Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in Wellington, New Zealand

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Share our family life in Lower North Island, Masterton, New Zealand
Hi travelers Looking for an enthusiastic horse person! Must be competent enough to work alone at times. Physically capable person is what I need! Lots of outside work. Prefer an enthusiastic horsey person who can work unsupervised. Jobs would ......
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Help us with moving towards self sufficiency on our little lifestyle farm in Carterton, New Zealand
We moved onto a little lifestyle farm just out of Carterton, in the Wairarapa (1.5hrs North of Wellington) in 2022. We live with one of our teenage sons (the other one is travelling in Europe). We work part time. My husband Saali is a music teacher ......
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Environmentally friendly lifestyle and learning about organic produce in Upper Hutt, New Zealand
I need some help for all of January and February if you are available for some of that time. I generate some of my own power with solar electric and solar hot water, make muesli, laundry detergent, soap, jams, preserves, seed saving, grow beef and ......
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Learn new skills surrounded by bushland in suburban Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Hi there, I live in a valley about an hour out of Wellington close to our local river and surrounded by bushland. It's a beautiful place. I have a big garden which I need lots of help with & in return I can provide good food, interesting ......
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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 9 years of age) living on a small cosy farm with a big attitude. We share this with a friendly horse, golden retriever, 3 chickens, 11 sheep plus lambs and ......
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Join us in getting ready for Christmas and experience farm life in the Wairarapa, New Zealand
We are looking for friendly, helpful workawayers to be a part of our family at Christmas time. We need help with the gardens (weeding, watering, trimming etc) and spring cleaning the house ready for a family Christmas where we expect you to join in ......
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Housesitting while enjoying the countryside in rural East Masterton, New Zealand
We usually accommodate people for house sitting and pet care when we are on holiday. This includes some work around the property. Nothing very exciting. If you are house sitting here and if you have your own vehicle, this is a great base for you ......
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Art Project Christchurch, New Zealand
Our property is located in Christchurch, on the banks of Heathcote River. We are 12 minutes from the Heart of Christchurch, with bus stops only 3 minutes walking. After 23 years in the Wairarapa we relocated to Christchurch. I’m a Ceramic and ......
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Pet-sitting golden retriever and social Burmese cats in gorgeous Wellington, New Zealand
16 Nov - looking again! I'm back to looking for a house sitter over Xmas. The sitter I had booked in (and was supposed to meet this weekend) has changed her plans. I'm looking for a fab, animal loving sitter to look after my lovely home and ......
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Peaceful house in native bush near central Wellington, NZ
We currently have a few house projects including gardening/weeding, painting, installing blinds, help with a fence project, potentially cooking dinners. We are happy to host for a week or two. We live close to central Wellington (20 minute walk to ......
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Join on a small homestead with friendly farm animals and a private cottage, Masterton, New Zealand
We are a young family from California who moved to New Zealand 4 years ago. Alex is a dual citizen of the USA and NZ so we decided to take a leap of faith and follow our dream of moving to the countryside of New Zealand. We bought this homestead ......
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Learn about yoga and meditation at a yoga ashram near Wellington, New Zealand
Dear friends, We are a small Yoga Ashram near the beach and have two meditation huts in the garden available for someone to stay in, who would like to experience living in this ashram environment. An ashram is a place for working on ......
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Experience family life along the coast in Waikanae, New Zealand
We’re a lively Kiwi-German family — two adults and three spirited kids (6, 4, and 2) — who believe life’s better when it’s full of laughter, language, and a little bit of adventure. Our home buzzes with English and German conversations, spontaneous ......
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Join a non-profit nature conservation project, embracing Māori culture in Martinborough, New Zealand
Rod and Jane live on a regenerative stock and crop farm near Martinborough in the South Wairarapa. Along with developing their own native and productive garden their main projects is restoring with the help of volunteers a large wetland and a ......
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Join me gardening in beautiful Raumati South, New Zealand
Hi, I live in a comfortable house in a cute community, close to a beach, and about one hour by train from Wellington. I have two spare bedrooms and am keen to swap some gardening, painting and other help, for accommodation. I love this part of NZ ......
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Short stay host in central Wellington, New Zealand
I enjoy coffee, conversation & meeting people. I can offer accommodation in my central Wellington apartment in an old warehouse in exchange for general house help. Other projects possible depending on your skills and interests. I'm a part-time ......

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Join us with family daily life, an hour from Wellington, New Zealand
A bit of an update required here now that the world is pulling itself back together and we're all travelling again! Welcome back workawayers! We travelled a lot and came back home to NZ to put down some roots around 14 years ago. We bought an old ......

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Help with gardening, house maintenance and wetland development near Ōtaki, New Zealand
We are a sustainably designed, rural property on the edge of a protected wetland of regional significance in the lower North Island of New Zealand. We have fully organic domestic vegetable gardens, a small orchard, and firewood trees in addition to ......
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Family life in Kapiti, New Zealand
My name is Vittoria, originally from Italy I have moved here to call New Zealand my home. I'm a single mum to 2 amazing kids, Freya-Rose who is 5 and Lorenzo who is 3. I'm an artist, I make copper wire sculptures and also work part time at a ......

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Help with tasks around the property and enjoy the coast in Te Horo Beach (Wellington), New Zealand
Our names are Hans and Nienke. We are Dutch Kiwis and have been in New Zealand for almost 18 years now. We live on a beautiful lifestyle block in Te Horo Beach on the Kapiti coast, about 60 km north of Wellington. We are enjoying life on the beach ......