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Love animals? I'm needing a reliable, responsible person to look after my pets whilst I am away. And do a little weeding in my garden, and house cleaning (at least, you can stay longer, see below).
START DATE: Can be slightly flexible on start date, From Monday 16th -18th Feb. But definitely need to be here for the 18th as that is the day before I leave and Id like to show you around and introduce the dog etc.
END DATE Monday 23rd or anytime that week, but leave before the weekend.
I have a lovely art filled small home in Raglan, which is an amazing town. I have a couple of creative courtyard gardens with vege (you can help yourself to summer vege) and flowers. I have a smoochy cat Eme and a crazy, funny little maltese x Rory and a 25kg mastiff X lap dog, who loves sleeping upside down most of the day. The dogs would love a walk, but if theres only one workawayer, they could go day about.
I have a spare room with a comfy king single bed, and a single trundle popup bed, but if that is up, makes the room small. I also have an office about 20 steps from the house, with again, a comfy king single, power, celing fan etc, so if you want to sleep in your own space you can.
House has gas hot water, and cooking, unlimited WiFi.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
Animal Care
Help around the house
Interests
Sustainability
Politics / Social justice
Pets
Plant care
Gardening
DIY & crafts
Animals
Nature
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
I am into sustainable living, happy to talk and share ideas.
Plus you will be living in my home, seeing kiwi culture up close.
Help
Pet sitting - feeding a cat and dogs. And walking dog each day 30 mins or more! She loves adventures.
Weeding in my garden.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Accommodation
Your own bedroom. King single bed, and a single bed that are very comfortable.
And an office just 20 steps from house 1 X KS
I will provide food.
What else ...
Raglan has loads of great cafes, nice beach side walks, surfing (of course) and cool arty shops
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
My animals / pets
Eme
Eme has no boundaries, she likes to put her wet nose on your neck. Whether you want ih or not. She also hugs you
Rory
Playful, confident dog. Not yappy. Loves a walk but also loves belly rubs.
Host ref number: 131958633858
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23 May 2025
Left by Workawayer (Liv-Grete) for host
I had a wonderful Workaway experience staying with Sally in Raglan. My main tasks involved cleaning and cooking, which we often did together—and the meals we made were absolutely delicious! Communication with Sally was easy and clear from the start, and she went out of her way to make sure I felt comfortable and had everything I needed.
She gave… read more
She gave… read more
22 May 2025
Left by host for Workawayer (Liv-Grete)
Liv is lovely. Such an interesting young woman, who in her travels has done stuff 99% of young backpackers wouldn't.
She was very easy to share my home with, she cooked great meals and also got my house and garden spic and span. I really appreciated her time helping me while I was very busy w work.
She's great with animals too, very in tune… read more
She was very easy to share my home with, she cooked great meals and also got my house and garden spic and span. I really appreciated her time helping me while I was very busy w work.
She's great with animals too, very in tune… read more
(Excellent
)
24 Apr 2025
Left by host for Workawayer (Julia)
Julie is a wonderful workawayer. She's really interested in how we live life here, and all she can learn sbt NZ.
She worked really hard and helped me out a lot. She is a cheerful person and very easy to have stay in my home.
She worked really hard and helped me out a lot. She is a cheerful person and very easy to have stay in my home.
(Excellent
)
9 Mar 2025
Left by Workawayer (Pierre) for host
I spent 5 great days at Sally's. Sally is a lovely person. She recommended lots of activities and places to visit.
Sally also introduced me to Kiwi culture.
I loved spending time with Sally and her animals.
Thank you so much!
Sally also introduced me to Kiwi culture.
I loved spending time with Sally and her animals.
Thank you so much!
8 Mar 2025
Left by host for Workawayer (Pierre)
Pierre and his friend Yuito communicated well and arrived as expected.
Pierre is a lovely guy, really enjoying the start of his time in New Zealand. He is interested in practicing his English and knowing Abt me and life in NZ.
He worked really hard, and did an excellent job sanding back and then painting my shed. He is also a great cook and he… read more
Pierre is a lovely guy, really enjoying the start of his time in New Zealand. He is interested in practicing his English and knowing Abt me and life in NZ.
He worked really hard, and did an excellent job sanding back and then painting my shed. He is also a great cook and he… read more
(Excellent
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23 May 2025
Left by Workawayer (Liv-Grete) for host
I had a wonderful Workaway experience staying with Sally in Raglan. My main tasks involved cleaning and cooking, which we often did together—and the meals we made were absolutely delicious! Communication with Sally was easy and clear from the start, and she went out of her way to make sure I felt comfortable and had everything I needed.
She gave… read more
She gave… read more
22 May 2025
Left by host for Workawayer (Liv-Grete)
Liv is lovely. Such an interesting young woman, who in her travels has done stuff 99% of young backpackers wouldn't.
She was very easy to share my home with, she cooked great meals and also got my house and garden spic and span. I really appreciated her time helping me while I was very busy w work.
She's great with animals too, very in tune… read more
She was very easy to share my home with, she cooked great meals and also got my house and garden spic and span. I really appreciated her time helping me while I was very busy w work.
She's great with animals too, very in tune… read more
(Excellent)
24 Apr 2025
Left by host for Workawayer (Julia)
Julie is a wonderful workawayer. She's really interested in how we live life here, and all she can learn sbt NZ.
She worked really hard and helped me out a lot. She is a cheerful person and very easy to have stay in my home.
She worked really hard and helped me out a lot. She is a cheerful person and very easy to have stay in my home.
(Excellent)
9 Mar 2025
Left by Workawayer (Pierre) for host
I spent 5 great days at Sally's. Sally is a lovely person. She recommended lots of activities and places to visit.
Sally also introduced me to Kiwi culture.
I loved spending time with Sally and her animals.
Thank you so much!
Sally also introduced me to Kiwi culture.
I loved spending time with Sally and her animals.
Thank you so much!
8 Mar 2025
Left by host for Workawayer (Pierre)
Pierre and his friend Yuito communicated well and arrived as expected.
Pierre is a lovely guy, really enjoying the start of his time in New Zealand. He is interested in practicing his English and knowing Abt me and life in NZ.
He worked really hard, and did an excellent job sanding back and then painting my shed. He is also a great cook and he… read more
Pierre is a lovely guy, really enjoying the start of his time in New Zealand. He is interested in practicing his English and knowing Abt me and life in NZ.
He worked really hard, and did an excellent job sanding back and then painting my shed. He is also a great cook and he… read more
(Excellent)
8 Mar 2025
Left by Workawayer (Yuito) for host
I stayed Sally's for only 5 days but experienced heaps of things.
sally is a lovely person, keen to share her knowledge about New Zealand. she showed us around raglan town and took us lots of activities.
I am very happy to spend the end of my summer in New Zealand with her and create memories that I wil never forget.
thanks a lot!!!!
sally is a lovely person, keen to share her knowledge about New Zealand. she showed us around raglan town and took us lots of activities.
I am very happy to spend the end of my summer in New Zealand with her and create memories that I wil never forget.
thanks a lot!!!!
8 Mar 2025
Left by host for Workawayer (Yuito)
Yuito and his french friend communicated well and arrived as planned.
Yuito is a cool guy, he speaks great English and is really interested in learning abt kiwi culture.
He worked really hard in my garden, and also some painting
Would 100% reccomed Yuito .
Yuito is a cool guy, he speaks great English and is really interested in learning abt kiwi culture.
He worked really hard in my garden, and also some painting
Would 100% reccomed Yuito .
(Excellent)
13 Jan 2025
Left by Workawayer (Grace & Jack) for host
Sally was a great host and perfect for our first Workaway! She shared her home with us and supplied us with some delicious local food to cook each night.
All of the tasks were exactly as listed and we worked for a few hours a day and then would get the afternoons to explore! Also fell in love with all of her animals - Rory, Baloo & Eme.
All of the tasks were exactly as listed and we worked for a few hours a day and then would get the afternoons to explore! Also fell in love with all of her animals - Rory, Baloo & Eme.
13 Jan 2025
Left by host for Workawayer (Grace & Jack)
Grave and Jack are lovely. Super easy to share my home with. They also cracked into a couple days of hardcore weeding, and then did some painting prep and outdoor painting. They really did a good job and I really appreciated it!
Jack is a keen cook, likes learning abt NZ foods, so I had some lovely dinners cooked while I was at work.
Highly… read more
Jack is a keen cook, likes learning abt NZ foods, so I had some lovely dinners cooked while I was at work.
Highly… read more
(Excellent)
26 Jan 2024
Left by Workawayer (Miriam) for host
Sally has a big heart and two very gentle dogs as well as a Cat. she is very experienced with diy-ing and has a beautiful place to live. the Communication about the work, tidying up a Garahe, went well and instructions were clear. She even took me to her friends and out with the Dogs and gave me lots of information about Raglan and New Zealand in… read more
15 Oct 2023
Left by host for Workawayer (Ciara)
Ciara is the most lovely person. She's super easy to have in your home, she's fun, got lots of different interest and is easy to talk to.
She did a massive amount of work at my place, cooking, deeping cleaning my whole house, gardening, windows, and she was cheerful w it all! She really is a hard worker.
Would totally recommend.
She did a massive amount of work at my place, cooking, deeping cleaning my whole house, gardening, windows, and she was cheerful w it all! She really is a hard worker.
Would totally recommend.
(Excellent)
30 Jun 2023
Left by host for Workawayer (Ruud)
Ruud and Indiane are super lovely, friendly and easy to have in your home.
They are also super hardworking! They did massive work in my garden, chopping off branches, weeding, moving compost, filled a whole green waste skip bin!
Then they made a couple of things using power tools. These would have taken me ages and they did it in ond… read more
They are also super hardworking! They did massive work in my garden, chopping off branches, weeding, moving compost, filled a whole green waste skip bin!
Then they made a couple of things using power tools. These would have taken me ages and they did it in ond… read more
(Excellent)
22 Dec 2022
Left by host for Workawayer (Lena)
Lena and her friend Fleur came to stay and deep clean my house before the holidays. They were super lovely women, they worked really hard, and I really appreciated their help. They are really good people to have in your home, very easy to be around. Totally wld recommend.
(Excellent)
28 Aug 2020
Left by Workawayer (Jordan & Stephanie) for host
We really enjoyed our stay at Sally's. The work was good, getting out in the garden and building the fence, with plenty of free time to enjoy Raglan. We enjoyed going for walks along the beach with Sally and the dogs. Even got to experience, one of the community projects Sally is involved in called crop swap. Sally was a very accommodating host,… read more
28 Aug 2020
Left by host for Workawayer (Jordan & Stephanie)
Jordan and Steph were super cool and lovely to have in my home. They did a MASSIVE clean up of my garden, weeding, chopping, hauling, trimming.... A whole skip bin full. They worked really hard and did more than I thought possible in the time. They also built a really professional fence. Really grateful to them. And would 100% recommend. Have fun… read more
(Excellent)
20 Dec 2019
Left by Workawayer (Marusa & Marusa) for host
We really enjoyed our stay at Sally's lovely house, she let us use it as it's ours. Sally is really friendly and it was nice to hang out with her and her dog! She even helped us with searching for work and introduced us to her friends. The jobs we had to do at her place were easy, so we had a lot of fun over there :)
17 Dec 2019
Left by host for Workawayer (Marusa & Marusa)
These women are really cool, fun, funny, and share lots of tales of life in Slovenia. They were really easy to have in my home, they appreciated everything I have here. They were super helpful and did an amazing job cleaning my house from top to bottom, plus some garden jobs. Great cooks as well!
(Excellent)
30 Oct 2019
Left by host for Workawayer (Fiorella & Paloma)
Fiorella and Paloma stayed in my home for a week. They were very easy to have and were really nice women. They speak really good English so was fun having them stay. They did a hard day's work each day in my garden, lots of weeding, using the weed whacker, pruning and planting. They work very hard.
Plus they are great cooks! I got yo enjoy lots… read more
Plus they are great cooks! I got yo enjoy lots… read more
(Excellent)
27 Oct 2019
Left by Workawayer (Fiorella & Paloma) for host
Our first experience as WorkAwayers was great. Thanks to Sally, we passed a wonderful week in Raglan. We really enjoyed our stay there. She has two lovely dogs and a sweet little cat. Right after our arrival we felt immediately comfortable at her place, Sally welcomed us warmly. We shared great moments with her: walks along beautiful beaches,… read more
28 Jun 2019
Left by Workawayer (Anete) for host
This was our first workaway experiance and it was amazing! We stayed with Sally for a week and we really felt welcomed and usefull and it felt lika a safe place for the week. Just like home! Sally introdced us to Raglan, told us about various thing we could do here and took us for a couple of walks with her lovely dog Bell (the world most calm… read more
22 Nov 2018
Left by host for Workawayer (Hannah & Philip)
Hannah and Phil are the best workawayers! They are fun, interesting and been to v cool places and have the stories to share. They did lots of hard work and really helped me. Delicious cooks too! See you soon guys
(Excellent)
22 Nov 2018
Left by Workawayer (Hannah & Philip) for host
We had an awesome time with Sally! She was a brilliant host and we felt so comfortable and at home with her. Her house is great, and her dog Bell is an absolute dream. We feel really lucky to have met Sally and are really grateful for how welcoming she was and how much she did for us. Can't wait to catch up again next time we pass through Raglan!
23 Aug 2018
Left by host for Workawayer (Laiila)
I had Killian and Laiila come and stay for 2 weeks. They worked really hard, painting and building a new front fence so I can have foster dogs. They did a really great job. Would totally reccomend these guys. Plus they play uno!
(Excellent)
22 Jun 2018
Left by host for Workawayer (Brittney)
Brittney and her friend were excellent guests, they were super helpful and did some good jobs while staying with me. And they cook really lovely meals. Both are animal lovers and good company.
(Excellent)
26 Feb 2018
Left by Workawayer (Elise) for host
Sally welcomed us with the best fish & ships ever in New Zealand (you can choose the fish you want!!) and made us also discover awesome places around Raglan to take a nice pic nic and Sally also knows and loves to share so many things about nature and culture in New Zealand !! She is all the more a person full of good energy and we had very good… read more
23 Feb 2018
Left by host for Workawayer (Elise)
Elise and her friend were lovely to have in my home. They were very respectful of the space. They worked hard and cooked lovely meals. Happy to recommend them.
(Excellent)
25 Feb 2018
Left by Workawayer (Kristin & Jeff) for host
Our stay with Sally was truly a highlight of our time in NZ! We had an absolute blast. Sally was very welcoming, relaxed, super funny, had interesting stories to share and is well-connected in the Raglan community. She provided a really comfortable room and great food. The work load was very reasonable and we were able to spend ample time checking… read more
6 Dec 2017
Left by host for Workawayer (Kristin & Jeff)
Kristen and Jeff are great to have around, great company and very respectful of your hone. They are super hard workers and did a lot of jobs in a short space of time. Very much appreciated. They are interested in NZ and learning all about our culture and way of life.
(Excellent)
24 Feb 2018
Left by Workawayer (Amy) for host
Had a great time working and staying with Sally at her home. She’s very accommodating and a great person to be around. Such a great location and very cozy place. The work was great- we were able to get our work done in the morning and have most of the afternoon free to ourselves. Learned a lot about NZ culture and had a good time watching some NZ… read more
23 Feb 2018
Left by host for Workawayer (Amy)
Amy and her friend were awesome. Both super nice and positive people. Really easy to have them in my home, they were very respectful of the space. They are interesting and keen to learn s out NZ too. They both worked really really hard, I was amazed at how they got thru the jobs. Totally recommend.
(Excellent)
23 Oct 2017
Left by host for Workawayer (Bethany & Michael)
Hi. I had Beth and Mike staying with me. They are super lovely cheerful people, very nice and easy to have in my home. They did great work inside and outside my place. Mike did a great job on "the tools" in my garden. Totally recommend these guys.
(Excellent)
23 Oct 2017
Left by Workawayer (Bethany & Michael) for host
Sally was a great host! We really enjoyed our time with her and her amazing pets :) great communication when we were organising the workaway. Jobs weren’t too strenuous and we had lots of free time to enjoy Raglan, Sally lives in a great location!
