New Homestay Families
Our homestay families are a vital part of our school and provide our students with a real insight into New Zealand life and culture. Our homestay families also get the benefit of meeting people from different cultures and learning about these cultures. At Unique New Zealand we have a variety of students from all different walks of life and so we need a variety of homestay families too.
If you would like to become one of our homestay families you can download the homestay family enquiry forms here, fill them out and then return them to us:
- Scan/email to: homestay@unique.ac.nz
- Post to PO Box 35-212, Browns Bay, 0753
- In person at 1 Clyde Road, Browns Bay
A few points to note before submitting your forms are:
- Every person living in your home (or someone who regularly stays overnight in your home) who is over 18 years of age must be police checked.
- Being a homestay family should not be relied upon as a constant source of income. Students come for short or long stays and when one leaves we may not be able to place a student with you again immediately. Also, the homestay payment should be considered more of a reimbursement for costs associated with having an additional person in your family rather than an additional source of income.
- We are generally only able to accept homestay families who are within one or two bus stages of our school in Browns Bay. This is because students like to be able to easily get to and from school and to meet their friends at weekends and after school.
- Our peak demand periods for homestay families are: January, February, end of March/April, June, July, August, December