The Real New Zealand

With homestay guests it's your house as well. You're free to wander through, raid the fridge at midnight...

– Grahame Thorne to one of his house guests

What happens is that you learn to live around people's coming and goings; their needs, your wants. You do have to work hard to make sure you don't lose your own life ... probably the most disadvantaged thing is that you feel sometimes you've lost your own space.

– Stella Lovering, on her homestay in Wellington