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Artist-inspired home of a sculptor and florist on the Coromandel Peninsula, North Island, New Zealand

Located in the historic Karangahake Gorge, this place offers a vast array of experiences accessible from a superb location. The 2-acre tree-lined property borders the Hauraki Cycleway and has entry to a swimming hole on the Ohinemuri River. John is ......

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Outdoor experience learning about permaculture in Makarau, New Zealand

Come and help us at our little slice of New Zealand paradise… we have moved to the country for a slower pace of life. Our 5ha lifestyle property is very dynamic so we need assistance to help us realise the dream of country living. We have travelled ......

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Open minded travellers welcome to experience rural life at the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

We are a busy family of 4 living in rural Tauranga, New Zealand. We love our quiet piece of paradise which is still just a stones throw away from the beaches and delights that the Bay Of Plenty offer. We have 2 dogs and 10 chickens to keep us ......

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Live in direct relationship with the nature in Lake Rotomā, New Zealand

Kia ora! We are a family of three—two humans and a dog—living on the edge of Rotoma, a pristine, clear-water lake, accessible only by boat. We've been fortunate to call this sacred spot our home for the past four years, during which time we've been ......

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Experience our town with our family in Dunedin, New Zealand

We are a couple with three young children and a cat. We're both teachers. We enjoy gardening, getting outside and socialising with other young families. Life is busy and we'd love help to tick some jobs off our endless to-do list!

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Farm-Animal Sanctuary in Wellington, New Zealand

Kia ora! We are a vegan farm animal sanctuary in Ōtaki, just over an hour drive from Wellington, New Zealand. Every day we care for over 200 animals (ponies, cows, goats, pigs, sheep, chickens, ducks, cats, bunnies and more) who have been abandoned, ......

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Give a hand around an intentional community at the top of the Coromandel Peninsular, New Zealand

My name is Sassy and I live with my partner at a community at the far end of the Coromandel Peninsula. I currently manage the in a Nursery, which is a community-run native nursery, in Colville, growing plants for local restoration projects. I am ......

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Learn about gardening on our land near Warkworth, New Zealand

Our home is on a half acre with an orchard of fruit trees: apples, feijoas, peaches, pears, citrus, guavas and a large kitchen garden. As IT professionals and musicians, we need help gardening, landscaping, housekeeping, minor building or ......

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Welcome to Our Rural Haven in the Bay of Islands: Your Gateway to Beaches, Horse Rides, and Adventures in Northland, NZ

🌿 Join Jason and Janine in Rural Bliss 🌿 Welcome to our little slice of paradise! We're Jason and Janine, embracing the rural lifestyle with our furry and four-legged companions on our idyllic 7-acre property, just a short drive from Kerikeri ......

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Enjoy a permaculture experience in Waipawa, New Zealand

Welcome We have moved to this lovely lifestyle property of 5 acres in 2014. Since then we have repaired and reinstated previous infrastructure, started to renovate the house and have increased the vegetable growing areas. We have various projects on ......

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Help with gardening and painting while experiencing country living in Oxford, New Zealand

We have a semi rural property in the Oxford township. We like to grow most of our own food and raise our own cattle. When we can we like help those in need. The Oxford area offers great day walks (and longer ones too), beautiful rivers and local's ......

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Help a family with gardening on the beautiful East Coast, Tolaga Bay, New Zealand

Come spend sometime on the beautiful East Coast of New Zealand We are a family of 4 my husband (farmer) and I (teacher) and our 2 childten 12 & 14. We live on a sheep and beef farm on the East Coast. Looking for 1 or 2 people.

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Beautiful stay in a little beach town near Wellington, New Zealand

I (30F) moved over to New Zealand from Canada in 2022 and met my partner, Juan (34M), here. He came to New Zealand in 2019 from South Africa. We both love traveling and trying new adventures across the country, so we can make heaps of ......

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Share our daily life and connect wirh nature near the small town of Waipapa, New Zealand

We are couple in our early sixties living on a lifestyle block near Waipapa in the Bay of Islands. We are both still working but not full-time so are usually around and available.

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Join our family surrounded by native forestry and explore the beauty of Kakahu, New Zealand

My wife and I have three young children and enjoy a life where we can learn through experience and interaction with our surroundings, our country and our world. We are hobby beekeepers wanting to setup an apiary on our family property and create ......

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Enjoy my peaceful, healthy country living in Opuawhanga, New Zealand

I am a semi retired lady living in a peaceful rural location on a lifestyle block. I am into a natural way of living no spraying of chemicals on the property and I eat healthy. Spectacular historic house built in 1880 has lots of history, surrounded ......

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Learn about permaculture on a farm in New Plymouth, New Zealand

We are developing the gardens following permaculture principles: integrating animals (horses/sheep/chickens) to fertilise the fruit forest, vegetable gardens, and riparian planting. We are on a 10-acre farm close to town, the mountain, the sea, and ......

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A community owned regenerative farm, Kaipara Harbour, New Zealand

We are a new, developing Eco-village a community of earth-focused humans with a few non-humans. Working on regenerating what was a dairy farm to create a sanctuary for bird life and bio-diversity abundance. Already we have extended the native forest ......

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Stay in a small, establishing community near Kaitaia in the beautiful Far North New Zealand

Welcome to the Farm! We are two families, living alongside each other, slowly and intentionally establishing a land based community together. We are… * Hannah H, Erik, Sunai (3) and Aruni (1) * Hannah L, Will, Norah (4) and Ida (1) Erik is from ......

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Help us with gardening and explore Hamilton, New Zealand

We are a christian non smoking family on a secluded lifestyle property with established trees and "English gardens". 1 acre Gardens + 1 acre Paddocks. We have a large pool, spa pool, gym and grass tennis court(now a soccer pitch). We have organic ......

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