Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in Nelson & Bays, New Zealand

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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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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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Help with our garden (mostly) in Nelson, New Zealand
Liz and Kindra (women in their early 70's) live on the shores of the Haven estuary very near Nelson city in New Zealand. We welcome guests to enjoy our peaceful garden, with cycleway and parks nearby. We overlook the Kahurangi and Abel Tasman ......
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Help us with native bush regeneration and hang out with us and the birds near Nelson city, New Zealand
We have a beautiful 7 acre lifestyle block in Hira, which has a large patch of native bush and wonderful birdlife. We're in the process of regenerating about two thirds of the land back to native forest and would love help to develop and maintain ......
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Join us at our homely hostel in central Nelson, New Zealand
Hi there - We'd love you to come and help out in our homely hostel in central Nelson, be part of a fun team and meet other travellers from all over the world. Many find our hostel to be a great starting point for their time in New Zealand. You will ......
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Join our family of 3 in Nelson, New Zealand
We need two workaway helpers to help with general maintenance for one week from November 26 to December 4. We are a family of 3 living in Nelson central. Over the last four years we have been renovating our house and developing the garden. Vanya ......
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Join our eco friendly projects and create organic gardens in Tasman, New Zealand
Kia ora Workawayers, Welcome to our home in sunny Tasman village. We live on 2.4ha (6acres) of organically managed forest and garden and have a small flock of chickens. Our business is a family run cafe. The cafe is now only open on Fridays. We ......
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Help with gardening, native planting, weed control and crafts in Nelson & Bays, NZ
We have a large lifestyle block and we have a strong focus on conservation. We are planting and regenerating large areas of native bush. We have 30 alpacas and an organic vegetable garden and orchard. We provide felting, eco-dyeing and mosaics ......
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Stay by the sea at our home at Cable Bay, near Nelson, New Zealand
Hello (kia ora) We (John and Cher) live in a open sunny modern home at Cable Bay, near Nelson. We live on the edge of a tidal estuary, and it is a short walk to the swimming beach. We have kayaking, walking tracks, fishing and snorkelling close by. ......
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Be a part of a regenerating land-based intentional community in Motueka Valley, New Zealand
We’re a small, land-based intentional community in the early stages of regenerating a 60-acre former commune in the idyllic Motueka Valley. Our project blends ecological restoration, cooperative living, and low-tech resilience. We’re rebuilding ......
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A remote mountain haven, wellness, wilderness, serenity plus in the Baton Valley, South Island, New Zealand
Kia ora! Our 60ha property is in the Baton Valley, 90 minutes from Nelson, and operated by a trust that owns the property at the top of the valley bordering Kahurangi National Park and 12 years ago built a replica of an original hotel which ......
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A life experience living in harmony with nature in a cooperative environment that supports growth, New Zealand
"Together we can co-create the world we want to live in" A beautiful large lush bush property nestled in the foothills of Kahurangi National Park. Situated next to a 4 day hiking/bike trail just 15 min out of town. I live off the grid, close to the ......
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Join our family for a restful forest restoration project in Nelson, Tasman, New Zealand
Our home and project is set on 5 acres of sunny land in Nelson looking out over Tasman Bay and the Kahurangi National Park in the distance. We are 10 minutes' drive from the beach and the CBD. Our native forest regeneration project has been underway ......
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Join our community and help with different eco-projects in Motueka, New Zealand
We are offering the opportunity for you to come and experience our community. The land has 4 hectares of wondrous forest, stream, ancient Totara tree, permaculture activities, meditation, music and movement, arts, healing. We are a band of three ......
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Help us with our wetland restoration project on a peninsula on the Waimea Inlet near Māpua, Nelson, New Zealand
Our property is on the shore of the Waimea Inlet near Māpua Village. The estuary is home to many wading birds and most of our work is restoring the intertidal estuary margin and regenerating coastal forest. Our project is to increase numbers of ......
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Developing a Large Eco Garden and home grown food Garden. New Zealand
Got a bit of rain in your NZ trip? Well, flood damaged block had a river though the middle of it. Good food, good music, plua , I was in Europe in a heatwave was happening, same time flooding. Hello , I,m Bryn A traveler ,and workaway volunteer ......
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Live and experience with a New Zealand family in central Nelson, New Zealand
We have enough help now thanks!!!! We are looking for a mature person/ couple to help with various jobs around our home including gardening, basic building projects. ( experience with building/ carpentry would be very helpful) Hours and length of ......
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Join us and explore sunny Nelson at the top of the South Island, New Zealand
Richard and Carolyn live in sunny Nelson at the top of the South Island. They have the best of both worlds... walking distance to town and the great outdoors on their doorstep. Richard works full-time in mental health and Carolyn runs a small Bed & ......
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Cultural exchange and help with maintenance projects at our family home in Nelson, New Zealand
Hi I'm Sally, a primary school teacher at our local rural primary school. My partner is Aidan a self employed eco architect and we have two older children. Having travelled extensively we have settled in our own piece of paradise in North Nelson. ......
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Staying in a beautiful place overlooking the sea in Nelson, New Zealand
I am retired, on my own, living in a beautful large home overlooking the sea and the breathtaking Southern Alps of this amazing southisland. I write crime novels and take care of my cocker spaniel and am so lucky and grateful to be living in this ......
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