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Be part of our family in our organic permaculture food forest in Taumarunui, New Zealand

Availability

  2024 

 Min stay requested: at least 1 month

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  • Description

    Description

    We are a family with two boys, 1 & 3 years old. We’re on a big piece of land that we became kaitiaki (guardians) of nearly 5 years ago. We are co-creating an organic permaculture food forest 🌳 community, and helping the native bush to return. There's always a lot to do in the gardens, and much more... It is a beautiful and quiet valley. We like to invest energy into great two-way communication and creating great experiences for us all, which is why we require a minimum one-month commitment, unless by specific arrangement.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Art Projects
    Help with Eco Projects
    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Animal Care
    Farmstay help
    Babysitting and creative play
    Creating/ Cooking family meals
    Help around the house
    General Maintenance
    Help with Computers/ Internet
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    We have a lot of knowledge of permaculture we're attempting to put into practice, & prefer to teach constantly about plant propagation and organic food production, not just give you physical tasks ! My partner Rama speaks Hebrew, and I am a Hatha Yoga (& Tantra Massage) teacher currently teaching a Tuesday evening Yoga class during school terms, and privately.

  • Projects involving children

    Projects involving children

    This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

  • Help

    Help

    Childcare for our 2 young boys (9 months & 3 years) is our current priority. Gardening help would be great, including managing our food forest 🌳 plantings, and releasing native seedlings from grass overgrowth. We also have chickens, Indian Runner ducks, Muscovy geese, Wiltshire sheep the former need attention up to twice a day). We would love someone who enjoys tidying to sort out our storage/workshop container so everything is really accessible. Those with building skills or other trade experience are always welcome. We are currently engaging professionals to advance our earth-brick house project, and we are enjoying undertaking some of the preparatory steps eg making the low density adobe bricks, which is labour intensive but suitable for people without prior experience to also learn about.

  • Languages

    Languages spoken
    English: Fluent
    Hebrew: Fluent

    This host offers a language exchange
    This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
    You can contact them directly for more information.

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    We have a caravan which features our helper’s kitchen, a gas hot water outdoor shower tent, a natural stream swimming hole, compost toilets, two substantial geodesic domes with water supply, a large bus in conversion to accommodation, a camping area for tents or motorhomes, and private tiny home sites with access to untreated stream water for laundry 🧺 and bathing🚿.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    This is a major tourist hub, especially for those doing the ‘Te Araroa’ North to South national walkway (we are Trail Angels offering free/koha camping to walkers & cyclists 🚴); and the Tongariro Crossing & the ski ⛷️ field at Whakapapa are one hour away, as are the hot pools at Tokaanu (edge of Lake Taupō). Te Araroa and the starting point for the Whanganui canoe 🛶 trip is one km from us at the start of our road. Taumarunui is also the start of the scenic Forgotten World Highway to Taranaki.

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Can host digital nomads

    Can host digital nomads

    We have good 4G coverage on Skinny or Spark, Vodafone/One is useless & generally not so good for rural areas. More significantly we also have Starlink, & a separate workspace could be set up close to the router if required (completely quiet working would be a condition if this).

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    This is extremely compatible with our facilities, we have an outdoor gas hot shower tent & composting toilets, & could do a 240v power extension from our off-grid solar.

  • Can possibly accept pets

    Can possibly accept pets

    Potentially. Our 3 year old child is still very afraid of dogs at this point.

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    More than two

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    Hours expected

    Flexible 5 hours a day, 5 days a week

Host ref number: 659221748631

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