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Last replied
3 Jul 2025
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Description
I am in my sixties, energetic, love life, healthy eating, non drinker or smoker, down to earth and like good food, music , card games and movies and good conversation. I am into meditation and healthy living. I would prefer helpers be male, gay friendly and reasonably quiet living. Smoking is ok outside the house. Can collect from the bus or train no problem.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
General Maintenance
Help around the house
Language practice
Art Projects
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
A chance to have a go at casting glass using the lost wax process.
Help
Over the last year with the help from great workawayer's my house has been painted and garden landscaped. The work I now require is general garden maintenance and maybe some garden improvements...If I have no work I will take you to elderly friends who require work done around there place and who are not in able to host....help in the studio if I think it is right for you. My art practice usually keeps me quite busy so its good to have workers who can take instructions and be left to to the job also happy with supervision and do the projects together.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Accommodation
In return for 4 to 5 hours work, I offer a very comfortable room in relaxed home environment along with plenty of good healthy food,
What else ...
There may also be some time available to explore your artistic side, and the occasional sightseeing tour if time permits. My home is one hour north of Wellington in the coastal town of Waikanae which has supermarket and movie theater etc. It is a 20 minute walk to the village and train / bus station.Trains regularly go to Wellington and buses to the beaches along with great bush walk just behind me.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
My animals / pets
Feedback (6)
Different kind of job in a relax atmosphere.
Graeme's works are so impressive, with a very good teacher I could make my first step in the glass art !
Thx Graeme :)
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Different kind of job in a relax atmosphere.
Graeme's works are so impressive, with a very good teacher I could make my first step in the glass art !
Thx Graeme :)
He is pretty good at cards, but that is because I let guest win so they don't feel to bad :-))
I generally allow the helper have a go at making a… read more
Always good to have a good card player in the house...I let him win by the way...lol
I wish him well in his travels.
Graeme
Alan fitted in well, is house trained, appreciative and independent and a great DJ introducing me to new music. It was a real pleasure to host him.
Graeme
We really enjoyed the time we spend with him, Graeme did a great job in entertaining us.
He has a really nice personallity and is really open minded, and also Agent 86 (Graeme) loves to talk about his experience on his several missions all over the world.
Just ask him about all the stuff you will see in his… read more
