Every month, au pairs nominate their host family for the Host Family of the Month prize. They tell us of their experience in New Zealand how their families welcomed them into their lives. Check out our lovely stories below.
The Waters Family is more than a whānau full of love and warm laughter… it’s a sisterhood. Growing up in a female-empowering home myself, I knew the Waters Family was a perfect match. Alba, Bela and Isla’s contagious, creative spirits brightens everyone’s day through their...
To Sarah, John, Johnny and Charlotte, Thank you so much for welcoming me into your family. I think I knew we were going to get along just fine after our first chat on the phone a year ago. You are all such fun and have...
Dear Mike, Helen, Jonathan, Samuel, Christopher and Emma! You are such a loving and caring family! I love calling this place my home in New Zealand. Coming here and deciding to be here for 7 months wasn´t easy for me. I was scared that I...
Dear Beanie, Franz, Natasha and Alex! Yes, you are the craziest Host Family I ever lived in. 🙂 But you are also the most loving, caring and funniest family I ever lived in. And that is why you have to be the new Host Family...
Dear Nicky, Brad, Alex and Fletcher, Going to New Zealand as an Au Pair was probably one of the harder decisions in my life. But even after a few days in your awesome family I could say: It was definitely the best choice I could...
Dear Fletcher, Finn, Emelia, Alecia, Hayden, Ray and Joyce I’d like to nominate you for family of the month because you deserve it tons Remember when we first had our interview? I can’t describe how happy I was talking to you After that it was...
Dear Catherine, Anders, Clara and Anton! With this nomination for the “Host Family of the Month” I want to thank you for being so wonderful and the perfect host family for me! There’s not much time left until I have to go back home and...
Dear Bex and Scott, You really are the best host family I could wish for and no one deserves to be Host Family of the Month more than you guys do. I was so scared to live with strangers at the end of the world...
Dear Vanessa, Mike, Maddie, Harper and Brooklyn, It’s finally time to nominate you as “the Host Family of the month” because it doesn’t exist a better one than you! Why? There are many reason for this… You have welcomed me as a new family member...
Dear Meg, Hori, Bela, Yas and Jes, I am here in New Zealand for seven and a half months now (wow time runs so fast) and from the beginning on I wanted you to become „the host family of the month“. You want to know...
Every month, host families have the opportunity to express their affection and thanks to their au pairs. The winning nomination wins our Au Pair of the Month prize. It’s a great feeling reading these stories about their life-changing experiences and how they’ve become part of the family. Check out our lovely stories below.
Eva – Au Pair Extraordinaire Eva has been with us since October 2019. She has seen us go through some really big changes. Our older boy moved on to an all boys college and our middle two boys moved primary schools. Then our littlest started...
Chloe came to us from Ireland as a bubbly breath of fresh air in 2018 and has been with us since (with a brief stint back home to sort her visa for the following year). When Chloe returned, our youngest Frankie was only 2 weeks...
Jana – Au Pair of the Month/Year!! Jana has been with us since October and is hoping to stay for a year, with a bit of travel in the middle; but we all find ourselves in full on COVID-19 lock down. All our au pairs...
We would like to nominate our Au Pair Annika for Au Pair of the Month. Anni … where do we start. You’re a very important and loved part of our family! You started with us as Annika, and we quickly started calling you Anni. How...
Theda, Ted, Theeds, Theda Marie, Theda-the-Speeder It’s coming up 5 months since you arrived into our family but it feels like we have known you for so much longer. You have slotted into our life and routines so easily there was barely even a blip...
We would love to nominate Leah van der Linden as the Au Pair of the month. In fact, we should have been nominating her for the Au Pair of the Year, but as with most families, life is so busy and we didn’t get around...
I would like to nominate Valentina for some recognition. As you know, we are going through quite a significant and stressful time with Angie studying towards her final surgical exams…and we are both working. The last few months have been hectic, to say the least,...
We would like to nominate our fantastic Au Pair, Anika Loth, for Au Pair of the month. Anika fitted in with our family from the day she arrived and has formed an incredible bond with our two children, with us, with our family, friends (and...
Our wonderful au pair Kim! Our family would love to nominate Kim, our au pair, for Au Pair of the Month!!! Kim has been with us since July and is our very 1st Au pair to join our family. We are a family of four consisting...
Claire came into our lives in September 2017 and quickly became a lifelong member of our family. Her easy, breezy, bubbly personality has made her a joy to be around and we are so going to miss hearing a Scottish accent cheerily wishing us a...
