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Learn about nature conservation and sustainable living in Dunedin, New Zealand

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Letzte Aktivität : 6 Mai 2025

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2025 - April : The wetland/pond is now complete. And the days are getting cooler and shorter. Still if we have lots in common I'm sure I will find some activities for the right WorkAwayer!
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Hi, I'm Maureen

I enjoy living simply and I am passionate about nature, and active in the reserve that is opposite my home. I love to travel and hitchhike and meet other travellers and hear about their adventures. I work nearly full-time with children in a biodiversity programme as well as hosting a podcast called Rewilding in Action. I have a cute and cuddly cat, and often a flatmate.

I welcome help in my urban nature friendly (rewilding) garden, some house maintenance and tidying please.
Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten
Sprachpraxis
Hilfe bei Ökoprojekten
Gartenarbeiten
Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten
Zubereiten / Kochen von Mahlzeiten für die Familie
Hausarbeiten
Handwerkliche Arbeiten
Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten
Learn about nature conservation and sustainable living, and share what you know.
Enjoy Dunedin with its historic buildings, lovely beaches and walks.
Arbeit
Depending on the time of year - pruning, weeding, making kindling. Reestablishing organic vegetable beds. Some general home maintenance and gardening skills appreciated. Possibly some help to restore native vegetation at local reserve. I might have a few small building projects if you are keen.

4-5 hours of help appreciated per day and two days off after 5 days.

I addition, I ask that you assist with cooking or doing dishes in addition to your hours. This is just part of sharing a home.
Sprachen
Gesprochene Sprachen
Englisch: Fließend
Spanisch: Grundkenntnisse
Maori: Grundkenntnisse
Dieser Gastgeber bietet Sprachaustausch an
Dieser Gastgeber gibt an, dass er dir gern seine Muttersprache beibringt oder selbst eine Sprache lernen möchte.
Bitte wende dich direkt an ihn, um weitere Auskünfte zu erhalten.
Unterkunft
Own room in suburban house. Bunk bed. Bedding and towels provided.

Ingredients for food provided mostly basic vegetarian ingredients eg oats for breakfast, rice, beans, lentils, eggs, cheese, bread, potatoes, vegetables and fruit. Some days we can cook together, some days you will cook for yourself. I can provide simple recipes if needed. If there's anything you particularly crave, please let me know, we can probably make it!

I don't own a car but I am very close to a bus route.
Was noch ...
Bus stop 5 minutes walk away leaves every 30 minutes to 1 hour.
Before I confirm dates for your stay, I ask that we talk on the phone - WhatsApp works well!
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- Internet Zugang
- Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang
- Wir besitzen Tiere
- Wir sind Raucher
- Familien möglich
Platz zum Abstellen von Camper Vans
There is room to park close by on the road but not in the driveway.
Hier sind Haustiere in der Regel willkommen
Small dog would be welcome if It doesn't chase cats.
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6 Mai 2025

Vom Host für Workawayer (Maho)

Maho is a lovely person; caring, mature, humble and kind. She's also very proactively helpful, doing dishes galore, often insisting. She worked very well on all her tasks, I was very happy with her progress. I was sad to see Maho leave and I wish her all the best with her goals.

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27 Apr. 2025

Vom Workawayer (Loris) für Host

Thanks Maureen for this great week! I had a really good time gardening and helping around. Be careful, the real boss here is Puku, the little princess! I’m very happy I could help you, I recommend this happy house with a really good vibe.

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21 Apr. 2025

Vom Host für Workawayer (Loris)

I'm full of praise for Loris! He has a terrific work ethic and did all his tasks well and efficiently. His appetite for hard work is outstanding really! Despite not being fluent in English quite yet, he quickly picked up what he needed to do and asked about anything he wasn't sure of. Loris enjoyed physical jobs such as cutting down vegetation and… read more

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27 März 2025

Vom Host für Workawayer (Matthew & Beatrice)

Bea and Matt are a lovely couple, very sincere, trustworthy and tried their best in all of the activities they did. This is their first WorkAway which is why they don't have more references.

After the initial soil spreading episode that they rectified, they were more proactive to ask about the tasks they needed to do and I was more careful to… read more

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27 März 2025

Vom Workawayer (Matthew & Beatrice) für Host

Maureen was very kind to host us as our first Workaway experience, for ten days. We enjoyed learning about New Zealand's natural environment and rewilding. Maureen is very passionate about this and it was inspiring to learn about her work!

The work was fair and manageable and including digging a pond, clearing Maureen's greenhouse, preparing a… read more

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6 Mai 2025

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27 Apr. 2025

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21 Apr. 2025

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27 März 2025

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17 Dez. 2024

Vom Workawayer (Elena) für Host

Staying in Dunedin with Maureen has been my favourite workaway experience and I would recommend it to anyone. I found the morning tasks in the garden to be fun and therapeutic - Maureen is supportive with this and extremely fair/generous about working hours and freedom to explore the city and surrounding areas (which are spectacular, by the way!).… read more

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16 Dez. 2024

Vom Host für Workawayer (Elena)

I'm happy to recommend Elena to come stay with you. She is mature, cheerful, considerate, reliable, helpful and worked hard while she was here. Elena stayed nine days, a few more than our tentatively agreed week, and I would have welcomed her to stay longer if she hadn't had other places to go. We had some good conversations especially after a few… read more

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19 Nov. 2023

Vom Host für Workawayer (Gabriela)

Gabriela was lovely to host. I was very touched by the small gifts she brought for me! She is humble, gentle and quiet - a grateful happy person. She worked well in the various household and garden tasks I asked of her. Many thanks Gabriela. I hope you have your next adventure planned!

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12 Aug. 2023

Vom Workawayer (Gabriela) für Host

I stayed with Maureen in April and what a wonderful experience it was! She is an amazing woman and she does many different things in her day to day. She and her daughter Michaela fed me well, all the food was delicious, thank you very much! Her Spanish is very good, and she also knows a lot about Mexico. I really had a great stay with them.

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8 Aug. 2023

Vom Workawayer (Drew) für Host

I loved my stay with Maureen! The home is walking distance from the city center and the work was very suitable for those who want to explore. I wish you nothing but the best!

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1 Juni 2023

Vom Host für Workawayer (Alice)

Alice worked efficiently, achieving more than many volunteers I've had. She also showed common sense and was friendly addition to our household. All the best Alice!

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1 Juni 2023

Vom Workawayer (Alice) für Host

I really enjoyed staying at Maureen's place, she is such a lovely and positive person, with a lot of energy !
I mainly worked in the garden, I also made some apple sauce, and I really enjoyed all the jobs I did. Maureen also told me about really nice places to go to for my days off (all accessible by bus). I really enjoyed sharing the delicious… read more

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25 März 2023

Vom Workawayer (Celine) für Host

It was short but very nice to meet Maureen! I helped her to take care of native trees they planted with her community. It was good! Thank you Maureen :)

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18 Feb. 2023

Vom Workawayer (Charline ) für Host

I had a great stay in Dunedin thanks to Maureen, Michaela and Puku. Maureen is a welcoming and dynamic host who offered me various jobs to avoid that I always do the same thing during my stay (painting, gardening,...). The meals and the moments shared together were always convivial and the occasion to have many recommendations of visits of the… read more

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5 Feb. 2023

Vom Host für Workawayer (Charline )

We really enjoyed having Charline come to stay. She has a fun and upbeat personality, very quick to laugh, even at bad jokes and good conversation. She loves to paint and has excellent painting skills to share, doing a very neat job of of painting in the bathroom. Likewise she did a good job of trimming the hedge in the garden. We would welcome to… read more

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19 Dez. 2022

Vom Workawayer (Sonja) für Host

As soon as I arrived at Maureen's I felt so welcomed and it felt like being home for me. She, her daughter and their cat made my stay so precious.
Every aspect of work was communicated well and Maureen really succeeds in making the work fun for you! I did different kind of gardening so it was never boring or repetitive.
I had a room for myself… read more

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12 Dez. 2022

Vom Host für Workawayer (Sonja)

I feel very lucky to have had Sonja come to stay. Sonja is great company, confident, profoundly positive, very friendly, and fun. She's also thoughtful and polite and grateful for the things that come into her life.

She did much more than was asked of her - dishes were never left sitting, vegetable beds were weeded thoroughly, nails were removed… read more

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23 Nov. 2021

Vom Workawayer (Cassia) für Host

I so loved my time staying with Maureen!
Maureen is a vibrant, energetic, lovely, and humorous person and it was such a pleasure to come stay and work for Maureen for the short week I was there!

We did a variety of different things in her wonderful jungle garden. A good mix of more laborious things and things like planting and pruning. I… read more

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18 Nov. 2021

Vom Host für Workawayer (Cassia)

it was a pleasure to host and get to know Cassie: she has such a positive can-do personality and is mature beyond her years. Despite being just 18, several times I caught myself saying or thinking "So wise!" when she offered her opinions.

In just one week here, I was very impressed with how much Cassie and I achieved during her stay. She always… read more

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6 Feb. 2020

Vom Workawayer (Don) für Host

Staying at Maureen's for only 1 week was an absolute pleasure. She literally welcomed me with open arms on a late night arrival. Communication with Maureen prior to showing up, all the while there on work tasks and personal chat time was all professional, friendly and interesting.

I did some "bigger" jobs involving a chainsaw and falling trees… read more

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6 Feb. 2020

Vom Host für Workawayer (Don)

Reading all of the positive feedback, I was excited to have Don come volunteer with me. And I was not disappointed! I've had quite a few Workawayers/Wwoofers and Don is right up there with the very best of them for both good company and humour, his considerateness, and his work effort and skills. I'd give Don 6 out of 5 if I could! ! He worked… read more

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16 Okt. 2019

Vom Workawayer (Catherine & Matthew) für Host

Staying with Maureen felt like being welcomed home by an old friend! She greeted me with a hug and it’s clear that hospitality and making people feel comfortable is important to her. She even invited me along to see a film and included me in her birthday celebration!

I especially enjoyed getting to know her in our lengthy conversations, in which… read more

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16 Okt. 2019

Vom Host für Workawayer (Catherine & Matthew)

I very much enjoyed having Catherine stay. I was sick at the time but being with her always made me feel better! She has such a positive energy. I found her considerate, mature and kind - good at listening and talking. We had some good chats about life and travels and I got to practice my Spanish - although not enough because the conversations in… read more

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30 Apr. 2019

Vom Host für Workawayer (Lena)

I enjoyed having Lena here. She is relaxed, generous and friendly with a good sense of humour, and happy to work. She enjoys working outside, cooking and seeing a job completed and tidied.

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26 Nov. 2018

Vom Workawayer (Ingrid) für Host

We stayed one week at Maureen and Alex and it was a interesting and nice time. We learned a bit about alternative ecological cleaning agents and enjoyed a small home concert with them. Work was not hard and we had short working times. Food was good and diverse.

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26 Nov. 2018

Vom Host für Workawayer (Ingrid)

I loved having Ingrid and Konstantin here to stay. They are very considerate, humourous and dedicated. Worked well in the garden and tidied up after themselves. Welcome back any time.

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21 Okt. 2018

Vom Host für Workawayer (Ronja & Tim)

I enjoyed Ronja and Tim's stay very much. They are both nice upbeat people and mature beyond their years. I especially liked their good manners, including talking English with each other if within earshot. That was very thoughtful. They worked fine and were diligent. Just to let you know the hen is no longer getting out! Hurray and thanks!

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20 Okt. 2018

Vom Workawayer (Ronja & Tim) für Host

Maureen was a very nice host and helped us both explore the area and beautify the time. The food was always delicious and healthy. It was a very nice time and we wish Maureen all the best and many more nice workaways for the future
Best wishes Tim and Ronja

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5 Juni 2018

Vom Host für Workawayer (Silvia)

Silvia was a pleasure to host. She is positive and helpful and was able to work well without supervision. Unfortunately I did not have much spare time while she was here, but during the time we did have, she was a good teacher of Spanish. Thanks Silvia for all your help. You are welcome to come back anytime.

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5 Juni 2018

Vom Workawayer (Silvia) für Host

It was my first experience as Workaway, Maureen and Alex are very kind people, they received me very well and I learned how to live in a more sustainable way. I did some gardening and Maureen took me a couple of days to help her at the school with the environmental education class. We talk in spanish some times too.

Thanks Maureen and Alex =)

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