to housesit, in early January 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 ......
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Help with our house and garden and experience the Northland, Kaipara, New Zealand
I'm Donna and I live with my partner Cath in the Northern Kaipara just 2 hrs North of Auckland We are women in our 50s who have open minds and wide interests. We can accomodate a couple or an individual . We have moved to the country 2 yrs ago ......
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Join our family in Christchurch, New Zealand
Kia ora, we are friendly vegetarian family of 4 who are very lucky to live in Ōtautahi Christchurch, on the ancestral lands of Ngāi Tūāhuriri of Ngāi Tahu. We welcome people to enjoy our home and company, and to help us run our household, tend to ......
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Join our outdoorsy, bilingual family in beautiful Taranaki, New Zealand
----Looking for workaways in JANUARY!! Get in touch if you're available :) --- We are lucky to call New Plymouth home, as it's such a special little place where all things fun can be found: the sea, the mountain, the wind and beautiful surrounding ......
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Join me around our funny farm in Hawkes bay, New Zealand
Hi fellow travelers, I use both the Helpx and Workaway platform I'm Dan, and I would like to welcome a mature friendly and reliable helper to help me look after my property I am looking for a mature friendly person that I can trust . You will be ......
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Join us on our little farm in the sunny Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
***Sorry - no more helpers required for this year until February*** We have an automotive country workshop where we do WOFs and fix and service cars, 4WDs, trailers, tractors and all sorts of machinery. In our spare time we look after our little ......
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Join our lifestyle farm with horses and other animals near Blenheim, New Zealand
Looking to host experienced horse riders for up to a month stay. Experienced hosts with a little farm located half an hour out of Blenheim. We have cows, sheep, chickens, a dog, cats and horses. It suits keen experienced horse riders mainly but ......
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Join our family in stunning Te Anau, Fiordland, New Zealand
We’re a family of four living just outside Te Anau on a small lifestyle block with lovely views of the mountains and Lake Te Anau. We are right on the doorstep of Fiordland National Park, on the road to Milford Sound. Our family includes Ness and ......
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Shape my permaculture and homestead project in Northland, New Zealand
Greetings from Onerahi, Whangarei. I'm Mike and I am restoring the native vegetation of a small valley, finishing off my recently erected house and establishing a vegetable garden/orchard through 2025. I've developed a small nursery to provide the ......
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Help us out in our lovely lifestyle block near Nelson Lakes National park, New Zealand
Hi We are an easy going couple living in a forestry lifestyle block surrounded by lovely nature close to Nelson lakes National park. We are 15 minutes from Lake Rotoiti and St-Arnaud village, about 1 hour from Nelson and 1.5hrs from Abel Tasman. We ......
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Join me at my Bay of Islands Getaway, New Zealand
My home is a lifestyle property on a cliff above the Pacific Ocean in the Bay of Islands outside of Russell. It is covered mostly in forest and is home to many native flora and fauna including breeding kiwis. I have a caravan that has being ......
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