Learn about local life and spend time with our family in Wellington, New Zealand

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  Description

  We are a young family of 4 living in a central suburb of Wellington. Our house is a character cottage tucked away in the native bush with lots of birdlife around us but only a few minutes walk from the local supermarket and train station.
  
  Our house has a spa, a sun soaked deck and a freshly-renovated kitchen/living area.
  
  The local village, Khandallah, is a few minutes walk away and has quite a few cute cafes, pub, little shops and a nice community feel. The train takes about 15-20 minutes to get into central Wellington so there's no need for a car while you're here. But if you do have a car there's plenty of parking on the road available.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Animal Care

  Light maintenance
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  Interests

  

  Sustainability

  

  Pets

  

  Plant care

  

  Cooking & food

  

  Architecture

  

  Animals

  

  Hiking

  

  Camping

  

  Nature

  

  Outdoor activities

  

  Sailing / Boating

  

  Beach

  

  Cycling
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  Our family is a down-to-earth family with young kids who love meeting new people. We hope they will enjoy learning about your culture and maybe learn some new language skills!
  
  We speak a little bit of Te Reo Maori at home with the kids and Ardie (our 4 year old son) is learning French and Korean at kindy.
  
  We have a piano at home, and would love to hear some music if you can play or have a little jam with us.
  
  Our town hall has lots of weekly activities that you can get involved in while you're here. Wellington city also has lots of fun summer events on and hopefully the weather will be lovely for your stay.

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  Help

  We have two main tasks that we'd love some help with: looking after our chickens and helping us finish painting the house. There's also a big garden that needs endless attention if you want to alternate between painting and gardening.
  
  The chickens are very easy, they just need fresh water and food each day. They are still quite young so they might not be laying eggs every day yet but hopefully they will give you a little love back during your stay.
  
  The painting is to help us finish the task that we started (and can't seem to find time to finish with our 2 young kids taking all our attention). It will involve cleaning and prepping the exterior timber boards, filling holes, sanding the filler back, then base coat and top coats. Most of the task is on the outside of the house but we also have some small indoor painting tasks if you get time, mainly painting and staining the timber window frames.
  
  We will help get you set up and show you the tasks and we will be around to answer any questions you may have.

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  Languages spoken

  English: Fluent
  Maori: Beginner
  Swedish: Beginner

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  Accommodation

  We have a spare room with a queen bed for you to stay in. The room is big enough to fit a cot if you have a small child.
  
  Food will be provided for breakfast, lunch and dinner. When we are home, we usually all eat together but you are welcome to make your own meals if you prefer. When we are away, it will be help-yourself style!
  
  There will always be lots of food here for you, we eat breakfast lunch and dinner together as a family most days when we are at home. Saturday morning is pancake time!
  
  If we are not at home, we will make sure there are ingredients available for you to help yourself. Our kitchen is your kitchen and you are welcome to cook whenever you like. We have an espresso machine for coffee and a range of teas available too.
  
  We have citrus and fejioa (fruit) trees that you're welcome to help yourself from.
  
  Our chickens are still quite young but we hope they will start to lay eggs for us one day soon.

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  What else ...

  We have two young kids, aged 4 and 1 so you will need to be comfortable with them and the slightly chaotic lifestyle that comes with them!
  
  There are lots of lovely bush walks in the area, you can use our bikes to go for rides in the area, and enjoy the culture of Wellington.

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Can host digital nomads

  You're welcome to use our monitor and home desk space.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  Street parking, no time restrictions. Safe, quiet street.

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  Can possibly accept pets

  Would accept doggo companions to stay indoors as long as they're not too hairy. Fine to stay outside if they're hairy!

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  My animals / pets

  Luna

  Luna is our second chick, a black one (breed unknown but maybe a bantam)

  Ruby

  Ruby is our first wee chick, incubated at home and hatched in November 26 so still a young one

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