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An environment enhanced with permaculture design to get off the grid in a self sustaining and resourceful way using nature and water with large scale plantings to encourage and restore ecology in this beautiful historical valley where the first explorers and missionaries came to Aotearoa including Charles Darwin.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Interests
Sustainability
Pets
Farming
Plant care
Photography
Drawing & painting
Cooking & food
Carpentry
Animals
Outdoor activities
Nature
Camping
Gardening
DIY & crafts
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
During your stay, you'll gain a solid understanding of permaculture and how to create a self-sustaining environment. You can learn about nature, water management, solar energy, plant propagation, and ecology. We’ll soon begin an earth-building project, where you’ll get hands-on experience using natural, reclaimed, and recycled materials in our unique designs.
You’ll also be part of our daily life here — helping with our private garden, orchards, vegetable beds, and animals. There’s always something creative to do, from keeping the place tidy to cooking, art, or small projects, depending on your interests and skills.
We love cultural exchange! Sharing food is a big part of life here — we enjoy trying your favorite dishes or specialties from your home country, and we’ll share ours too. We’re always happy to learn about your culture, language, and stories, and we look forward to getting to know you as part of our community.
Help
At the moment (November 2025), we’re looking for extra hands to help us around our home and property. The help is for our private gardens and household projects, not for our business activities.
The type of help varies depending on the season, weather, and what’s most needed at the time. Typical tasks may include:
* Caring for the vegetable garden, orchards, and greenhouse
* Planting seedlings and sowing vegetable or grass seeds
* Helping with garden bed construction, mulching, and pathway maintenance
* Feeding and caring for our animals (chickens, dogs)
* Cooking, preserving food, or baking, depending on your interests and skills
* Tidying shared spaces and helping with spring/autumn clean-ups
* Light creative projects, such as painting, decorating, or small DIY builds
Our aim is to create and maintain a self-sufficient, sustainable lifestyle. We enjoy experimenting with permaculture principles, recycled materials, and natural building methods.
We’re looking for active, hands-on people who enjoy nature, ecology, and animals. You’ll learn practical skills in sustainable living, propagation, and organic gardening, while sharing delicious meals made from our own produce.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Spanish: Beginner
Accommodation
Private or shared accomodations for one 2 or 3 people. This will be the highlight of your visit as you have your own space and star filled nights to enjoy your own independence. Our communal area and kitchen is the hub, we usually have shared dinner together and make our own with food provided for breakfast and lunch.
We have a therapy room where Nadège practices deep tissue massage and we have library of books and other activities like sport equipment and yoga mats you will be able to use.
What else ...
Around the area we have lots of half day activities and we encourage people with vehicles to go camping in one of the amazing DOC camping sites in the Far North.
Close to us is an amazing theurapuetic hot springs. (Ngawha mineral pools)
We have many rivers and waterfalls close by great for swimming under.
Puketi forest walks and Giant Kauri trees. (30min drive)
Northland's biggest and most famous artisian markets every weekend at the Kerikeri packhouse markets only 10 min drive away
Historical points of interest from Nz's first stone buildings, shops, missionary house, bridges and mills are all found within a short bike ride, also we have many cultural centers known as Marae's and musuems celebrating our unique cultural history.
We are central to Northland so you can get to Cape reinga and back in a day exploring so many treasures along the way including your chance to drive on the amazing te oneroa (90 mile beach)
40 minute drive to the west you're in the Hokianga and wild west coast! And 30min to the East for some incredible tourist trails around countless sandy untouched beaches and short walks we can recommend.
We are 30 min from the Bay of islands and Russell beaches and the infamous Cape Brett overnight walk or many boat and fishing cruises. Come stay for free and help us out and we will endeavour to show you our part of the world
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
We have space for campers up to 6-7m also limited space for trailers and caravans also but its not level terrain and windy roads however turning areas are available and drive base is solid.
Can possibly accept pets
Depending on the pet, we have two labradors with the male unfixed.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
My animals / pets
Molly and Milo
Friendly labradors..need care to not leave food around! They love cuddles and attention but we keep one tied up at all times so they don't run away! We swap them regularly and they love their life!
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Work was flexible and varied, whatever needed to be done or you were keen to help out with. Among others, I cleaned a caravan, moved firewood, relocated plants and picked some olives.
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Work time is really flexible and the Work will, as much as possible, be selected after you individuell interest and Talents.
If you wanna connect with Nature, expierence an Off grid live Style and learn about Kiwi… read more
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