Profile information
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Travel information
I am currently
Travelling
Activities i am interested in:
finished traveling, on my way back home
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Description
My name is Maite and I graduated last year from high school in Germany. Now I'm in New Zealand on a Working Holiday to explore New Zealand (nature/landscapes, culture, life styles). I also want to challenge myself, gain experience and I'm generally open to all kinds of work. I don't mind physical/ hands-on work.
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Interests
Gardening
Fitness
Culture
Cooking & food
Blogging
Books
Dancing
Self development
Cycling
Camping
Sustainability
Events & social
Animals
Photography
Music
Mountain
Outdoor activities
Hiking
Team sports
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Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Spanish: Intermediate
French: BeginnerMore details about my language interests
open to learn any language can teach German and basic Spanish -
Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn
I'm interested in:
Eco Projects
Life at a Farmstay
Creative DIY projects
Some knowledge of:
Animal Care
Light gardening
Languages
Helping around the house
House & pet sitting
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More details about your skills
My family has a small garden where I sometimes helped out. We grew a few vegetables for ourselves and did general maintenance work such as mowing the lawn, weed removal and planting new plants. During Covid-19, my father and I even built a tree house ourselves.
I during my previous wwoofing & workaways, I worked on different tasks: lots of weeding, mowing lawns, keeping the gardens tidy, picking plums, cutting and drying plums, sanding old furniture and repainting those, log splitting (with a machine), spreading sand in a horse arena, as well as a few days of house and pet sitting.
The last 8 years, my hobby was equestrian vaulting. It involved caring for our horses like grooming, walks in our nearby forest, ground work, lunging and mucking out the stables.
Through vaulting I am physically fit as we trained strength and stamina.
I was also active as a trainer for 4 years. I trained our youngest (aged 4 to 7) and our advanced team, consisting of children aged 9 to 16. For the last 2 years, I have had the great responsibility of being the head coach of the advanced team, which involved many tasks, such as planing and organizing their training and a few competitions. -
Age
19
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What else ...
I like meeting people, being outgoing, but I also enjoy quiet and calm moments. I love animals - I'd be happy to cuddle with them!
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Some more information
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Smoker
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Driver's licence
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Allergies
peanuts & bananas -
Special dietary requirements
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Feedback
While with us there were time that she worked together with us around the property and other time she was worked alone on a given task. Maite's fun nature, hard work ethic and initiative made her a delight to host. … read more
Maite helped us with our young one's who were excited to play and spend time with her every day. She engaged and dealt with them very naturally.
Maite … read more
I really enjoyed looking after Louis and/or Maia and cleaning the many (big) … read more
The garden hut was really cozy as well as the shared space in the house. They gave me a lot of opportunities to tag along with them: meeting the family, drives to the nearby towns e.g. Motueka & Mapua and even golfing. But I also had room to have time and space for myself (which was definitely … read more
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While with us there were time that she worked together with us around the property and other time she was worked alone on a given task. Maite's fun nature, hard work ethic and initiative made her a delight to host. … read more
Maite helped us with our young one's who were excited to play and spend time with her every day. She engaged and dealt with them very naturally.
Maite … read more
I really enjoyed looking after Louis and/or Maia and cleaning the many (big) … read more
The garden hut was really cozy as well as the shared space in the house. They gave me a lot of opportunities to tag along with them: meeting the family, drives to the nearby towns e.g. Motueka & Mapua and even golfing. But I also had room to have time and space for myself (which was definitely … read more
If you get the opportunity to host Maite you will not be disappointed. She is smart and a quick learner, respectful and honest with her time management and takes instructions well and doesn’t mind getting her hands dirty. For an 18 year old she raised the bar for her age bracket and proved to us that she was … read more
