Guidelines for Hosting International Students
Please see Guidelines for Hosting International Students for detailed information on hosting. To apply to be a host family please complete the online Application for Hosting
Hosting International Students can be a wonderful, interesting and enriching experince for you and your family. It is an opportunity to meet people from different cultures and backgrounds, to make life long friends and show New Zealand off to the World.
What is a ‘homestay’? What do students expect?
The role of the host family is to provide students with a warm friendly and authentic taste of New Zealand family life. This is done through allowing the student to participate in normal, day to day family activities. The family provides a rich context to the learning experience. Homestay Terms and Conditions
No two homestays are the same. The types of families, homes and relationships are all very different but successful homestays have the same common ingredients:
1. Comfort
2. Communication
3. Care