Join us in beautiful rural Whangārei, New Zealand

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  Beschreibung

  We live in a beautiful rural location, surrounded on all sides by stunning native forest, giant boulders and scores of native birds.
  
  It is incredibly peaceful here and yet only 10-15 minutes drive from central Whangārei.
  
  We moved onto this land in the winter of 2024 and we are starting to create a little regenerative haven. We are starting from scratch with vegetable gardens, a home orchard and many other fun projects.
  
  Tasks include: creating new garden beds, cleaning, weeding, making compost, track clearing through the forest, saving seeds and planting. We also share daily tasks such as cooking meals and cleaning up after meals.
  
  After a hot day of helping in the garden, jump into the swimming pool to cool off, or take a walk through the forest.
  
  We home educate our 3 children and we believe that their teachers will come from the community - we are certainly not their only teachers. So if you have skills like art, music, teaching bitcoin - anything really, and you are keen to share your talents with the children, this will be very welcome.
  
  4-5 hours help per day. If you stay a week it works out as 5 days help, 2 days off. 
  
  We are also more than happy to offer other options such as, if you bring your own camper-van to stay in and prefer to look after your own meals, then you can do 2 hours per day. Get in touch to discuss options.
  
  When you are here, you will be experiencing genuine Nz family life - that can be hilarious, hectic, noisy and fun. Sometimes we will have the time to work alongside you, however, sometimes, when family life is busy, you will need to work alone at your tasks. This means that you need to be self-motivated, and responsible. Of course you can ask for direction or clarification about any task.
  
  Whilst we have not yet hosted Workawayers, we have hosted Wwoofers. Here's some feedback from a wonderful Wwoofing family we hosted recently:
  
  "We are a family of 5. We were welcomed by Sam and Aria's entire family to their beautiful property for two weeks. Living conditions were wonderful. We were able to help and exchange a lot with them. They respect working hours and make sure they allow you to discover the surrounding area. We discovered vegetarian cuisine with great pleasure. It was a very nice meeting. We highly recommend this wwoofing to everyone!"

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  Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

  Hilfe bei Ökoprojekten

  Unterrichten

  Gartenarbeiten

  Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten

  Betreuung von Tieren

  Zubereiten / Kochen von Mahlzeiten für die Familie

  Hausarbeiten

  Handwerkliche Arbeiten

  Hilfe mit Computer /Internet
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  Interessengebiete

  

  Vegetarier / Veganer

  

  Selbstentwicklung

  

  Zeichnen & Malen

  

  Bücher

  

  Gärtnern

  

  Gartenarbeiten

  

  Tiere

  

  Natur

  

  Camping

  

  Outdoor-Aktivitäten
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  Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

  We are from a mixed Swiss/Kiwi/Uk ancestory but all born here in Aotearoa New Zealand.
  We can teach you gardening skills, some DIY, help you understand the Kiwi culture and generally have a fun and interesting exchange together.
  We wish for our children (ages 9-15 years) to meet people from diverse backgrounds and be given opportunities to learn from many different 'teachers'.

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  Projekte mit Kindern

  Dieses Projekt schließt möglicherweise den Umgang mit Kindern ein. Mehr Informationen findest du in unseren Verhaltensregeln und Tipps hier.

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  Arbeit

  Tasks: planting native trees, creating garden beds, helping with house cleaning, weeding, pizza oven building - all sorts!

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  Sprachen

  Gesprochene Sprachen
  Englisch: Fließend

  Dieser Gastgeber bietet Sprachaustausch an
  If you can speak Schweizerdeutsch or German - awesome! We would love our kids to learn.
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  Unterkunft

  You will have a room in our large house. Single bed, fold-out couch or possibly a futon are the bed options.
  
  You could also choose to camp in our garden if you prefer to be closer to nature.
  
  There is space to park your campervan.
  
  We are Vegetarian. We hope you will enjoy our vegetarian cuisine while you stay with us. We do eat dairy products and free range eggs.
  
  We try to eat wholefoods, organic where possible. If you are gluten-free we can try to accommodate this for dinners but please bring your own gluten free bread if you need bread.

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  Was noch ...

  10-15 minutes drive from central Whangārei - we can collect you at the central bus station if you arrive by public transport. We have a dog and two cats. We have a swimming pool. Locally there is the Hundertwasser Art Gallery, great beaches, the Quarry gardens and waterfalls as well as the stunningly beautiful Tutukākā coast famous for it's outstanding scuba diving and snorkelling experiences.

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  Etwas mehr Information

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    Internet Zugang

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    Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang

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    Wir besitzen Tiere

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    Wir sind Raucher

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    Familien möglich

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  Kann Digital Nomads unterbringen

  Unlimited wi-fi but Wi-fi turns off around 11pm each night and re-connects around 7am each morning.

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  Platz zum Abstellen von Camper Vans

  You can park under our tall carport but be aware - our driveway is very steep and winding and gravel. If your campervan is not powerful you might have trouble getting back up the driveway. Most 'normal' vehicles manage just fine.

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  Hier sind Haustiere in der Regel willkommen

  Female dogs are welcome. Our collie occasionally reacts poorly to other male dogs.

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  Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal

  mehr als zwei

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  Meine Tiere/Haustiere

  Nuku and Merckz

  2 x Cats - elderly but still sweet.
  

  2 x Sheep: Matterhorn and Pilatus

  Bruno

  Red border collie. Very smart, very fun and playful. Throw him a stick and he'll be your best friend forever!

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