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Description
We are a Farm, a small scale intentional community and permaculture farm located in Karangahake, NZ. There is 24 in the community with a number of young hippy families endeavoring to live self-sufficiently.
The property is perfectly positioned to get to the Coromandel, Karangahake Gorge, Waihi Beach, Auckland, Hamilton and Tauranga.
We are mostly off-grid, have large gardens, a stream and swimming hole for cooling off and cold plunges, a earth sauna, we have a large board game collection, playing field for sports such as soccer, touch rugby, badminton & volleyball.
Some of the skills we hope to teach volunteers is how to grow / preserve/ cook healthy food, earth build, co-living and how to have fun together!
We usually have woman's circles once a week.
We have 2 goats, sheep and a number of chickens. Some of our residents have cats.
Matt and Amy have hosted backpackers before so have had plenty of experience hosting Workawayers.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Charity Work
Art Projects
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
General Maintenance
Interests
Events & social
Sustainability
Culture
Self development
Movies & TV
Farming
Charity work
Plant care
Music
DIY & crafts
Art & design
Cooking & food
Gardening
Photography
Hitchhiking
Drawing & painting
Carpentry
Yoga / Wellness
Team sports
Nature
Fitness
Camping
Mountain
Dancing
Beach
Cycling
Water sports
Outdoor activities
Hiking
Adventure sports
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We cook and share kai together as a community (currently 4 families and 2 singles living on the whenua (land). We often do a Maori Karakia (blessing) of our food. We like to dance and celebrate solstices and full moons. We love to play sports. We like to share our local history and culture. We can teach growing fo!od, earth building, and all of the above customs and sports.
Help
Some of our current projects / missions include; gardening, building, preserving food, finishing touches on the earth sauna and clearing mountain bike tracks.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Maori: BeginnerThis 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
We can host up to 10 volunteers at a time. We have a bunk room which can sleep 4 and if you have your own camper we have space for multiple vehicles.
We currently do a 'pot-luck' once a week with some vegan friendly food and hope to do this more regularly.
We have a communal kitchen, showers and composting toilets.
Laundry facilities are available, we do ask for a koha (gold coin donation) if you can.
No Food is included in the workaway exchange. Workawayers will have access to our small communal kitchen for cooking. Some seasonal food from the land will be available such as eggs, fruits, veges. We eat together usually at least once a week, we hope to up this when we have more guests
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Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
Need to be close to one house with unlimited ultra fast internet
Space for parking camper vans
Nice spots available
Can possibly accept pets
Dogs and cats but need to be contained / on a lead.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
My animals / pets
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