Help us with our garden in Waipu, East Coast of New Zealand

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  Description

  On the East Coast of NZ, 1&1/2 hours north of Auckland, our beautiful property is about 200 metres from the beach via private access. A 5 min drive will take you to Waipu Cove, a beautiful beach destination and 5 mins the other way takes you to Waipu, a small town with cafes and reknown Pizza Barn. As well as being a thriving tourist centre, it has a strong history and relationship with Scotland and a very strong local and alternative community.
  
  My husband, Martin and I built our house about 6 years ago, it is spacious and has a private space for people to stay. It is fully powered by solar and with our surplus, we feed the electricity grid. Martin grew up in Indonesia and speaks Indonesian, and I grew up in the UK, we moved to NZ many years ago. We have four adult children, who have all left home. We love to cook and share international and spicy meals. We make our own bread, sourcrout, pickles and yogurt. We are down to earth people, we eat meat, have a sense of humour are not politically correct!
  
  In the future, we want to be mostly self sufficient, we have a large vegetable and herb garden, an orchard with over 60 fruit trees and a growing olive grove as well as hens. We love fresh produce and we store a lot of our produce - bottled, frozen or dried. We want assistance around the property, painting, and with gardening and optionally in the kitchen.
  
  We are looking for people who would like to stay 2 weeks max and they must have their own car or be able to get to Waipu (the bus into Waipu is not running for a number of weeks until after Easter, while they undertake road repairs on the Brynderwyn Hills).

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  General Maintenance
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  We offer travellers the opportunity to experience New Zealand lifestyle in our house and community. We can share our learnings from gardening over many years, and would love to learn new things - both in the garden and kitchen.

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  Help

  Gardening, especially in the vegetable garden and orchard, as well as general gardening and using power tools to cut hedges. A little property maintenance tasks, such as painting (outside - fences and sheds). Assistance in the kitchen, making sauerkraut and drying tomatoes, etc.

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  Languages spoken

  English: Fluent

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  Accommodation

  Our house is 6 years old and travellers will have a beautiful bedroom and ensuite to stay in with a super king bed. The room is in a private part of the house and has a lovely outlook, it has a heat pump and air con.
  We have a large kitchen and outdoor eating areas. We would enjoy sharing cooking and eating dinner with travellers. Travellers will likely make their own breakfast and lunch and we have a good selection of foods and ingredients.

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  What else ...

  The beaches are beautiful for swimming, walking or surfing. There are other walks in the hills or bush nearby. We have 2 acres and have good neighbours around us. There are two communities (Waipu and Waipu Cove), both about 4 km away - with cafes and some tourist activities.

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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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  Can host digital nomads

  Martin always works from home and Virginia works from home several days a week. We have a good wifi connection and the bedroom has plenty of space for working with a side table that could be used.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  We have a concrete driveway and several parking places to the side of the house, that could offer privacy beside a lawn.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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  Hours expected

  5 hours a day for 5 days then 2 days off.