Mr Roberts (63) and his equine sidekick, Zara, who is rising 29, have spent years traipsing around New Zealand. Now the itinerant horseman wants to "park up" in Otago for a few months.
He is looking for a cottage in the country, with a paddock for his horse, and he is happy to do some work.
The pair have travelled more than 31,000km after what started as a dream eventually turned into a lifestyle.
When Mr Roberts was a boy, he had a dream of one day riding a horse around New Zealand. The dream was always alive but time went on and when he turned 50, he decided if he did not do it then, he never would.
He and Zara set off in 1999 and it took several years to meander around the country.
On his return to Auckland, Mr Roberts realised the city no longer held anything for him and he decided to turn his travels into a lifestyle and "traipse around the country.
"You're basically stepping outside of society to do what I'm doing," he said this week.
From a sheep farming background, he has utilised his skills in the North Island doing "many miles" of fencing and building or maintaining woolsheds.
If the timing was right, he would lend a hand with drenching or docking. In the South Island, he tended to look after farms or lifestyle blocks "while they go on holiday or break their legs".
His nomadic lifestyle had its "moments", with plenty of ups and downs, and he reckoned he might put pen to paper one day about his travels.
"I could write a book on vehicles on the road, campervans which she [Zara] hates, the changing face of New Zealand farming.
"Just about every sheep farmer these days has got an alternative form of income, whether farming people in the tourism game or ... grapes."
Mr Roberts has encountered some "appalling motorists" and, while New Zealand might be portrayed as having a clean and green image, it was "certainly not clean".
He has also met some very kind and hospitable people, although the woman who offered him a tray of 24 eggs to take with him on his horse was well-meaning but not practical.
Mr Roberts, who arrived in Oamaru several weeks ago, wanted to take a break for about six months.
When the time came that Zara was no longer able to continue, he thought it unlikely he would get a replacement. "I'm getting too old."
Anyone who can offer Keith Roberts accommodation or work can contact him on 027 343-8654.
