Share our family life and help with gardening and painting in Kerikeri, New Zealand

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  Description

  I live on my 5 acre semi-rural property with my husband, and my family of two adult kids and two grandchildren. The property is bounded by the beautiful Waipapa River with a number of swimming holes, and separate areas where we feed a bunch of eels. I love gardening; have a large vege garden, a berry house, hot house, orchard and chooks. I try to grow as much of our food as possible. I also love a variety of crafts such as sewing, crochet, knitting, etc. Eight years ago I founded the Resilient Communities Trust for the Far North and am involved in a number of projects that help the resilience of the district. I have a post grad qualification in Sustainable Exchange (AKA Alternative Economics) and am passionate about that subject. I am involved in Transition Towns, and our local crop-swap we have each fortnight. I used to be a host a number of years ago, hosting people from all around the world, just loved it and have retained many friendships with the people who came to stay. I love cooking, so you will be well fed.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Charity Work

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  General Maintenance

  Help with Computers/ Internet
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  I love teaching people how to grow their own food, and love to share our family life with others. If you are interested you might also love learning about how to implement resilience projects and learn about how to become more self-sufficient.

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  Projects involving children

  This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

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  Help

  I am not short of things one could help with, but will tailor the projects to those who come to stay. There is always gardening and general property tasks to do, we are in the process of upgrading our house so have plenty of stuff like painting the house, and would love to have someone who is skilled in Wordpress websites to help me upgrade our Resilient Communities website.

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  Languages spoken

  English: Fluent

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  Accommodation

  We prefer a couple and the accommodation consists of a spacious room with ranch slider onto your own verandah, queen bed, with ensuite bathroom (previously built with Bed and Breakfast offering in mind, but not doing that at the moment.

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  What else ...

  We are close to Waipapa (3kms) and Kerikeri. There are lots of lovely walks locally, and not far from the coast. We have two bicycles available although they may need a small amount of maintenance (oiling, tyre pumped up etc). Even not leaving the property there is plenty to do, especially if you like the water.

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  Hours expected

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week often we do tasks for longer on one day then take all the next day off.