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Hi Barbara,
Today is an awesome day, we met all the members of the family, they are
awesome people, we like the homestay family and Jenny is looking forward to
moving in and starting her school term on 2nd of May.
Thank you very much for your time and effort.
Best Regards
Winson
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Super famille d'accueil. Une grande volonté de partager. La NZ n'a plus de secret pour nous maintenant ! Nous les remercions sincèrement pour nous avoir présenter ce magnifique pays.
Thank you once again for all help. We are very impressed with the level of
professionalism and speed that Hippo Homestay has shown throughout the
process. - Derek - Linguis International 非常感谢Barbara介绍了这么好的寄宿家庭给我。他们招待我像自己的女儿一样，两个月的时间里，他们介绍给我新西兰的各种文化，也让我感受到了当地的传统美食。这段经历让我非常难忘。而且我也非常惊讶自己只用邮件联系你就寻找到了满意的寄宿家庭。谢谢Barbara
Thank you so much Barbara to introduce such a lovely homestay for me. They
really taking care of me as one of their family member, or as their child, I
guess. I have learnt lots of New Zealand culture from them and been exposed to
different Kiwi foods. You arrange everything so well, I've really supperised
that I found my homestay just by phonecall and email to you. Thanks
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 I'm glad to have Mr. & Mrs Patrick as my host, they are lovely people and I really enjoy their hospitality.
They've shown me a quick way to the airport, and it takes around 15-20 minutes during peak hour traffic in the morning. I came home early this afternoon before the roads got busy again and it only took me 10 minutes. - William Liao
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We have made a great friend of William and thoroughly enjoyed having him - he has been perfect for us - we had our family Christmas lunch last Sunday and he was fantastic with my 90 year old mother!! :-) - Jinny Patrick
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 Boris has been the best homestay student we have had to date. Very mature, independent and undemanding. Went with the flow quite happily. Did you know that Boris was a professional French Chef?? Wow, we have had some fun cooking and discussing cooking shows, (but it is quite intimidating cooking for a CHEF!!). Thanks again! - Goretti G.
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Good morning Barbara,
Thank you for giving us such a wonderful homestay. Lucy is lovely. We have had some wonderful homestays come to us.
I took Lucy to and from school yesterday, today she is happy to walk to and from. Have been making her lunch for her. Chanelle is teaching her a lot of kiwi games.
Catherine Nottle
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 Dear Barbara,
Thank you very much. You've found me a place that makes me feel like home. Annette is thoughtful and a good cook. Steve is talkative and tells me lots of interesting kiwi stories. I'm really grateful for your patience and efforts to help. Ellen Zhou - Hong Kong
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 Hemos decidido pasar unos dias en una casa de familia apenas llegamos a la ciudad de Auckland y de esta manera se nos ha hecho mas facil adentrarnos a la cultura y al idioma, al estilo de vida y a las costumbres. Fue una hermosa experiencia! - Flavio y Mercedes - Argentina
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I really thank you for considering about me so much. I lived in homestay in Epsom by introducing from you. It was so good and I really want to say to you thanks. - Mi Jung KIM - Korea
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Are you looking for a friendly, welcoming New Zealand family to stay with in Auckland? Do you prefer a family in a specific area of Auckland city? Do you have a clear idea of the kind of family that will suit you best?
 Hello. My name is Barbara Takase, and I’m the Director of Hippo Homestay in Auckland. For more than 25 years I have enjoyed helping overseas students and visitors make the most of their time in Auckland, New Zealand, by getting to know some of our warm, fun-loving, Auckland families. Staying with a friendly New Zealand homestay host family is one of the best ways to improve your English. And New Zealand homestay families are known for their warm welcome and genuine interest in overseas people. With Hippo Homestay you can make specific detailed requests about the kind of family you would like to have. Would you prefer a family with children? But not little children or babies? Would you prefer a family who are interested in sports and the outdoors? Or a family who are keen churchgoers? Just let us know and we’ll do our best to match your requirements. With Hippo Homestay, you’ll be able to tell us what part of Auckland city you’d like to stay in, and we will do our best to locate a family for you close to that area. And with Hippo Homestay, you’ll be able to decide when it’s time to change to a different family. Homestay in Auckland makes economic sense. For as little as NZ$240 per week, you'll have a comfortable room in a warm family environment. Even the tiniest apartment in Auckland city normally costs more than that. And then you have to pay for your meals, your laundry, a telephone line, electricity and other day-to-day expenses. Contact us today to find out what New Zealand homestay options are available for you. “
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Thank you for your effort especially under such short leadtime. If I have friends need your service, I will highly recommend Hippo to them. - Susan Ip - Hong Kong
 Contact us for your New Zealand homestay plan and quotation.If you are an Auckland family keen to offer a warm New Zealand welcome to an international student or visitor, please click here to contact us.
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我到這新西蘭後的第三個星期便找到了該學校，並在他們的幫助之下找到了Homestay。
我的Homestay是個非常和藹可親的當地白人，她平時會經常與我聊天，她也知道我是剛到新西蘭，所以在與我談話的時候她會特意放慢語速來遷就我，
平時在她家就感覺像在自己家一樣，非常自由輕鬆，她們家要是有什麼活動，她總會邀請我一起參加，讓我在他鄉也能感覺到家鄉的溫暖。
經過三個多月的居住，我們已經成為了好朋友，以後即使我不再住在她們家，我們的友誼也會一直保持下去- SHI Qin - Kevin
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Thanks for your kindly assistance for my friend to find this good homestay. The family are very friendly & warm people. My friend said she enjoyed it a lot .
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Yuki is happy and enjoying to staying with his homestay family. He told me that they are very good at cooking, he went to golf with his host father, and enjoys communicating with them. Thank you very much for your arrangements - Ayumi
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 GrazieGrazie a Hippo Homestay ho avuto l'opportunità di passare le prime settimane a Auckland in una casa familia. Un'esperienza indimenticabile con persone favolose e un paese meraviglioso.Altamente raccomandabile!! !Claudia Hi Barbara. I just wanted to thank you for letting us have Mara join our family for the next three weeks. She is just lovely and is fitting in really well. The language is interesting, but we have used the translator function on google and this helps lots. We ask her to read the English version back to us and then she asks us to read the French version to her – needless to say, she reads English so much better than we read French!!! We are certainly having a few laughs about it. Mara is very well mannered and I am sure that we are going to really enjoy the next three weeks. We are off to have our nails done today and then we have some family coming to visit later in the day. Hopefully (if we can get a booking) we are going to Clip n Climb tomorrow for a bit of fun. Thanks again - Sonya S. - Howick “
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Vielen Lieben Dank Barbara für die Vermittlung der Gastfamilie. Ich fühle mich bei der Familie Andrew wie zu Hause und freu mich sehr bei Ihnen noch einige Zeit zu wohnen! - Nina Ehni
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Many thanks for giving us the opportunity to be a host family for Chihiro. We really enjoyed having her and we hope tht she enjoyed her stay, I know the kids will miss her - Katarina O'Brien
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Hi Barbara,
Just letting you know we have a room free for a student when Keisuke leaves. We are VERY sad to see that wonderful boy go. - Laura W.
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Thank you, Hippo Homestay! You give me the greatest opportunity to have new life experience in New Zealand. My homestay mother treats me as her another daughter: takes me shopping, gym, walking after dinner. I feel so comfortable here. My room is in upstairs with big windows, sunny, fantastic view of the park. S.Y.S. - Korea
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Hi Barbara,
Ryota is well settled in! He liked his newly decorated room. His box of noodles arrived. I thought he may find the food a bit different, so I made fresh salmon sushi last night. - Jan
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Thank you for forwarding Jan's email, it is lovely!
Ryota loves his homestay family and has been missing them while he was on holiday.
He now loves New Zealand I think it's because of all Jan's hospitality.
We hope the homestay family also has a good time having Ryota. - Yasuko - Guardian of Ryota
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After coming to Auckland, I stayed in two families houses as a homestay. Both families were awesome because I had gotten lots of good experiences from them. I appreciate giving me such a good experience. It will be my precious memory. Yuka Fujino - Japan
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