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Help our family create an urban permaculture garden in Christchurch, New Zealand
We are a family of 4, who just returned to New Zealand after 3 years overseas, traveling to Denmark, Norway and 10 months barefoot in South America. We are living on a small lot in town, where we want to create an urban permaculture garden. We both ......
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Help with family daily activities in the stunning Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand
Our place is situated on the waters edge of the Kenepuru Sound in the stunning Marlborough Sounds which is at the top end of the South Island. We provide accommodation for 24 people in a collection of cottages. Our activities include kayaking, ......
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Off-grid paradise being restored to a natural state in Motueka, New Zealand
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 Workaway experience in NZ - please check out the feedback* In brief: Sunny, ......
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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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Experience family life in Russell, New Zealand
Hi! We’re Danny, Kristy, and little Billy. We live in the seaside town of Russell, located in the Bay of Islands. Russell is a welcoming community with a laid-back vibe, a warm climate, beautiful beaches, and plenty of ocean activities. If you’re ......
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Meet the cutest and friendliest sheep in the world and enjoy our place in Rotorua, New Zealand
My husband and I moved from the big city to start our next great adventure. We bought just over 5 acres of bare land. We have built a garage with workshop first and live in that until the cottage was built. Sadly he has since passed away 2023. My ......
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Join a welcoming family and explore the beaches in Far North, Peria, New Zealand
Update as of August 2025 needing two capable strong workers, land clearing, lawn mowing, outside jobs etc. _______ Want to learn about growing food, happy to jump right in and help in a busy family? Availability for 1-2 people, inside and outside ......
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Simple family life on the beach in Rarangi, New Zealand
I am a stay at home mother homeschooling our children. My husband works full time but will be taking time off for three months (Aug/Sep/Oct) to recover from an injury. He plays guitar and sings. We live on the beachfront in a unique and rustic ......
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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 are two single beds in the sleepout and beautiful big ......
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Home away from home learning new skills in Oamaru, New Zealand
Hello, we are a well travelled middle aged couple keen to carry on travelling through sharing experiences and stories with travellers that stay with us and hopefully become part of our family. We welcomed a number of travellers (couchsurfers, ......
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Help with property maintenance and social media at our bike park in 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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House and Land in Kerikeri, New Zealand
We are a German family, living in NZ since 19 years, with 3 children, who have left home and are at university or working. We have 2 lovely dogs , some chickens , 4 sheep and are in the final process of building our off grid house in the Far North ......
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Come have some chill, quiet time on our land in Marton, Rangitikei, New Zealand
We are a 1 mama, 2 x 5 year old twin boys, 1 dog family looking for some help on our 8 acre slice of paradise in the beautiful Rangitikei. (not to mention a flock of chickens and two kunikuni pigs!). The land we reside on was once a working small ......
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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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House and Garden keeping with a family in Kaikoura, New Zealand
Our five-member family is keen on growing fruit and veggie produce, we keep hens, sheep and we run a holiday accommodation in Kaikoura. Staying in a self-contained unit close to us, you can experience an everyday life of a fresh-kiwi family. As we ......
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Animal sanctuary south of Dunedin, New Zealand
Small Farm Animal Sanctuary, 50 KM South of Dunedin, 6km away from Milton. There are pigs, pony, sheep, chickens, turkey, dogs and cats. Also, a large garden, a few paddocks, all surrounded by farmlands. Very rural NZ. Large original Victorian ......
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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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Help our family cultivate a countryside haven in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
If you crave the serenity of wide-open spaces and the harmony of nature, this is the place for you. We are working towards being as self sufficient as possible, raising our own animals and crops as much as possible. Our primary goal is to feed our ......
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Help with gardening and share skills, art and music in Miranda, New Zealand
Hello Everyone - we are Mark, a semi-retired(ish) maths and English teacher and Kanani, an artist and grower. We have been lucky enough to live on a wonderful 5 1/2 hectare lifestyle block, rich with native life, for the last 16 years. There always ......
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Join us on a peaceful rural vineyard and eco-restoration site near Martinborough, New Zealand
We welcome people to help us with our little bit of paradise. Our 10 hectare property includes: * A stretch of the stream that we've cleared of exotic pest plants and are slowly replanting in NZ natives. We've planted over 8,000 plants so far. ......
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