The team at Hippo Homestay Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand, are specialists who have been helping international students and visitors with homestay for more than 30 years.
Director, Barbara Takase, has published two books on the subject. They are "The Homestay Guru" - a how-to book for new homestay hosts and "The Homestay Revolution" - practical advice for homestay students. "The Homestay Revolution" will shortly be available also in Japanese.
Hippo Homestay has detailed register of more than 1,000 carefully-screened host families. They can find a host family in Auckland customized to your particular requirements.
Contact Hippo Homestay today for your personal homestay plan and free homestay quotation.
![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.
I can tell you funny story: we have a cat: she is really gorgeous with white fur. My homestay mother turns on a heater for her when old cat is going to sleep. She is a real "Queen" of our family.](/account/images/quote.img?version=1"e.text=_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_&author.text=S.Y.S.-+Korea&begin.fill.color=8A9393"e.fill.color=152827&begin.font.size=150"e.font.size=18"e.text.wrappingwidth=230&stage.width.max=230&pid=1219037099536)
