Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in New Zealand

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Create a permaculture food forest and 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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Urban food & Forest Garden in Raglan, New Zealand
Raglan (Surfing Capital of NZ) is a great place to be, even for those who don't like the waves. I dont answer messages when my calendar is blocked - RED I'm a retired Nurse and former Organic Beef Farmer who moved from the farm into urban Raglan at ......
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Plant a polyculture and learn about the stars in Auckland, New Zealand
Our nest sits on top of a deep valley on 8 acres of land. We are in North Auckland, right after the suburbs become bush. Our neighbors are our extended family and pop over occasionally. I like holding fire circles, gym & sauna, bhakti yoga, ......
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Join our sustainable lifestyle in Motueka, New Zealand
We are a belgian family (French speaking) of four, with 2 teenages children, and a dog :-) All passionnated in our own fields (permaculture, soil, river ecology, wetland, insects, crafting,... and balls ;-)). Our desire is to learn, to try and ......
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Experience Wiccan spiritual workshops in Whangateau, Auckland, New Zealand
I am an organic farmer, wiccan, herbal healing balm maker, taxation consultant and English language teacher and live with my daughter, her partner and my three grandchildren on our 20 acre natural agriculture, permaculture, organic property. We also ......
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Embrace the wild on our sustainable homestead in Northland, New Zealand
We live on 60 acres 40 min out of whangarei, two thirds of it is native bush and some grazing and our space has our house, a big workshop and a sleepout for the volunteers and huge gardens. There is a single and a double bed in the sleepout and ......
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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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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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Shape and care for the land in a haven of biodiversity in Cheviot, New Zealand
This is the eco-living arrangement and rural lifestyle of Olmec and Melisa. Our 2 hectare lifestyle forest garden is a haven of biodiversity. We use permaculture principals and thinking to shape and care for the land, growing a wide range of crops ......
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Share your skills and learn about permaculture on our brand new family project in Ōkaihau, New Zealand
We have availability from the 22nd of March onwards... 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 ......
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A warm welcome in our family home in a peaceful valley in rural Moutere, New Zealand
Hi. Before we get into the details, please only apply if you have your own transport! Also, we prefer two people to singles, as the type of jobs we have suit two working together. We are in an isolated rural area, which is not on a bus route, so ......
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Experience our conservation eco-sanctuary in Picton/Waikawa, New Zealand
Welcome. This workaway suits outdoor nature- loving, conservation motivated, purpose-driven & community focused workawayers with a hard-working/positive attitude, can-do spirit, physical stamina and kind-heartedness. Meals suit gluten-able lacto-ovo ......
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Permaculture, animals and sustainability near Auckland, New Zealand
We have a lifestyle block 5 minutes from Pukekohe, forty five minutes south of Auckland CBD. I’m an artist and my husband works in Auckland city. We spend most of our time developing and maintaining our small lifestyle farm, and could really use and ......
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Help welcome with gardening, habitat restoration and eco project on Goat island, New Zealand
Looking for help from April to June 2026 at the moment - We have some limited spots available at the moment. Hi - We are a family - Our teenage son, one dog and one cat!- near to Goat Island, Leigh, around an hour north of Auckland. We are around 10 ......
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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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Experience off-grid sustainable living on a permaculture farm with food forest and veg garden in Hastings, New Zealand
We are a well known 16 acre permaculture farm and plant nursery in Hawke’s Bay, supplying over 400 species of ‘permaculture’ plants, including the widest range of medicinal herbs in the country. We also run workshops and tours - Jo has been teaching ......
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Learn about living on a lifestyle property Kapiti Coast, New Zealand
Urgent help and learning placement available now to May 2026 for a volunteer with some experience in using basic hand tools and light weight garden equipment (training provided). March / April help with restoring parts of the garden after recent ......
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Welcome to my beachside home and garden in Paihia, New Zealand
Im fairly new to 'Workaway' but have hosted travellers through another volunteering platform for years and enjoyed each exchange. Two years ago I travelled overseas, cycled 5000km through Europe, Cuba and Taiwan, spent time with daughters and ......
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Permaculture homestead welcomes help with gardening and seed saving in Little River, New Zealand
This is a permaculture homestead in Little River with aims of being a relatively self sufficient learning environment. Luke Bird is the host who breeds a range of poultry, belongs to the Southern seed exchange- a heritage seed savers group, and ......
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Experience our organic homesteading lifestyle in Milnthorpe, Golden Bay, New Zealand
Welcome to our slice of paradise near Milnthorpe Park in Golden Bay! We’re Gerard and Patricia (seasoned hosts in our mid-50s), along with Yogi the cat, friendly chooks, a rooster, and two ducks. We’d love to share our peaceful, nature-filled home ......
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