Volunteer in the country with a family in North Canterbury, New Zealand
Description
We're a family of 4 with a daughter (6) and a son (3), who are trying to establish a healthy organic lifestyle farm on 20 acres in North Canterbury. We need help year round with our vegetable garden. We intend to start building our house later this year.
We enjoy meeting people and learning from other cultures, are open-minded, friendly, and non-smokers.
We are located in North Canterbury, approximately 10 km from the village of Cust, 15 km from Oxford township, 20 km from Rangiora, 40 Km from Christchurch.
There are lots of things to do in the area including the Waimakariri River, Ashley Gorge, fishing, tramping, mountain biking, kayaking, golf and horseriding.
We enjoy meeting people and learning from other cultures, are open-minded, friendly, and non-smokers.
We are located in North Canterbury, approximately 10 km from the village of Cust, 15 km from Oxford township, 20 km from Rangiora, 40 Km from Christchurch.
There are lots of things to do in the area including the Waimakariri River, Ashley Gorge, fishing, tramping, mountain biking, kayaking, golf and horseriding.
Area
North Canterbury
Type of work
Language practise,Animal care,
Farming,
General Maintenance,
Babysitting / child care,
Building,
Gardening
Work
We always require help in our vegetable garden, caring for free range hens, mowing paddocks - by tractor, weeding lavender, the list goes on .... Some childcare help is also appreciated while we get on with other projects.
Do you speak French? We're teaching our children at the moment and would love some practice!
Do you speak French? We're teaching our children at the moment and would love some practice!
Languages spoken
English, some Maori, some French, some Italian, some Japanese
Accommodation
3-4 bed caravan. It's warm, dry & has power (we lived in it for 2-3 years). Sharing other facilities with us. Once our house is built our sleepout will be available also.
What else ...
Internet access is available and we're happy to help you learn English. We are not on any bus routes but we travel to Christchurch most weekdays and lifts can be provided by arrangement. We offer flexible hours to allow for exploration of our beautiful countryside.
Host ref number: 12985324854b
Feedback left about host
When you stay with Paul and Elizabeth, it's not just their family and extended family that welcome you into their house with open arms- it's the whole community around them. We had an outstanding experience, making so many new friends and exploring the beautiful local area in depth with Elizabeth as a tour guide. The children are a merit to their more
Kate & Jamie were a pleasure to have here! We would recommend them highly and would have them return anytime. They have a fabulous work ethic, show initiative, and do not require supervision. Before we knew it 2 weeks became 2 short months!
Our children were treated as if they were their own. Even now we still hear the kids say "I miss Kate & more
Our children were treated as if they were their own. Even now we still hear the kids say "I miss Kate & more
Aurelien and Renata were a huge disappointment to us. We definitely do not recommend them to other hosts. They lacked any work ethic, did not interact much with our family and spent most of their time sleeping or on the internet. They had agreed to work 2 weeks but after 3 days went to town for the night- And returned when they knew we were out more
Me and my boyfriend stayed at the farm only for a week (lack of time) and had a lovely experince there. Elizabet and Paul together with their two kids were icredibly welcoming, kind, outspoken and interesting people. besides that - they are also very flexible with work hours and thats always nice. we enjoyed spending time talking with them more
We spent our first experience (one week) of Workaway, in a joyful, welcoming and generous family. The outside work was very pleasant even more when Jasmin and Isaac were helping us ;). We've learnt a lot on the NZ's culture, the children's home education and also, we've appreciated to play the monopoly card game, even if Alex didn't win one time more
Guillaume & Alex were a pleasure to host. They were enthusiastic workers and great with the kids. We enjoyed our social evenings together also. We had a lot in common and got on really well. It was a shame they could only stay one week. The time flew by! We wish them well in their travels and look forward to seeing them again in the future. more
Paul and Elizabeth were lovely hosts and their children are adorable. We replanted lavender, chucked some hay and taught the kids about the solar system. It was grand! While our time was brief the memories will last a lifetime! Thanks so much for hosting us.
We enjoyed having Dwight & Jessica stay - brief though it was. They are willing workers and also entertained/educated our children wholeheartedly. We would welcome them back anytime.
Alina & Simon are very diligent & hardworking. They would be welcome to come back anytime. We enjoyed having them stay and hope they enjoy the rest of NZ.
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