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Help me with my toddler and enjoy a fun outdoorsy life in Auckland, New Zealand

Hi everyone! I'm Sam, a sole parent of an incredibly awesome little human. He's 4.5 years old, loves being outside, running, climbing, being silly, laughing. He speaks English and German. I work in cyber security 5 days a week for a consultancy ......

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Help with DIY and gardening at an intentional community adjacent to the Kahurangi National Park, South Island, New Zealand

My partner Carol and I live at an intentional community that began in 1974 on 100 hectares of land adjacent to the Kahurangi National Park. We are located in Golden Bay, in the top of the South Island, which is a beautiful area with golden sand ......

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Help around the garden, particularly if you are musical or enjoy singing and songwriting in Northland, New Zealand

times are challenging. Welcome unvaccinated and the vaccinated folk who like to work and play My home is on a small acreage in the north of Northland New Zealand. It is a little like being on an island as there is sea in three directions and ......

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Join us at our sustainable Kiwi beach sanctuary and enjoy home away from home in beautiful Waihi Beach, New Zealand

Hi there, we are a young family of 4 living in beautiful Waihi Beach, one of New Zealand's top holiday destinations. We are a 5min walk from the white sandy surf beach and local shops. We have a beautiful property (we think!) including beautiful ......

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Horses,cars, gardens. Auckland, New Zealand

A 27 acre property currently home of 14 horses, 2 dogs and a cat. Owners are both busy osteopaths. One who treats mostly animals. Wifey is also an artist but currently mostly into combined driving horse trials and needs help with the horses. You ......

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Help with gardening, painting, weeding, general maintenance, and share life stories in Takanini, New Zealand

Hello from Auckland, New Zealand, We are semi retired professional couple in our mid 50's originally from Sri Lanka embraced NZ as our 2nd home , abundantly traveled can share many stories of our journey of life , travels . We spend most of the ......

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Join our eco-community in Masterton, New Zealand

We are an eco community consisting of 8 individually owned properties and a shared parcel of land. We care for the land together, which includes olive grove, fruit and nut orchards, native plantings, septic field, recreational areas, walking tracks ......

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Gardening and help in a German-NZ family home in Havelock North, NZ

Hi, we're a young family with three young girls. I'm originally from Germany and my husband is a Kiwi, so both German and English is spoken in our household. We both love the outdoors and often walk or ride the trails of Te Mata Peak, which is right ......

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Come to our place in Mangawhai to experience living in a small NZ coastal settlement

My husband and I live in a character homestead nestled in a quite valley with a stream running through it, set on 20 acres. We are in the process of renovating the house and improving the garden. We have sheep and cattle grazing managed by our ......

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Join our family of four living in a quiet seaside town of Ahipara, New Zealand

Hi, we are a family of 4 living in a quiet sea side town in the Far North. We are mainly looking for someone to help with gardening, child care and cleaning. We are all about working hard and playing hard and socialising. Hours will be flexible and ......

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Experience Kiwi family life in Pretty Beachside Suburb, Auckland, New Zealand

We live in the beautiful Auckland suburb of Red Beach within walking distance of three beaches and cycling distance of many more and are looking for some help in the garden.

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Live, work,play, travel in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand

I live in a bush and sea setting in a home I built myself. I have a dog named Pipsqueak . We live on solar power and hot water. I have sailed the world and swallowed the anchor here in the Bay of Islands, NZ. I am the ancient mariner. I can offer a ......

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Give us a hand on our farms and at home near Lake Taupo, New Zealand

Our family has two Organic Farms, one in Napier and one in Taupo. We live 30min North West of Taupo and about 10mins away from Lake Taupo which is great in the summer to go swimming, it is also approximatly 1hour to the Mountains from our farm which ......

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Help with gardening in our family home in Auckland, New Zealand.

My wife and I have a 10 hectare lifestyle block situated 35 minutes driving time from Auckland. Included in this is a 2 hectare garden which is already beautiful but is still being developed. Our 3 daughters and their families often visit and our ......

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Help us around our property in the hills of the Hutt Valley, New Zealand

We are an older couple with many interests and love meeting new people of all ages. We have travelled extensively ourselves and like to learn and to teach. We need a bit of help with gardening and general maintenance on our 1 1/2 acre section in the ......

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Come and help our Kiwi family in the peaceful, rural haven of Wairarapa, New Zealand

We are a family of 4; Em and Wayne, Isla and Missy the dog. We live in the Wairarapa, New Zealand. We're just a 1.5 hr train ride from Wellington, the coolest little capital. We love our part of the world and would love to share it with others. We ......

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Help us preserve and maintain our Native bush and farmland near Auckland, NZ

We are a friendly, easy going couple living in a little slice of paradise on 2Ha at Ardmore near Auckland. We enjoy living in the country with our cat, Ted, a few chickens and sheep. Most of the land is covered in beautiful Native NZ bush but we ......

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Senior citizen household help and companionship needed in Golden Bay, New Zealand

***Covid 19 update: I am looking for workawayers who are currently in NZ to join me at my beautiful lodge situated near Collingwood, Golden Bay. The biggest task is care giving and elderly companionship, and workawayers should also enjoy cooking, ......

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Look after our animals and help with gardening in North Shore City, New Zealand

We are seeking non smoking/non vaping housesitter and/or petsitter (or sitters - could be a couple or a family) from either 25th or 26th December to 21 January 2023 who has a car. We have a very elderly and very friendly laidback labradoodle dog who ......

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Hang out at the beach. Pakiri beach, New Zealand

I live at pakiri beach it’s amazingly beautiful. I’m looking for respectful artist, travellers and the likes of looking for a work live situation also possibly money. Looking For help out around the place and garden and variety of jobs, ......

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