Working Holiday

1  Cambodia

An overseas adventure is a young person’s rite of passage so imagine getting an overseas excursion for free. Too good to be true? Yes, actually. There’s a catch. This isn’t a holiday, it’s a working holiday. Eight brave young folk have agreed to board a plane with no idea what their working holiday will involve. This means they have to take the risk, their trip could end up more like a working hell than a working holiday. In this episode Andrew travels to Cambodia to work as a bar assistant and rugby coach in Phnom Penh for six weeks.
Duration: 60'

 

2  India

In this episode Wellington DJ, Sandon James, works in Goa, India, at a Motorbike tour company which is run by English expatriate Susie. Sandon also gets to work at a rafting tour company in the jungle run by another English expatriate John. In this episode Sandon Ihaia trades chic inner city life in New Zealand for a rural Indian adventure even though he hasn't a clue where the country is on a map! This slick DJ from Wellington finds his job in Goa comes complete with snakes and scorpions which really isn't his cup of tea! The food, the modes of travel, the colour the noise and just being in India are an unforgettable experience for him!
Duration: 60'

 

3  London

New Zealand travel series where eight young people embark on a six week working holiday in far flung corners of the world and experience the reality of living and working in a foreign culture. In this episode Kate goes to London and works as an assistant to an avant garde artist in Stoke Newington- Gina. Former Miss Popularity contestant, Kate Hemus, grabs a free overseas excursion imagining it'll be like living in the film Notting Hill only to find she is based in the burbs!
Duration: 60'

 

4  Nepal

In this episode Tanya travels to Nepal to work as a carer for orphans at the Orphan Help Centre in Kathmandu. Here she works with Biba the founder of the Orphan Help Centre, Nonna the Manager of the Orphan Help Centre and Hari the rafting guide. Northlander Tania Ruddell travels to Nepal to teach only to find herself under curfew while riots take over the streets of Kathmandu. Tania, a Whangarei lass who is still looking for her calling, is caught in the crossfire of political unrest and finds herself under house arrest!
Duration: 60'

 

5  France

In this episode of Working Holiday Jake goes to France to work as a pool boy at a bed and breakfast resort in the village of St Maxim in the Provence region and as a cafe assistant at local cafe Terrois with Amanda the tourist villa operator. Aucklander, Jake Howie dreams that his working holiday in the South of France will see him celeb spot in St Tropez but being a housemaid means life's no beach and life in another country not the high wave that he had hoped he could have an easy ride on. A 21-year-old party boy who still lives at home, finds his working holiday leaves him buried by chores rather than sunning himself on glamorous, celebrity-filled beaches of his dreams.
Duration: 60'

 

6  Turkey

In this episode Sandra travels to Turkey to work as a farm assistant on an organic farm in Yakabagh with Pascale, Daughter Sinan, Organic Farmer Isobell, Wife Eris and Daughter Berget a Volunteer Worker. From the South island of New Zealand Sandra B Devine experiences traditional small town Turkish life and finds the experience isn't exactly a delight. A sports coach who sees herself in touch with her spiritual side finds life in a village with no mod cons isn't her calling.
Duration: 60'

 

7  Austria

In this episode Esther Hamilton travels to Austria to work as an assistant in fashionable Saltsburg Hair Salon Sturmayr for six weeks with Christian the Sturmayr Salon Manager, Helga the Sturmayr Hairdressing Teacher, Phillip the Hostel Bar Manager, Alex her workmate and Carlotta a Muinch local. Wellingtonian girl Esther Hamilton finds it hard to carve out a new life half a world away in Salzburgh. Esther is a 26-year-old up-front, out-spoken, quirky girl who finds straight-laced Salzburg isn't ready for her approach to life, the universe and everything!
Duration: 60'

 

8  Italy

In this episode Marie Smith travels to Italy to work as a farm hand on a vineyard in Tuscany. Here she works with Yakapo the Farm Hand, Guido, Yakapo's Grandfather, Antonio Yakapo's child and Giambi the vineyard owner. Marie Smith is a delicate and pretty 21-year-old who overcomes her last minutes nerves to leave home only to find she will spend six weeks in shapeless overalls getting her hands dirty. On her first trip away from home young Marie Smith finds working among Tuscany grapevines leaves her speechless plus she barely speaks a word of Italian.
Duration: 60'