Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in New Zealand

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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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Take part in an arboretum and forest restoration project in Motueka Valley, New Zealand
We have several hectares of forest including a large area of regenerating native forest. We started planting trees in 1988 and the increase in biodiversity as the years go by is beautiful to see. We are still planting trees (in winter) but most of ......
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Join us on our lifestyle block in Geraldine, New Zealand
We are a lifestyle block in Geraldine, South Canterbury 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 25yr old ......
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Experience typical Kiwi family life in Geraldine, New Zealand
=Have loved all our 2025 Workaways and looking forward to meeting all the cool travellers in 2026 ! I have space in May/June for 1x solo traveller from now till approx 4th June (dates flexible) Otherwise now booked up till Mid July 2026 We are a ......
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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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Experience rural lifestyle on our small block in North Auckland, New Zealand
Experience a bit of the country lifestyle... we have a 10 acre lifestyle block in Waitoki, Auckland, NZ, approx. a 40min drive from Auckland City . We are a 15-20 min drive to lots of locations, such as a lovely beaches, shops, movie theatres, ......
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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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Stay a few weeks in lovely Coromandel , New Zealand
During late autumn and winter, we welcome one Workawayer at a time to share our home. The help is 4 hours per day, five days a week, leaving plenty of free time to explore or relax. In return, we offer clean and comfortable accommodation, breakfast ......
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Off-grid paradise being restored to natural state looking for chilled, positive crew in Motueka, New Zealand
looking for chilled, positive, fit, conservation-minded crew who love life Hi there, thanks for visiting our page! *We're flattered to have been favourited over 1,000 times on this website (*800 active users). Our aim is to be the #1 awesome ......
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Various projects on our lifestyle block in the beautiful Tukituki Valley in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
We are a couple with grown up children. We live on a 3 Hectare lifestyle block in the beautiful Tukituki Valley in Hawkes bay with our border collie, Ringo and our two cats, Bert and Ernie. A 15-20 minute drive from Napier, Hastings and Havelock ......
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Help us with some renovation projects in Nelson, New Zealand
We are a family of five, consisting of Francesco, Seija, and our three kids, Lexi and Charlie (who left home), and our young son, Matteo (8). We have a retreat centre and rescued animals on almost one hectare of land. Seija practices as ......
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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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Enjoy nature and hiking at our hilltop forest home in Auckland, New Zealand
/////currently looking for .......////// May and June Must include the dates of 28th May to 7th June. Can arrive / depart earlier / later And /or August and sept Must include dates 11th Aug to 4th Sept Can arrive earlier / later Need help ......
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Share your skills and learn about permaculture on our brand new family project in Ōkaihau, New Zealand
We have availability now. Please note: we are still setting up, and the toilet block is still being built... though the rooms & cooking facilities are now fully set up, warm and comfortable! And we now have hot shower available and power connected. ......
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Join our sustainable family farm in Hawarden, New Zealand
LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO LOOK AFTER OUR FARM AND PETS OVER CHRISTMAS, must here able to spend a week with us to learn the ropes any time before then. Will include pet care, including parrots, horse care, farm animal care and maybe even milking ......
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Creating space for conscious community in Northland, New Zealand
We have a variety of projects according to the time of year. We have finished building a big yurt and now there is a project of making a base for a smaller yurt. There is some painting to do and a few other smaller tasks. It is exciting seeing this ......
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Gardening while experiencing rural life near Oamaru, South Island, New Zealand
Our home located on a small working farm, approximately 5 - 10 minutes drive from Oamaru. We are a family of 2 adults and 3 young adult children (one is currently at home helping on farm and the other 2 visit occasionally). We rear and fatten bulls ......
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Join in our family home and stay on the edge of the nature reserve in Raglan, New Zealand
**We now have availability from 14-24 June. *** Family of three, living between Raglan and Whale Bay. Just 3 mins to the Beach, and 4 to Manu Bay. Direct access to the bush and you can walk to the beach (30 mins) We work from home, online in the ......
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Join a warm and friendly international community in Greymouth, New Zealand
Hi from Greymouth! Thank you for visiting our profile! We love welcoming travelers to join us here. UPCOMING AVAILABILITY - TBC Feel free to contact us to arrange a time to arrange a time later on. ---- We are a fun and sociable hostel looking ......
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Rural family life in Awatere Valley, New Zealand
We live on a beautiful farm in the Medway Valley, 50 min drive from Blenheim. We are Tom and Claudia and our two daughters Hazel (almost 4 years) and Isla (2 years). We breed merino sheep and Black Angus cattle and as every farming family are very ......
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