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We are a German family, living in NZ since 18 years, with 3 children, who have left home and are at university or working.
We have 2 dogs, and started building an off grid house in the Far North in Kerikeri. Stefan worked as a teacher, and I am running a small food cart, but since 1 year, we are mainly busy building or planting.
We would need help with land care, mowing, planting , certain aspects of building, cutting up trees, or chop wood etc. We are in the final stages of finishing our house, and are looking for 2 people to help us with our current projects. We will be painting inside and out, building a few small retaining walls, building some new fences, cutting weeds , preparing planting sites, mowing and setting up further irrigation /hoses/pipes etc.
We can accommodate 1-2 people in a cute little caravan (when travelling together). In addition we can offer a beautiful sleeping platform, tent spots and places to park the camper van. Life for our workawayers is a nice camp set up, with outdoor shower , outdoor kitchen and a compost toilet. If anyone wants support to work on their van, Stefan has all the wood working tools and is happy to give advice.
We provide 3 meals a day and can accommodate a range of dietary requirements. We usually cook fresh every evening , mainly vegetarian and like to spend some time around the bonfire - if weather conditions allow for it. This year it has been very windy so we couldn’t light a fire since November. But that hopefully will change.
We have had quite a few workawayers over the last 12 months, helping us with renovations, house building and gardening. We always had a great time and are very inclusive.
At this stage we can host 1-2 people.
We have 2 push bikes that we are happy to share with our guests to explore the area.Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
General Maintenance
House sitting
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Enjoy the beautiful North of New Zealand and explore the area, learning wood working or horticulture skills
Help
Painting, weed chopping, mowing, retaining wall building, making wood slabs, planting, irrigation set up
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: FluentAccommodation
Caravan or sleeping platform, outdoor shower, and compost toilet. See Photos.
What else ...
Kerikeri has no public transport, there is a bus from Auckland and from Kaitaia.
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Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
Campervans can be parked on the property, and we can help in making adjustments in the living space if needed.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
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They involved me in all their activities and really made me feel like I was part of the family, while I was there. But if… read more
We really enjoyed staying there for nearly 4 weeks.
Really thankful for this experience and we can only recommend this workaway to everyone interested.
With everyone so friendly we enjoyed the work as much as the famous quiznight in the pub.
Some of the kindest people… read more
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They involved me in all their activities and really made me feel like I was part of the family, while I was there. But if… read more
We really enjoyed staying there for nearly 4 weeks.
Really thankful for this experience and we can only recommend this workaway to everyone interested.
With everyone so friendly we enjoyed the work as much as the famous quiznight in the pub.
Some of the kindest people… read more
I also really enjoyed helping them out with some light jobs here and there around the house. Painting was great, but using the "Monster Mower"… read more
I did some work in cleaning and renovating their house. They always kept the number of working hours indicated in the announce sometimes less! They were very kind and patiente with me and they were very kind to my level of English which is… read more
We can warmly… read more
Thank you for the kind hosting! ☺️
Both of them were very welcoming hosts and the work was very fair compared to the experience we had.
A highlight was definitely visiting Konny at the Farmers Market a local food and arts&crafts market nearby.
They gave good… read more
i had a awesome time with konny and stefan.
the work is fun and i learned a lot about building and woodwork.
big thanks for letting me use the e-bikes aswell.
just a good workaway experience!
Thank you !
They were so welcoming, especially with taking us on when they had never had so many workawayers at a time (we were 6 them), and to both me and Murph it was a great experience.
There was a mixed of work, great food, quiz nights, banter, fire pits, and so much… read more
They were amazing hosts, who were always making us feel at home. We usually had dinner together in the evening with lots of great conversations. They always helped us out if we needed anything. And we… read more
Possibly the best thing that could happend to me, thank you for everything ^.^
I would have loved to drink a beer on the veranda. Therefore we sat at the campfire and watched the stars, which was not bad at all.
All the best and thanks for the wonderful… read more
I spend in total 5 weeks with them, 2 weeks in Lower Hutt und 3 weeks up north in KeriKeri.
Coming in I had no experience so they had to teach me most of the work. They were really nice and always willing to answer any of my… read more