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Help with maintenance of equipment and vehicles for a survey team in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

Availability

  2025 

 Min stay requested: No minimum

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  • Description

    Description

    Our voluntary conservation work requires lots of work at our base in Hokitika, West Coast, South Island. That work is primarily in summer, with some short hard-working trips over winter too. The conditions there are very primitive. Certainly no internet.

    Over the winter we make use of a time with no field work to recycle old aircraft at a hangar in Hawkes Bay. We take care of equipment, restore our vehicles, organise field work and undertake data entry and analysis on our computers. So there's something for everybody. A great opportunity to learn whilst doing.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Help with Eco Projects
    DIY and building projects
    General Maintenance
    Help with Computers/ Internet
  • Help

    Help

    Building maintenance, painting, sanding, fabric work, care and cleaning of field equipment, computer work including working with data collected during our forest survey work.

  • Languages spoken

    English: Fluent

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    In Hokitika for summer: A 64 ha farm with trees for high quality timber and a few cattle. The main tasks are looking after the trees, fences, buildings and access tracks.

    In Hawkes Bay for winter: an aircraft hangar with a shared apartment. Pretty basic facilities. It's a few km from Napier and Hastings. Rural quiet. Will you share a room with someone? A person? We have shared space with your own sofa bed! A Labrador dog? Yes. Most likely. This is Labrador friendly, large two room studio apartment with several beds.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    We also do some winter work at our Hokitika base, where we are more permanently located over summer. If interested please ask.

  • 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

    Very little office space and internet available.

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    This host can provide space for campervans.

  • Can possibly accept pets

    Can possibly accept pets

    Would have to be a very well behaved dog.

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    More than two

Host ref number: 747897294327

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The image shows three photos of a woman working on a helicopter, with a table and tools in the first photo, and the woman sewing and sanding in the other two.
The image depicts a man working on a metal frame of an airplane, with the plane's wing visible in the background. The scene is set outdoors.
The image depicts a man in a workshop, wearing a blue jumpsuit and a respirator, standing next to a green surfboard on a workbench.
The image depicts a man standing in front of a large rock formation, wearing a long-sleeved shirt and pants, with a serious expression on his face.
The image depicts a man and his dog sitting in a field of tall grass, with a backpack and binoculars nearby, set against a mountainous backdrop.

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