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We are a family who enjoy living on our 33 acre lifestyle block on the edge of the great rural village of Cheviot in North Canterbury.
Life is generally quiet during the week, taken up with work & chaotic in the weekends.
We live in a new home about 5 minutes drive West of Cheviot.
lots of animals
We are still pretty new to this & have found that it works best with helpers over the age of 24 that have their own transport.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
House sitting
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We have traveled extensively ourselves & we love to meet people from different countries & cultures & give back some of the kindness we received while traveling away from our home.
Help
We would love to host singles or couples exploring New Zealand in exchange for
4 hours (5 days a week) help with various tasks around our land, animals and house or campground.
Depending on the time of year tasks may include:
- Helping potting up plants in the native nursery for a large community regeneration project.
- planting native trees for the community project.
- firewood, cutting or collecting
- preserving, mainly in autumn
- help in the vege garden, rotary hoeing, weeding, harvesting, composting etc
- stuff around the house; cleaning windows, mowing lawns, painting or staining
- feeding animals; sometimes we have pet lambs or piglets that we want to be friendly (so lots of belly scrubs)
- gore bay campground, usually cleaning or gardening
Languages spoken
Spanish: Beginner
French: Beginner
Accommodation
You will have your own bedroom in the house with a double bed for a single person or a couple this has its own verandah with epic views of the Kaikoura mountains. You will have your own bathroom during the week & share it with Danica (age 16) in the weekend. There is plenty of space with a large living room / kitchen as well as a chill / reading room.
Most food provided. It would be great to share the cooking of the evening meal, it’s always nice to try new foods. Other basic food will be provided (weetbix, bread & spreads for breakfast) You may need to provide your own lunch or at least make it.
What else ...
Where we are & what's close by:
1 hr drive to Kaikoura to the north where you can swim with dolphins & go whale watching.
1 hr 15 mins to Christchurch City in the south
1 hour to the Hanmer Springs Village & hot pools, among the mountains in the west.
8km to the beautiful Gore Bay beach, popular surfing & swimming spot.
4km to Cheviot Village from our house where there is a supermarket, a general store, butcher, a gift shop, a cafe and a Hotel/bar/restaurant/liquor store.
There is also the beautiful Cheviot Hills domain where you can find pocini mushrooms!
20 mins to the Hurunui river, In season you can catch trout & salmon.
We look out to the Randm spur, which is a great mountain biking track with lovely views from the top.
It would be preferable for helpers to have their own transport, but it is not essential. We can provide mountain bikes. There is an Intercity bus that goes through Cheviot daily & can happily pick you up.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
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As well as being super helpful at any task given Lottie was very capable & had great attention to detail & always with a smile.
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As well as being super helpful at any task given Lottie was very capable & had great attention to detail & always with a smile.
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The main job we did was planting natives species on the coast & at home. Jamie went beyond… read more
The work was always varied and pleasant and had plenty of time to relax also, in her amazing house and… read more
My main job was planting trees. Planting trees by the sea was really pleasant, and I was very happy to be shown around her friend's house. Also, all the animals she has are really lovely , and it was my first time to… read more
Hoping your North Island adventure goes well.
All the best
Thank you so much for all your help at the campground, always showing initiative & able to manage your time well. I really enjoyed your company & hearing about your travels.
I would highly recommend luise to… read more
We did a lot of different jobs. The main work was to clean up and paint the bathrooms of her new campsite.
We had the opportunity to meet her family and we appreciated that so much! We even had pre-Christmas dinner with them and felt so lucky for that.
Catherine is very interesting, easygoing and friendly!
We… read more
Everybody was really welcoming.
The accommodation was really nice and the surroundings are so beautiful and peaceful.
Work was always diverse and fulfilling. Among other things, we fed the dogs, chickens, sheeps and pigs. Did some weeding in the vegetable garden.… read more
My friend and I recently completed our first workaway at Catherine's place, and it was truly amazing.
Catherine is thoughtful, knowledgeable, and sociable. Thanks to Catherine, we were able to become involved in various community projects and had the opportunity to get to know many locals. We thoroughly enjoyed our conversations… read more
They were always helpful & did… read more
We loved every animals around the house ( dogs, pigs, lambs, chickens ) and we were very lucky to see some tiny beautiful piglets !
We loved being part of an environnemental project just 5 minutes from the house.
Catherine is easy… read more
They were so much fun to have around & bought so much joy to the house.
I mainly had them working on a community river restoration project pulling out sprouting willow shoots & helping with a school group planting natives.… read more
He even saved someone’s life. We wouldn’t hesitate to recommend CQ to all, he was an absolute delight to have around.
Thank you so much for all the yummy food you cooked, helping construct our wood shed &… read more
