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Learn about permaculture on a farm in New Plymouth, New Zealand

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  2025 

 Min stay requested: No minimum

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  • Description

    Description

    We are developing the gardens following permaculture principles: integrating animals (horses/sheep/chickens) to fertilise the fruit forest, vegetable gardens, and riparian planting. We are on a 10-acre farm close to town, the mountain, the sea, and the mountain biking park. Our place has a lot of potential and we need help making this place more efficient and make it a community place.
    We are a well-traveled family of five (with 3 teenagers) loving a good chat. We all love the outdoors: mainly adventure racing, horse riding, and mountain biking.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Art Projects
    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Farmstay help
    Creating/ Cooking family meals
    Help around the house
    General Maintenance
  • UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN goals
    No poverty
    Zero hunger
    Good health and well-being
    Quality education
    Gender equality
    Clean water and sanitation
    Affordable and clean energy
    Decent work and economic growth
    Industries, innovation and infrastructure
    Reduce inequality
    Sustainable cities and communities
    Responsible consumption and production
    Climate action
    Life below water
    Life on land
    Peace, justice and strong institutions
    Partnerships for the goals
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    We are a mix of Kiwi / Dutch / French cultures. I am on the farm looking after the short-term rental, the animals, and the gardens. My husband is working full time. My 19-year-old boy is in his first year at university in Canterbury studying engineering; both our 17-year-old boy and 15 year-old girl are at high school.

  • Projects involving children

    Projects involving children

    This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

  • Help

    Help

    I would love help with developing gardens, making this place more efficient thanks to your ingenuity, and growing into a more self-sufficient homestay. Help will depend on what you can offer, ranging from weeding to building additional features in the gardens and developing ways to be more self-efficient.

  • Languages spoken

    English: Fluent
    Spanish: Fluent
    French: Fluent

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    The accommodation will be in a 6 bedroom house while I don't have paying guests staying. You will have the full house to yourselves unless we have another helping person at the same time as you. We are living 2 km away and would love to spend as much time with you as we can, but we are an active family spending as much time outside as we can. We will only provide accommodation with the odd meals taken together. You need to have a car to be independent.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    Lots of activities you can do around: surfing/mountain biking/shopping ( all 10 mn away max), tramping on the mountain (20 mn away). You need a car to go around.
    If you are keen you can play on the pool table/table tennis. We also have lots of board games.

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Can host digital nomads

    Can host digital nomads

    The wifi is not always stable though

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    There are lot of parking space for a campervan

  • Can possibly accept pets

    Can possibly accept pets

    They need to be well trained

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    More than two

Host ref number: 711512467711

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