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.