Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in New Zealand

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Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

Meet the cutest and friendliest sheep in the world and enjoy our place in Rotorua, New Zealand
Welcome to our slice of paradise. This is a working farm. The work is physical hard, and can be repetitive, and takes place in all weather conditions. We're looking for motivated, reliable helpers who take pride in doing a job properly and can ......
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Gisborne, New Zealand

Help restore native bush on a peaceful olive orchard in Gisborne, New Zealand
We’re looking for helpers who enjoy the outdoors and don’t mind physical work. At the moment we’re only accepting couples and pairs to stay. Much of the help we need involves clearing blackberry, digging holes, pulling weeds, tidying up the orchard, ......
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Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

Stay at a suburban house while enjoying the many tourist attractions in and around Rotorua, New Zealand
I welcome independent, self-reliant travelers to my suburban Rotorua base. On offer is a warm, comfortable, fully self-contained bedsit / sleepout / garden house in exchange for focused, targeted assistance to help me maintain the property and ......
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about 6 hours ago

Wellington, New Zealand

Small cosy farm near Wellington, New Zealand
A cowshed and a cottage- without the milking.....We are a busy Christian family of 6 (4 under 12 years of age) living on a small cosy farm with a big attitude. We share this with a friendly horse, golden retriever, 11 chickens, 17 sheep plus lambs ......
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Southland, New Zealand

Explore the lovely town of Oamaru in beautiful New Zealand
This one is for the ladies! We have moved to Oamaru and are looking for strong, hardworking workawayers to help us with this lovely property.The layout of our house makes it perfect for female workawayers. We can only host non-smokers and ......
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Tasman, New Zealand

Off-grid paradise being restored to natural state looking for chilled, positive crew in Motueka, New Zealand
Thanks for visiting our page! We're currently addicted to Angine de Poitrine videos but we're fully open now for bookings this season from today forwards! We're looking for chilled, positive, fit, conservation-minded extroverts who love life (and ......
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Otago, New Zealand

Share your photography skills and stay at our art gallery home in The Catlins, New Zealand
The quirkiest place in The Catlins! Welcome to our art gallery, created by Blair (kiwi) and Sandra (Dutchie). Tinkering since 1999, it's all about art here made from recycled materials. Our place is off-grid, surrounded by native bush, and has a big ......
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about 3 hours ago

Waikato, New Zealand

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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about 7 hours ago

Nelson & Bays, New Zealand

Enjoy our private bike park in rural Nelson, New Zealand
Your hosts, Alistair and Karin, are international travelers who thrive on good conversation, fun, laughter, music and adventure travel. We love to share stories and learn about you! As your hosts we hope to provide you with a great opportunity to ......
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about 8 hours ago
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Canterbury, New Zealand

Experience typical Kiwi family life in Geraldine, New Zealand
Have loved all the travellers that have passed though our H O M E in 2026 so far! Our last block we have available is from now 1st October till approx 22nd November we can prob fit in 2 more workaways for the year Then we take a well deserved ......
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about 4 hours ago

Auckland, New Zealand

Adventure awaits , Come experience the outdoors and awesome life on Kawau Island, New Zealand
Are you a handy and self-motivated individual or duo craving a unique New Zealand experience? We're an outdoor-loving, work-from-home couple, seeking assistance for a few weeks on our stunning 4-acre property on Kawau Island, a hidden gem in the ......
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about 13 hours ago

Auckland, New Zealand

Come and help and experience farm life in heart of Auckland. Waimauku, New Zealand.
NOTE: I don't take bookings many months in advance. Since 2012, I, Tomasz, have lived on a 17 hectare farm just 35 minutes from central Auckland and 30 minutes from the North Shore. What began as a new lifestyle has grown into a well established ......
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Southland, New Zealand

Help with gardening and daily life in Balfour, New Zealand
Join us in Balfour (Southland) on our dairy farm with wide-open spaces and fun-loving people. Help around the house, garden, general maintenance, and cooking will be much appreciated. You will become part of a fun, always-changing (adult) ......
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about 13 hours ago

Waikato, New Zealand

Help in our house and garden near Thames, Waikato, New Zealand
Friendly couple with 2 dogs living on a 180 acre lifestyle block with bush tracks/forest streams. We generate our own power with hydro and solar and have an under ground spring for water. We have five cattle. We are 8 kms out of the small town of ......
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Auckland, New Zealand

Join our foodie family of three in rural, northwest Auckland, New Zealand
Our free dates for October are from now until the 28th. There after we are able to take someone from the 4th Dec. We are a couple with a 14 year old son. Our paradise is 9 acres 40 minutes drive Northwest of Auckland, near a small village called ......
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about 15 hours ago
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Nelson & Bays, New Zealand

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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Tasman, New Zealand

Stay with our family in our peaceful rural home near bike trails and national parks in Wakefield, New Zealand
*We will be hosting again from 1 December 2026 to 1 May 2027* 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, ......
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about 2 days ago

Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

Helpers needed for family lifestyle block in Matakana, north of Auckland, New Zealand.
Availability starting immediately for our farm-stay/Cultural exchange. We have an 11 acre lifestyle block just outside of Matakana which is a popular tourist destination about an hour north of Auckland. We are close to many picturesque beaches and ......
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about 23 hours ago
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Waikato, New Zealand

Holistic family living and Māori culture in Whāingaroa, Raglan, New Zealand
Kia ora! We are a Te Reo Māori speaking family of 4 and are just beginning an epic project to establish ourselves and restore a beautiful 38acre block just out of Raglan. We're situated in Waitetuna 15 min drive to the beautiful and funky surfing ......
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Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand

Fixing, fun and family in Foxton, New Zealand
We are a little family of 6 with big plans and dreams for our house and little speck of land but not enough time to fulfil them all by ourselves. We spent 8 months in 2019/2020 travelling the world, making the most of the year parental leave we had ......
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