WWOOF New Zealand

WWOOF New Zealand We're Welcome On Organic Farms. WWOOF is about living and learning on organic farms. Making new friends and gaining new skills. Join at https://wwoof.nz

Staying with local families and joining in with the day to day farming and family activities. How does it work? Guests or WWOOFers as they are affectionately know, live with families and join in with their day to day life. WWOOFers get hands-on learning of new skills and crafts such as organic farming, permaculture, biodynamics, earth building, cooking, crafts, wine, cheese and bread making, alter

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Hosts appreciate having help with projects on their land and sharing their lifestyles with others. WWOOF is a enjoyable, educational and sustainable way to travel and get to know the local people. You gain an intercultural experience that promotes understanding and tolerance. WWOOFers comment they like to give something back to the country they are travelling in. Anyone interested in doing their bit for the planet is welcome

🌱 WWOOF Opportunity – Off-Grid Farm in Gisborne 🌱We have a long-time WWOOF NZ host in Gisborne looking for a few WWOOFe...
10/03/2026

🌱 WWOOF Opportunity – Off-Grid Farm in Gisborne 🌱

We have a long-time WWOOF NZ host in Gisborne looking for a few WWOOFers to join them during their busy season.

They’ve been hosting for around 10 years on their 11-hectare organic farm, offering a genuine WWOOF experience focused on learning, sharing skills, and living simply on the land. The property is off-grid, and the hosts farm for the love of the lifestyle rather than profit.

Right now there’s lots happening, including:
🌿 Timber milling
🌿 Indigenous tree planting
🌿 Building the foundations for a two-storey light earth house

There’s also time to enjoy the lifestyle that comes with staying here — including surfing and experiencing off-grid life in beautiful Gisborne.

⭐ With fantastic feedback reviews, previous WWOOFers say it all about the experience you can expect.

👉 Interested? Log in to the WWOOF NZ website and check out their profile to get in touch with Josh and Natacha at https://wwoof.nz/profile/?mid=130935

If you’re keen on hands-on learning, natural building, and sustainable living, this could be the perfect placement.

05/01/2026

🌞 Aotearoa National Permaculture Hui, 10-13 April 2026, Whakatū Nelson 🌞

👉👉🏽👉🏿Save money! EARLY BIRD TICKETS available - register by this WEDNESDAY 31 DECEMBER!

The Permaculture Hui is an inspiring and community building event, with heaps of amazing guest speakers including Naomi Aporo, Robyn & Robert Guyton, Jessica Hutchings, Klaus Lotz, Gary Williams, Finn Mackesy, Angela Clifford - PLUS David Holmgren and Vandana Shiva online.

Key themes:

Kaitiakitanga: indigenous wisdom & bioregional ecology
Bioregional resilience planning and emergency preparedness
Permaculture roots and global activism
Food & seed sovereignty
Food forests evolving
Ecovillages & land-based communities

Find out more at Humanitix: https://events.humanitix.com/nz-permaculture-hui-2026

🎨🎶 Calling artists, musicians & creative souls!Come share life with us , Alice and Peter, on our small organic & biodyna...
27/11/2025

🎨🎶 Calling artists, musicians & creative souls!
Come share life with us , Alice and Peter, on our small organic & biodynamic farm just 35 minutes south of Dunedin, right by beautiful Lake Waihola.

We love fresh, delicious food – cooking, preserving, trying new dishes, and sharing meals together in our mostly vegetarian home. If you enjoy cooking or want to learn, even better!

🌱 What’s happening here:
• Permaculture fruit & veggie gardens
• Building, landscaping & painting projects
• Food preserving & homemade cider
• Wood chopping skills if you’re keen
• Lots of knowledge to share in organic growing

🚐 Bonus: we especially welcome those with their own camper van – we have a lovely spot surrounded by native trees to park up and enjoy nature.

🐑🐔🐶🐱 Friendly animals, music sessions (bring an instrument!), and plenty of creativity. Peter plays Celtic music and Alice has years of organic growing experience to share.

We appreciate independent helpers, averaging 4–6 hours a day with flexibility depending on weather.

⚠️ Spider-friendly household – not suitable if you’re afraid of them, as they’re part of our organic system.

Preference for stays of a week or more. No smoking inside, please.

If this sounds like something your interested in, message Alice and Peter— they’d love to connect and create together!

A message from John at Butterfly's Rest- Thankful for wonderful Wwoofers!So it is 3 years now since covid 19 and then lo...
18/11/2025

A message from John at Butterfly's Rest-
Thankful for wonderful Wwoofers!
So it is 3 years now since covid 19 and then long covid darkened my door. After I visited the long covid clinic and learned this was going to be a long haul I said to Denise "either we find a way to get help or I am selling the farm, it is just too heartbreaking to watch it revert to scrub and noxious weeds". We settled on wwoofers and what a fabulous journey it has been. Without your help and kindnesses I really would have given up by the winter of 23. As it turns out Wwoofers have saved my sanity and my farm (not completely sure about the sanity). Thank you all for your efforts, companionship, bright ideas, practical help, cultural exchange and fun. Thank you for helping me to manage this sh*tty condition and for treating me as a full person not just a bag of symptoms.
https://wwoof.nz/profile/?mid=265736

Dan and Merve are passionate about growing soil, food and life for all. They have been gathering knowledge and skills fo...
12/11/2025

Dan and Merve are passionate about growing soil, food and life for all. They have been gathering knowledge and skills for many years now. Certified permaculture teachers with food forest and food resilience projects. This is a place you can learn a lot of skills and enjoy nature. If you are interested in journeying with the land, come and join ! 🌱🫒🦆

Dan and Merve are passionate about growing soil, food and life for all. They have been gathering knowledge and skills fo...
12/11/2025

Dan and Merve are passionate about growing soil, food and life for all. They have been gathering knowledge and skills for many years now. Certified permaculture teachers with food forest and food resilience projects. This is a place you can learn a lot of skills and enjoy nature. If you are interested in journeying with the land, come and join !

Find Dan and Merve here: https://wwoof.nz/profile/?mid=178029 along with hundreds of other WWOOF hosts on our website.
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Wilderland Trust is one of NZ’s oldest and most iconic WWOOFing communities . They’re open now and inviting people to jo...
20/10/2025

Wilderland Trust is one of NZ’s oldest and most iconic WWOOFing communities . They’re open now and inviting people to join them over the summer months!
Get involved in all kinds of hands-on activities: gardening, orchard care, building, firewood, cooking, making herbal products and plenty more. 🌱
Afterwards, enjoy community life, swim in rock pools, wander the orchards, and explore the beautiful Coromandel coast.
Wilderland has been growing food and sharing sustainable living since 1964 . See more on their profile at wwoof.nz to be part of the story! 💚

Elizabeth and Tony are developing 3 acres of land; planting native trees and growing organic fruit and vegetables. They ...
31/07/2025

Elizabeth and Tony are developing 3 acres of land; planting native trees and growing organic fruit and vegetables. They use biodynamic preparations in their orchard and vegetable garden and are creating a wild flower garden and bush track. Oh a they have four alpacas too !
You can check their place out at https://wwoof.nz/profile/?mid=292669

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Katherine and family live in Te Anna where they grow their own vegetables, fruit, eggs, beef and lamb. Katherine is also...
28/07/2025

Katherine and family live in Te Anna where they grow their own vegetables, fruit, eggs, beef and lamb. Katherine is also a passionate cook/chef so if you wish to learn about baking sourdough bread, fermenting food, preserving or making as much as possible from scratch she is happy to share her skills. They are one of many hosts through out NZ offering WWOOFing stays. Check them out at https://wwoof.nz/profile/?mid=295556

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