Join our family of five, living in Te Anau, New Zealand

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  Description

  Hello there,
  We are a family of five, living in Te Anau, New Zealand. Mum (Dawn 45) & Dad (Dean 53) & our girls Charlotte,11 years, Sophia, 9 years, and Lucy, 8 years old. The girls all attend school Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 3:15pm. Most days at least one of them will have an after school activity to go to. I am a Primary School teacher and my husband is a Possumer / Deer Hunter. We also have four big dogs and 2 cats so you will need to love animals!
  We live in a 4 bedroom family home with flower and vegetable garden.
  
  We would love to welcome you into our family home on the edge of the Fiordland National Park.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Babysitting and creative play

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  We would love to welcome you into our typical NZ family home. We love the outdoors, sports, gardening and hunting etc. We would love to tell you stories of NZ and share all the most beautiful places to explore around our region.

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  Projects involving children

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

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  Help

  Your work will be as a support for us in our home by:
  - helping to take care of our children (who are pretty independent anyway). It would be mainly getting them to school if needed and to after school activities.
  - helping with daily light housework duties eg hanging out washing, loading and emptying dishwasher
  - weekly housework duties eg vacuming and mopping floors, cleaning bathrooms & toilets, changing beds
  - some meal preparation and possibly cooking for our family meal Monday - Thursday nights
  
  Hours of work would need to have some flexibility around them but may look mostly like this:
  
  Mornings 8:30 - 10am
  Afternoons 3 - 5:30pm
  
  You would have time in your day to enjoy Te Anau and weekends free to explore our beautiful area.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: 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.
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  Accommodation

  We would provide our lovely 4 berth Zephyr caravan, named Freddie, as your accomodation so you would be able to enjoy your own space. Freddie has electricity, simple cooking equipment eg jug & toaster. There is a gas cooker but we’d prefer you join us with our family meals. There is electrical heating so you’ll be warm and cosy. You would be required to still use our indoor toilet and bathroom facilities.

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  What else ...

  We live in Te Anau and our home is walking distance to the lake and shops. As we live on the edge of the Fiordland National Park there are plenty of walking tracks and tramps for you to do. Te Anau is on the road to Milford Sound so if you have your own transport you can go and visit there too.

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Can host digital nomads

  We can provide free unlimited wi-fi.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  We can accomodate a small camper van on our property.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  One

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  Hours expected

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week