Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in New Zealand

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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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Experience family life in Russell, Bay of Islands, New Zealand
Hi! We’re Kristy, Danny, and Billy. We live in the seaside town of Russell, just a 10-minute walk from town and close to beaches in every direction. We love going to the beach, swimming, hiking, food, games, fishing, gathering seafood, sports and ......
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Help with housesitting, animal care. Hokianga, New Zealand
Dates help wanted: 13 Apr- 27 May 2026. We are looking for an active person or couple to look after our lifestyle block from 13 Apr- 27 May 2026. Our names are Rick and Lindy , and we are a couple in our 60s and 70`s, living on a 125 acre ......
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Help us around our home in Napier, New Zealand
We are a couple (both in our early 40s) with a 6 yr old boy, 2 yr old girl, and a 7 year old English Springer Spaniel, so you must like kids and dogs! We have a family home in the suburbs of Napier that we have been renovating and we're hoping to ......
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Join us by the sea and be part of family life on Waiheke Island, New Zealand
Hi workawayers! We're looking forward to meeting you :) ** Semi-last minute ** Sadly our current workawayer needs to return home due to a family emergency. :( So we're looking for a workawayer or couple to join us approx 8-25 Feb. Ideally you ......
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Help us with some window cleaning and woodstacking in Rotorua, New Zealand
Married couple in mid 50s living in a 4 bedroom single level house on a large property with beautiful mature gardens. We have 2 adult children and 2 grandchildren who visit often. Workawayers would be doing odd jobs, house tasks, gardening, stacking ......
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Create a permaculture food forest & be part of our family life in Ōhau, New Zealand
We are a warm, creative, slightly chaotic family who loves nature, good food, being outdoors, and meeting people from around the world. We host Workawayers because we enjoy sharing our home, ideas, skills, and garden — and because we love the ......
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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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Join us on our lifestyle block in Geraldine, New Zealand
We are a lifestyle block in Geraldine with sheep cows and pigs + dogs We have a large garden and my husband also does homekill meat. He loves hunting and fishing We have a self contained unit available. We also have our 23yr old Autistic son ......
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Experience typical Kiwi family life in Geraldine, New Zealand
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Workaways ! Have loved all our 2025 Workaways and looking forward to meeting all the cool travellers in 2026 ! I have free approx 1 week from 9th Feb And then March 4th - 18th free April 15th - 21st ......
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Join us on our small farm on beautiful South Island's east coast, New Zealand
Our small farm is just south of Timaru on the east coast of the beautiful South Island, New Zealand. On the farm we have a few very spoilt cattle and lease some land out to some girls to use for their for horses. We take hay off the paddocks in the ......
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Meet the cutest and friendliest sheep in the world and enjoy our place in Rotorua, New Zealand
This is a working farm. The work is physical hard, and can be repetitive, and takes place in all weather conditions. I’m looking for motivated, reliable helpers who take pride in doing a job properly and can work both independently and with ......
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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 2026. I've developed a small nursery to provide the ......
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Stay with our family in our peaceful rural home near bike trails and national parks in Wakefield, New Zealand
We're Andrea, from New Zealand and Australia, and Gregor, originally from Austria. We're a travelling, worldschooling family with 3 kids, dividing our time between Austria, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico and sometimes other countries. Right now ......
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Join us in beautiful rural Whangārei, New Zealand
We live in a beautiful rural location, surrounded on all sides by stunning native forest, giant boulders and scores of native birds. It is incredibly peaceful here and yet only 10-15 minutes drive from central Whangārei. We moved onto this land ......
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Animal sanctuary in Matakana, New Zealand
Our animal sanctuary that is looking for two wonderful volunteers to help with animal care from February 21 - March 8. We're located in Matakana, north of Auckland. Excellent accommodation, beautiful surroundings, plenty of animal cuddles! Please ......
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Join us in Geraldine, South Island, New Zealand
As this is not a business, nor paid job position, you do not need a NZ work visa to volunteer & help us. Just come and enjoy your stay. Hi, we are.... Uncle Dave & Aunty Nikki. We live and work on a Geraldine Sheep, Beef & Deer Farm. Just 2 hours ......
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Enjoy adventures and join us in our daily life in Queenstown, Otago, New Zealand
I live with my sister Denise in beautiful Queenstown. I was encouraged to join Workaway after hearing about the many brilliant connections made by my daughter Caro, a long time Workaway host in Rotorua. I look forward to hosting visitors in exchange ......
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Help us with the property and outdoor projects on a lifestyle block in Auckland, New Zealand
Hi, we live on a lifestyle block, no animals for the moment. We offer a secluded and private setting with beautiful country views. We have an organic veggie garden and fruit trees. We are looking for help with general maintenance of the property, ......
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Join our homeschooling family on the farm in Auckland, New Zealand
We live close to Muriwai Beach, Parakai Pools and Shelly Beach. We have a large comfortable house with ocean views, bows, slug guns, kayaks, outdoor fire and unlimited internet (starlink). We have a rumpus, pool table and gardens. ......
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