Open your home.
Share your culture.
Make a difference.
Open your home.
Share your culture.
Make a difference.
Open your home.
Share your culture.
Make a difference.
Hosting an international student is a rewarding experience that allows you to share everyday Kiwi life while helping a young person feel safe, supported, and welcome in New Zealand.
Share culture
Share New Zealand culture, values, and daily life with a young person from another part of the world.
Share culture
Share New Zealand culture, values, and daily life with a young person from another part of the world.
Build connections
Build meaningful cross-cultural connections and expand your understanding of different perspectives.
Build connections
Build meaningful cross-cultural connections and expand your understanding of different perspectives.
Support growth
Support a student's learning, confidence, and wellbeing during their time in New Zealand.
Support growth
Support a student's learning, confidence, and wellbeing during their time in New Zealand.
Learn together
Learn about another culture without leaving home and expand your family's horizons.
Learn together
Learn about another culture without leaving home and expand your family's horizons.
Weekly allowance
Receive a weekly homestay allowance to help support your student's care and accommodation.
Weekly allowance
Receive a weekly homestay allowance to help support your student's care and accommodation.
Community support
Be part of a supportive and well-managed homestay network with other host families.
Community support
Be part of a supportive and well-managed homestay network with other host families.
Hosting an international student is a rewarding experience that allows you to share everyday Kiwi life while helping a young person feel safe, supported, and welcome in New Zealand.
What is expected of host families?
What is expected of host families?
Host families are expected to:
Host families are expected to:
Provide a safe and caring home
Provide a safe and caring home
Offer meals and a comfortable living environment
Offer meals and a comfortable living environment
Support students with daily routines and school life
Support students with daily routines and school life
Communicate openly with KEA if any support is needed
Communicate openly with KEA if any support is needed
KEA provides guidance and ongoing support throughout the placement. You're not doing this alone—we manage the full homestay process and remain your main point of contact.
KEA provides guidance and ongoing support throughout the placement. You're not doing this alone—we manage the full homestay process and remain your main point of contact.
How the sign-up process works
How the sign-up process works
We carefully match students with families to ensure a positive experience for everyone involved.
We carefully match students with families to ensure a positive experience for everyone involved.
1: Register your interest
Contact KEA to express your interest in becoming a host family.
2: Complete application form
3: Home visit & checks
4: Profile created
5: Student matching
6: Ongoing support
01: Foundations
Master hiragana and katakana, basic greetings, and essential survival phrases.
02: Daily Conversations
03: Expanding Horizons
04: Practical Mastery
05: Advanced Communication
06: Native-Like Fluency
01: Foundations
Master hiragana and katakana, basic greetings, and essential survival phrases.
02: Daily Conversations
03: Expanding Horizons
04: Practical Mastery
05: Advanced Communication
06: Native-Like Fluency
You're not doing this alone
You're not doing this alone
KEA manages the full homestay process and remains your main point of contact. We are here to support you before the student arrives and throughout their stay, ensuring a positive experience for your whole family.
KEA manages the full homestay process and remains your main point of contact. We are here to support you before the student arrives and throughout their stay, ensuring a positive experience for your whole family.
Ready to open your home?
Ready to open your home?
If you're interested in becoming a host family or would like to learn more about the programme, we'd love to hear from you.
If you're interested in becoming a host family or would like to learn more about the programme, we'd love to hear from you.
Get in touch today and become part of an international education journey.
Get in touch today and become part of an international education journey.