A deck above the harbour, an afternoon that ran long, and people who arrived as strangers leaving with plans to meet again.
A community for life on the road across Aotearoa.
Find a private place to stay, storage, a ride, an event, people and road know-how. Or share what you have with people passing through.
Every stay, ride and event starts with a request. The host decides who arrives.
What brings you here?
I'm looking for something
A place to stay, storage, a ride, an event or road know-how.
I have something to offer
A driveway, a paddock, a shed, a spare seat, local knowledge or a welcome.
I want to connect
Meet people nearby, join an event, or ask the community something.
What's happening across Aotearoa
Real places, rides and events people have chosen to share.
Places to stay
Titta's Home
Nelson
Sea views, hardstand area, power, water and starlink access.
Northland
paddock with hill walk to see mountains and the ocean
Otago
How ParkUp works
- 1
Find something, or share what you have.
A stay, storage, a ride or an event. Listing is free.
- 2
Send a request and talk it through.
Ask questions and agree what the exchange is: paid, koha, work exchange or free.
- 3
The person offering says yes, and you connect.
Only then is the exact location shared.
Nothing is instant. Every stay, ride and event starts with a request the host approves, and exact addresses stay private until then.
Why ParkUp exists
ParkUp makes the community that already exists across Aotearoa easier to see and easier to join. Four values shape how it works, whether you are offering or arriving.
Whanaungatanga
Relationships that are maintained, not just made. Profiles and honest kōrero help people know each other over time.
Manaakitanga
Care for people. Hospitality and dignity travel in both directions, between the one offering and the one arriving.
Kaitiakitanga
Care for place. Respect for the whenua and for the wider community touched by every stay, ride and gathering.
Mana whakahaere
Control stays with you. Your address is hidden until you approve a request, and nobody arrives without your say-so.
What becomes possible
The moments after a request is approved are the point of all of this. Here is the kind of thing that happens.
One night in a host's garden can turn into a working bee, a shared table, and half the street's names learned by the weekend.
Sometimes it is strangers on the same stretch of beach, someone's bread and someone else's fire, and nobody in a hurry to leave.
A flat corner and a power point can be the difference between a stalled project and solar wired by the weekend, with both people learning something.
St James Track, North Canterbury