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Hi I have lived in South taranaki for my whole life but travelled extensively. My family are of dutch decent and I have many aunts and uncles in the Netherlands. My employment was with special needs children I have recently retired. We are grandparents to 23 grandchildren and of course they do not live with us but some are close by. My husband and I have a large old 3 bedroom Villa styled home. We have had many international guests over the years and enjoy meeting people. My husband likes the renovating and building projects of which there are many at the moment. We are flexible on the length of time our visitors stay prefer 3 to 7 days ish :-) and we can negotiate a length of time that is perfect for both you and us and if this suits we are excited to hear from you.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Interests
Nature
Charity work
Photography
Gardening
Cooking & food
Team sports
Beach
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Activities that can be done : Dam dropping in the warmer weather unless you own a wet suit, snow sking (winter only of course ) Swimming. Surfing .Mountain walks and climbing to the top of Mount Taranaki in the summer months. Bush walks. Fishing. Sight seeing. Playing tennis .golfing.water skiing. Music festivals garden festivals.100 year old water tower to look at. Great people to talk to. More activities include TSB festival of lights on New Plymouth (Dec and Jan) Hawera aerodrome flights can be booked to see the top of mount Taranaki if you are not into tramping. Drive the forgotten World Highway, don't forget to stop at the whangamomona hotel to ask about republic day ? Visit the absolutely amazing Tawhiti museum privately owned and made by local ex art teacher so do not let the word museum put you off !! it is more of an experience. The amazing lake Rotokare inland bird sanctuary one visiter said it was like going into a mini jurassic park. Rugged beaches to explore AND MORE. Depends on your interests. I do have Internet at my home and also a short 7minute walk up to the main street and there is free wifi 24/7 also .
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Help
To help with projects around our home (some building ability would be great). General weeding of a small garden ,digging over the vege garden maybe some paving stones to be laid. Cleaning windows and also normal house work and as spring approaches a more intense cleaning of the home. Maybe cooking the evening meal.if you enjoy spending time in the kitchen .we will figure out what your talents are and try and match the jobs.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Accommodation
My home has 4 large double bedrooms and 1 lounge area and a sunny kitchen dinning area I have 1 room set up with a double bed . There is plenty of room. We live very close to town and a large sporting venue, free tennis courts and a park also a outdoor 50 metre pool an indoor 25 meter swimming pool with hydro slide and a small hot pool. A oneish hour bus trip to larger cities. Many beaches and lakes to explore also beautiful Mount Taranaki one of the worlds most conical shaped mountains with water falls, tramping and snow in the winter almost at our back door.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
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She tried new foods and has now some new favourite combinations .
I enjoyed Anna's company .
I would highly recommend Anna to have and help you around your home.
Flexible working hours,reasonable work expectations, comfortable accomodation.
Thanks for having us!
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She tried new foods and has now some new favourite combinations .
I enjoyed Anna's company .
I would highly recommend Anna to have and help you around your home.
Flexible working hours,reasonable work expectations, comfortable accomodation.
Thanks for having us!
The work was really easy, I had to do Apple source most of the time and cleaned the house a little bit:) They always made sure that I liked the work and that I felt comfortable.
We had beautiful days at the beach, Margie's sun took me damp dropping and I even had time to climb up Mount… read more
They both really tried to squeeze in as many fun things as possible and took me to see many local sights. Margie also got her son to take me dam dropping which was a lot of fun! They really tried to involve me in their lives and I got to go to one of the get togethers… read more
I stayed with Margie & Ian for about a week and they are such lovely people! I helped out with organizing, cleaning, and a few other things. They took me on a few "tiki tours" during the time that I was there and it was so great to get to see places that I wouldn't have even… read more
strong energy,
positive pesrons,
interesting meetings,
beautiful landscape,
great experience...
Thanks again Margie and Ian... I'll never forget!
Aude
Margie could be Taranaki's Best Tourist Guide ! You won't miss a thing to do around and you will have time to visit. You will have a fun time, Ian has always a joke and both are very welcoming and interesting. We definitely… read more
He has a very charismatic personality and is comfortable talking with a varied group of people. My husband especially enjoyed many hours of discussion on a multitude of topics. … read more
The work at the house was mainly preparing the walls… read more
