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Description
Whangarei, 2 hrs drive North of Auckland.
Since May 2022, I live in an uplifting home (over 100 years old) with several bedrooms set in 2 acres of land adjacent to Parihaka hill bush.
Vision to create a yoga
facilitating , meditation, play/craft, and food forest.
Currently preparing allotments & inviting interested green fingers to join in.
Yoga sharing - at the moment we hire a room at the main library - they give a low charge as they know I do not charge for the yoga workshops.
This is not a business - strictly non profit project.
Lovely Tutukaka beaches & Poor Knights island (diving center) is less than 30 mins drive from here.
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Have lived most of my life in London, also 5 yrs in the mountains in the SW of France where I started to meditate.
Born in Penang, Malaysia. Worked in Oz for 6 years, Switzerland, Malaysia & of course in the UK.
I travelled extensively & enjoyed skiing, wind boarding, badminton, tried hang gliding, paragliding, zip wire recently.
I am a trained yoga instructor, now sharing yoga & living a quieter, healthier life.
Love the company of positive people with a good sense of humour, an open mind & are happy to learn & share. (:
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
As a trained & qualified yoga instructor I can share yoga & help in learning about the 'law of attraction''. The goal of the yoga I share is meditation, body beautiful is a bonus 😉
Previous cultural exchangees learnt new skills in DIY, yoga, language, gardening, cooking & much more.
Help
Mainly gardening (planting, weeding, lawn mowing), painting, creative landscaping (Hundertwasser style would be ambitious 😉) & edimental garden.
Housework like cleaning windows if wet weather.
Joint experiments in trying out new baking recipes. Acquired new skills in cooking a few more vegetarian dishes.
I can also offer yoga instructions leading to meditation (Yoga & assistance in preparing food time is not included in the help hours - average 4.5 hours per day).
I am looking for people who are reliable, flexible, cheerful, responsible & are happy to cooperate who can stay for 1 week (longer if mutually beneficial & convenient).
Much appreciated if telephone use is kept to the evening or during break time.
It is expected that the accommodation is left as good as found. Arrivals BEFORE noon please!
A sunny & positive disposition is ESSENTIAL (even when it rains!) ;-)
SCENT (synthetic) free environment!
A no waste culture in operation.
Please email with ADEQUATE details so I can work out if you are likely to be happy here .
Invitation is sent normally within 1 week.
Wishing everyone a great
cultural exchange experience in amazing Aotearoa.
Namastē , Leela (:
Languages
Languages spoken
English: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.
Accommodation
This grand old house has got several bedrooms (1 has got it's own bathroom & own entrance). Single bed/s.
Food can be included (shared cooking) or not - in return for less work hours
I am a flexitarian and quite happy to learn vegan/vegetarian ways.
What else ...
The location of the residence is only a few minutes walk to the town ctr.
The latest attraction in Whangarei is the beautiful & quirky Hundertwasa center.
The Aquatic ctr iis also a favourite it houses several pools indoor & outside, spa and sauna.
Growers market on Saturdays where I normally breakfast with delicious food from Hari Khrsna (Food for life).
Beaches nearby - well much much more, that's why our local slogan is 'we love it here'❣️
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
5 hours a day- 5 days a week
Feedback (2)
Only need to give instructions once, often Laura uses her own initiative.
Laura is the 1st person to not only strip the bed linen (on the departure day) but washed & hung out before 7.30am !!!
Laura, I've really enjoyed your company too… read more
If you arw looking for a host caring about you and your stay in NZ, she is the right one. There is a lot of different types of work around her property, not only weeding or gardening. Not a day is like another one and the city centre of Whangarei is… read more
He has been a joy to have around.
Good sense of humour too.
Marvin worked hard and is a fast learner.
He liked to get a job finished (not a clock watcher).
He was happy to have a go at whatever needed to be done.
He was flexible with his work time and… read more
Thank you Chloe & Marine for your much appreciated help.
Chloe & Marine are lovely company & work very hard.
They are cheerful, polite & are fast learners too.
I wish you both a thoroughly enjoyable experience in NZ.
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Only need to give instructions once, often Laura uses her own initiative.
Laura is the 1st person to not only strip the bed linen (on the departure day) but washed & hung out before 7.30am !!!
Laura, I've really enjoyed your company too… read more
If you arw looking for a host caring about you and your stay in NZ, she is the right one. There is a lot of different types of work around her property, not only weeding or gardening. Not a day is like another one and the city centre of Whangarei is… read more
He has been a joy to have around.
Good sense of humour too.
Marvin worked hard and is a fast learner.
He liked to get a job finished (not a clock watcher).
He was happy to have a go at whatever needed to be done.
He was flexible with his work time and… read more
Thank you Chloe & Marine for your much appreciated help.
Chloe & Marine are lovely company & work very hard.
They are cheerful, polite & are fast learners too.
I wish you both a thoroughly enjoyable experience in NZ.
