Kā Kāika Manaaki Manuhiri Homestays

If you are an international student coming to study at CPIT you may prefer to stay within a family environment in a homestay. New Zealand Education Advisory Service (NZEAS) organises homestays at CPIT, matching you up with an approved Christchurch family.

All homestay families are carefully selected for their friendly, helpful attitudes and comfortable homes. Homestay accommodation includes your own bedroom, two meals per day Monday to Friday, three meals at the weekends and also laundry.

NZEAS will pick you up from the airport, take to your family and make sure you are settling into life in Christchurch with your host family.

If it is your first time in this country we can strongly recommend homestay accommodation to you. It is a great way to practise your English and experience life in Christchurch and New Zealand.

Homestay service

NZEAS offers the following services if you are in homestay accommodation:

• Police vetting of all homehost families.
• Full inspection of all homes and interviews with homehost families.
• Airport pick-up and delivery to homehost family on your arrival to Christchurch.
• A full "Welcome Pack" upon arrival.
• Greeting on your first day at CPIT.
• Banking assistance on your first day at CPIT.
• Language translators.
• 24 hour contact number for homehosts to be used in the case of an emergency.
• Follow up meetings with the student to ensure you are happy in their home environment.
• Day trips and outings for the students to places of interest around Canterbury.