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We live in Christchurch on the South Island of New Zealand . We have a 3 bedroom home with quite a big vegetable garden and good range of fruit trees. There is always plenty of work in the garden and around our home which we would be so grateful to have some help with.
Keiko is a chef at a local Senior Care home and I am semi retired but still conduct tours as well as having a part time construction job and if I am not busy with any of the above I am playing tennis, table tennis, skiing , mountain biking or just enjoying our outdoor life here in Christchurch.
We do offer homestays as part of my tour business for guests but also some of our former guests do come back and stay with us in exchange for help in our garden and around our home. We have a cat, and 4 chickens and often have 2 golden retriever s who stay with us. I speak Japanese having lived in Japan and of course Keiko is a native Japanese speaker. We are about 5 kms from the city centre and Christchurch has many tourist activities such as Tranz Alpine, Whalewatching ,Swim with Dolphins, Hot spring, Wineries and glorious hiking and mountain bike tracks, 18 golf courses....Just a beautiful city to live in and share with our overseas guests.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Interests
Sustainability
Animals
Winter sports
Outdoor activities
Hiking
Cycling
Camping
Beach
Adventure sports
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
I have been a Japanese speaker for over 40 years having lived in Japan and hosted guests from Japan including 5 years as an English language teacher in Japan so can claim to have some skills with regards to helping overseas guests with English as a Second Language. I am very active so if my schedule allows and guests are keen to enjoy some outdoor activity more than happy to invite them to join in whatever sports I am up to. Guests also welcome to borrow bicycles and enjoy the city on our excellent cycleway s which the city is famous for. As a tour guide for over 30 years I really enjoy to share this great lifestyle and beautiful part of New Zealand that we live in and appreciate if our guests want to help us as and exchange and hopefully they can learn from us be it in our garden or cooking or in some of my DIY projects.
Help
We have many raised vegetable beds, a large glasshouse and over 10 fruit trees so there is a lot of tending to do in the garden and around our home which we would be so grateful to have some help with.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Japanese: IntermediateThis host offers a language exchange
Having been an English teacher for 5 years in Japan some 30 years ago can claim to have some skills when it comes to assisting our guests with English as a Second Language .
Accommodation
We have a room with a double bed and single bed and an ensuite bathroom.
What else ...
We have bicycles you can borrow or the main bus route is only 500 metres away and less than 10 minutes to the city centre. We are about 8 minutes walk away from one of Christchurch s largest shopping malls. There is a vast range of activities which are available in the city for active people from mountain biking park, 18 golf courses, pickle ball, table tennis, uncountable hiking courses in the port hills and the magnificent Botanical Gardens.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
Most of my tour work comes from guests over the interenet so there is always help I need with digital world.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
My animals / pets
Milly and Poppy (4 years)
Poppy the younger one has just turned 3..Milly is 15 last September.. They are our friends dogs and she used to live next door so quite often we have them come and stay ...Most beautiful natured dogs and they get on well with our cat and chickens.
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