Gardening, daily tasks and building a small cabin in South Taranaki, New Zealand

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  Description

  Hi my name is Lisa, im 43 years old and married to Andy (44), we have been married 20 years. We have 5 daughters, Lydia (18), Charlotte (16), Ella (14), Ruby (13) and Molly (11). We have a dairy farm with 400 cows In south Taranaki which is in on the west coast of the North island of new Zealand. We are a fun family that love to have a laugh. We love the outdoors and animals. We have 2 dogs, Pippin is a 9year old boarder collie and her son Razzel who is 5. We have 2 cats called Elsa and Pokie, a pet highland cow called Bonnie, Matt the steer, Peta and Todd the goats. I like to paint and do art and craft as well as lots of walking or any sport. My girls play netball, touch rugby, basketball and enjoy speech and drama and art.
  We live 10km from the nearest town named Hawera, it has a population of about 12,000. There is a cinema, cafes and a few good shops. We are 5km to the nearest beach (Ohawe beach) it has black sand and high cliffs, it has a swimming area and the river is also fun to swim in. The mountain is only a 40 minute drive away and you can go hiking or skiing in the winter. You can follow the coastal highway and stop at different beaches along the way, Opunake beach is only 30min drive away and has a good swimming beach and camping area, carry on around the coast to a funky little town called Oakura, another popular beach in the summer. New Plymouth is the city in Taranaki and is a vibrant arty city, with awesome coastal walks and parks. Taranaki was voted the 2nd best province in the world by the Loney Planet so it is a place worth coming to.
  The view out our window of the mountain is breathtaking and we feel blessed to look at it every day, and all the green paddocks all around us.
  We love having guests stay with our family and in the past have had au pairs from Germany, Switzerland and England, these girls have come back to visit us and are now part of the family.
  We are warm and welcoming and our house is pretty noisy lol.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Help with Eco Projects

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help

  General Maintenance
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  You will get an invite to our dairy farm and how we run an autumn calving system. You will enjoy the open spaces surrounded by lush green grass and know that you are helping the environment by planting trees for the future generations (if you are here in June when we have trees to plant)
  You will enjoy kiwi hospitality and meeting our 5 daughters.

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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

  - tree planting (1000) to plant
  - cleaning windows outside of house
  - gardening
  - weed control on the farm- spraying/ thistle grubbing

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  Languages spoken

  English: Fluent

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  Accommodation

  we have a large self contained air b n b beside our house, it is like a modern rustic barn inside. It's called the shelter if you look on air b n b.

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  What else ...

  In your time off you can explore the region, with the mountain walks, beaches, cafes, cinemas, museums, gyms etc. If you want to leave the region on weekends there are busses in the nearest town of Hawera. You can travel to so many diverse places with in only a few hours drive. Waitomo is only 3 hours away where you can go caving and black water rafting and see the amazing glow worms. Wellington is a 4 hour drive, this is NZs capital and is such a funky city with so much to see and do.

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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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  Space for parking camper vans

  We own a dairy farm so we have a huge amount of space for parking. Parking can be at our house or on the farm if you want to park up by a lake with a mountain view.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  Hours expected

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

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