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Hellooo!!! from New Zealand's Wild West Coast – Friendly Home in a Surf Community Near Auckland
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Hi everyone,
We've been hosting Workawayers for many years and continue to genuinely enjoy the experience of meeting people from around the world. Some of our past Workawayers have become lifelong friends, and we look forward to welcoming someone new into our home.
We live in beautiful Piha on New Zealand's rugged west coast, about an hour from Auckland. Piha is a small surf community of around 500 people, surrounded by native bush, black sand beaches, waterfalls, and stunning coastal scenery. It's a wonderful place if you love nature, hiking, surfing, photography, or simply slowing down and enjoying a relaxed lifestyle.
We are looking for someone to paint a few bits and pieces, and can do some garden work.
We have chickens, bees a cockatiel and two poodle crosses who are training to be therapy dogs.
We're ideally looking for someone who is:
- Kind, reliable, and practical
- Confident driving
- Happy helping someone recover from surgery
- Independent and comfortable living in a small beach community
We would prefer someone who can stay for approximately two weeks.
In return, you'll experience life in one of New Zealand's most beautiful coastal communities, enjoy a relaxed family environment, and have plenty of opportunities to explore the surrounding beaches, bush walks, and west coast scenery.
If this sounds like a good fit, we'd love to hear from you. Please tell us a little about yourself, your driving experience, and why you'd like to spend some time in Piha.
Looking forward to hearing from you!
Stefanie & Bryce & Josh (20 years old)
Piha, Auckland, New Zealand
We offer your own room, fast fibre internet, walking distance to the beach. We would like someone from 22nd of June onwards.
PS. Surf school is just across the road!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
House & pet sitting
Interests
Sustainability
Self development
Politics / Social justice
Pets
LGBTQ
Farming
Culture
Events & social
Charity work
Writing
Music
Languages
Gardening
Drawing & painting
DIY & crafts
Cooking & food
Carpentry
Books
Architecture
Animals
Nature
Beach
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Living in a small surf village, friendly environment
Help
As above!
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Spanish: Beginner
French: Beginner
Accommodation
Own bedroom
Fibre internet
A large beach home
What else ...
Walk to beach in 15 minutes, drive to beach in 1 minute
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
Great high speed wifi is included (fibre)
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
My animals / pets
2
Elizabeth and Heidi
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He is also a very talented DJ and was the DJ at my sons 18th birthday party. It was a HIT!!
We really enjoyed the… read more
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He is also a very talented DJ and was the DJ at my sons 18th birthday party. It was a HIT!!
We really enjoyed the… read more
100% trust worthy kind and caring!
Highly recommend this young man!
He is very entertaining can do card tricks and has many card games. When we had issues with our marriage he even supported both of us with a lot of wisdom and humour. Extremely good cook, great company -and… read more
He is especially skilled in landscaping.
A guy with a great design sense, hard working and very easy to get along with.
We want you back or can we multiply Zacs?
Stef and Bryce
Safe travels! Xxxxxx
He was very skilled in all the garden work we asked him to do and worked hard and without a need for supervision.
He dis more then expected and was a very interesting communication partner.
We will always remember Vincent. Thank you for your time with us in crazy Piha.
5 Stars a wonderful young man - Hard working, super polite, easy to live with and always doing dishes! True!!!
We love Kyle and we will miss him for his loving presence in our home! Thank you Kyle!!!
We are all sad to see him leave
Come back if you can!
Arohanui
Stefanie and whanau
Theo - you will be missed!
We really enjoyed hosting Matthias in our home. He is very polite and very helpful. Hope to see you again!
Stef and Bryce
See you I hope
The place and the family are awesome! We also liked the food and enjoyed the surf with Bryce after work. :)
Thank you so much for this good experience! :)
Come back any time!
Adrien is a wonderful, warm, intelligent and charismatic man with lots of enthusiasm and Energy.
Super strong, willing and goes the extra 100 miles!
Did great architecture drawings for us! Very polite and happy!!!
(The place is wonderfull!!)
I recommend!
