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Hello and welcome! We're Hayden, Valeria and our newest member Catalina. You'll find us in Waipapa, a 10 minute drive to Kerikeri and 20ish min drive to the numerous beautiful beaches in the Bay of Islands region. Our home is nestled at the end of a long driveway, with peaceful mountain views, giving you a sense of complete privacy and tranquility.
We also share our home with a friendly dog, an affectionate cat, 3 sheep, and 5 chickens—so there’s always a bit going on!
We're an easy going, friendly family that enjoy spending time in nature, going to the beach, swimming, hiking, eating yummy food and making the most of our little slice of paradise.
We have a queen bed with great views, yummy vegetarian meals and flexible work hours to work around your plans. We mostly need help with maintaining our property. Mainly things in the garden, some housework and the odd maintenance jobs. 4-5 hours of work, 5 days a week.
Must love cheeky toddlers!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Interests
Vegetarian or vegan
Van life
Sustainability
Events & social
Photography
Music
Gardening
Drawing & painting
Carpentry
Books
Art & design
Animals
Yoga / Wellness
Sailing / Boating
Nature
Hiking
Camping
Beach
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Valeria was born in Colombia but has lived in NZ more than half her life. She was a vet nurse before being full time mum so has some good animal knowledge she can pass on.
Hayden is an Aussie and has lots of experience in building and is happy to share what he knows.
Together we've done a lot of travel, we love different cultures and learning from other travellers.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
Gardening work - weeding, planting, general housework
Animal care such as feeding chickens and sheep and helping clean the coop.
Hayden is a builder by trade so he's very knowledgeable about maintenance and projects
Valeria is learning about veggie gardens
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: 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
You will stay in the downstairs area of our home. We have a queen size bed with beautiful garden views and your own lounge to relax, with a fully equipped kitchen.
We have breakfast and lunch food you can help yourself to and we cook dinner each night, mainly vegetarian but sometimes we eat seafood. We have seasonal fruit available from the garden that you van help yourself from.
What else ...
The Far North has an abundance of beauty to discover. It would be best if you had your own vehicle to get around in, but Valeria is happy to take you into town when possible to explore.
Please no smokers.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
Expect slower WiFi speeds than in cities
Space for parking camper vans
Don't have grey or black water emptying facilities
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
My animals / pets
Señor Bigote
Señor is a very happy, relaxed kitty. He is quite lazy and mostly sleeps in all different areas of the house and goes for little adventures at night.
He love cuddles!
Wombat (2 years)
Wombat is a very happy, energetic, boy. He loves people and gets very excited when greeting you, we're working on his jumping. He loves the beach, swimming and chasing the ball. He's also very sweet and cuddly and loves a pat
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