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My husband & I have 3 adult children no longer living at home. We have hosted school exchange students through AFS many times in the past. We have a house by the beach which is an old 3 bedroom villa which we are still renovating. Workawayers have their own room but share bathroom, kitchen and laundry. We also have a 30 acre lifestyle block further up the coast going inland, about 10 mins drive away. This piece of land needs weed control and some fencing. It is our lifestyle block and we run some sheep and cattle on it.
We have a large vegetable garden on the farm and we have free range ducks and chickens. We can accomodate vegetarians but not really vegan friendly as we eat our own meat, vegetables & eggs.
We would expect our Workawayers to do 4-5 hour day with 2 days off each week. Days negotiable of course. Three meals a day are provided for the days you work. We try to eat seasonally off the land. We would expect you to share with the cooking and cleaning up. We ask that volunteers organise their own food for their days off (many choose to go on overnight trips for their 2 days off). There is plenty to do on days off i.e. dunes trail for bikes and walking, hiking tracks, and trips up the coast or to the next township.
My husband is a handyman/farmer & I am a nurse.
The internet can be accessed by wireless broadband.
We have 2 dogs which live outside.
We are non smokers and would only want non smokers please.Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
House sitting
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
They will benefit by mixing with this community. And they can learn quite a lot about our bicultural community.
Help
Help with farming, planting trees, gardening, cleaning outside of house, house work, cooking, clearing gorse, spraying gorse, fencing.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Accommodation
Two single beds in an outside room. Shared bathroom, living area & kitchen.
What else ...
Volunteers can spend time on the beach.
There is a walking/cycling track at our backdoor.
Catch a bus to the next big centre or spend time in Opotiki.
Some good walking tracks around the area, and a famous very old tree at Hikutaia Domain. Plenty of wonderful sights to be seen up the coast. Having your own car would be an advantage as there is limited public transport from Opotiki and none from our place into Opotiki.A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
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We enjoyed our stay a lot and are so thankful for those great experiences!
Thanks Debi and Kim!
They know how to help people who start to learn english and invite you to meet ans talk with other people.
We had the chance to do various evening and share with some Friends.
Sea just behind, Yam meals, lovely dogs and a pig who like yo eat your shoes. Funny, thank you
The work was fair and never too hard.
Thank you for the nice evenings which were very funny while playing Yhatzee :D
The house is very nice with a beautiful garden which allows to relax. The family have got two dog who are very nice and friendly.… read more
D & K
All the best Debi & Kim
Thank you so much for hosting me I can highly recommend Kim & Debi's place to all… read more
Debi & Kim
We enjoyed walking the dogs on the beach and to get to know the work on a farm and to move the animals from one paddock to another. We loved the evenings with chocolate and icecream, playing cards.
It was a great experience. Thank you!
Surprisingly Debi and I didn't get along.… read more
Greetings, Jan and Yvonne
If You are looking forward to meet the really nice, open minded and welcoming people - this is the right direction where to start!
Perfect place where to explore kiwi… read more