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Host rating
100 %
Last replied
25 Apr 2025
Reply rate
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Feedback
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Description
Hello 🙂, We are a easy going family of four we enjoy getting to know people from all over the world and sharing experiences. Eugene is carpenter, Antoinette is a stay at home mum. Our interests are traveling, fishing, horticulture, baking and cooking. We love beaches. Our county block of land has horses and cows grazing an fruit trees a converted cow shed (our house) near a stream with a swimming hole great views. There is a three kilometer bike track to the closes town.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
I am trained in horticulture and my husband in building we are happy to share knowledge.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
We are currently seeking someone with block laying experience. Or someone very experienced in the kitchen that is happy to share skills with our family. An experience landscaper. Or someone willing to work hard and get stuck in to cleaning and jobs around the house. Please feel free to apply and mention any skills experience you have that could be of benefit
Languages
Languages spoken
English: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
We are interested in learning the basics of most languages. Happy to teach English.
Accommodation
We have a tent with a mattress and bedding your welcome to camp we have a shared bathroom. Basic cooking facilities. We provide three basic meals per day. We can take you up to the shops if you want to buy any extras. It would be good if people would stay a week or longer if possible.
What else ...
We are near to a cycle track and have a bike to lend. There are walks nearby. Swimming in the stream and a heated pool 5 mins drive. We sometimes go kayaking. Explore our property relax fishing and swimming. Join us on a homeschool adventure which we go on every Friday.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
Plenty of parking space
Can possibly accept pets
This host has said they are willing to accept those travelling with a pet.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Feedback (9)
It was a wonderful… read more
She shared her culture beautifully through conversation and baking.
She is well organized and starts jobs works her way through and completes them very well.
Such a wonderful experience having worked together. Thanks heaps.
We are so happy with the work he did.
We really enjoyed his company.
He was willing to work hard.
Thank you heaps Florian.
a bientot
Merci
Antoinette and Eugene are very kind and generous people. We went several times to the beach and to the park.
The job was gardening and helping to build the house. I learned new things, it was really great!
I even had the opportunity to meet their families and friends who are very kind. They have two children who are… read more
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It was a wonderful… read more
She shared her culture beautifully through conversation and baking.
She is well organized and starts jobs works her way through and completes them very well.
Such a wonderful experience having worked together. Thanks heaps.
We are so happy with the work he did.
We really enjoyed his company.
He was willing to work hard.
Thank you heaps Florian.
a bientot
Merci
Antoinette and Eugene are very kind and generous people. We went several times to the beach and to the park.
The job was gardening and helping to build the house. I learned new things, it was really great!
I even had the opportunity to meet their families and friends who are very kind. They have two children who are… read more
Antoinette and Eugene are so lovely persons we learned a lot from them.
The tasks weren't difficult at all, and when we finish the work early sometimes Antoinette Lend her car to us so we can go have fun driving around kawakawa to places… read more
The work , we were doing renovations of our house to become comfortable. Mostly buildings, the others were house cleaning, washing dishes, burning… read more
He cooked us very tasty Japanese meals. Taro help with building work.
Planted a lemon tree. Taro followed instruction well. He spent 10 nights at our place and it went so fast he returned for a night when he was passing by which was fantastic.
A really neat person generous, polite and adventurous.
Thanks heaps Taroo
They were very valuable to have around. Well organised, knowledgeable, positive, clever and fun.
They left there mark on our place with a wonderful staircase, they also built a raise garden bed and planted herbs and made a door handle and lock. They were able to be self directed. Kathi and Janosch were amazing… read more
Lilly was a real natural she took to many different jobs painting, plastering an vanishing got stuck in did the jobs and did them well.
Josh drove other workaway people around in his car to charlies rock state highway 10 icecream shop to Paihia, Waitangi and… read more
They are helpful, hard working and use initiative and do things without being asked. That was really appreciated.
Very wonderful to have around and benificial they are multi talented at cooking, building, and… read more
I underestimated her strength, she is strong and able to do physical work well she loaded a trailer of wood move a room of stuff and removed big thistles. We were very happy to see those… read more
We really enjoyed his sense of humour and the food he prepared for us.
We loved listening to him play ukulele and sing.
We are very happy with the help we received over the week he spent with us including building work.
Ludo is flexible adaptable and makes the most out of situations.… read more
Thanks Antoinette for your warm welcome, you are a great… read more
