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Hi there, thanks for visiting our page.
We accept guests for up to 10 days at a time due to demand (we have around 100+ guests a year).
About us:
Chilled couple with 2 awesome kids, 9 and 7, one friendly old Huntaway/Kelpie X dog.
We're into levity: yoga, surfing, dancing, fitness, regenerating native forest, meditation, psychology, hypnotherapy, life coaching, reiki, wild edibles, self-sufficiency, having fun, positive mindset etc.
Best to have your own transport as there's no bus service, and we are 15kms from town.Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje
Ayuda en proyectos ecológicosJardineríaConstrucción y bricolajeAyuda domésticaMantenimiento generalObjetivos de sostenibilidad de las NU que intenta conseguir este anfitrión
Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje
Fully off-grid living, self-sufficiency, wild edibles/foraging, growing native trees from seed/ seedlings/ cuttings, tree release, planting, setting and maintaining traplines, trapping invasive wild animals (the ones that eat the native birds or their eggs)
Most of all you'll learn about conservation, restoration, NZ native birds and trees (if you want to), also more broadly, yin yoga, reiki, zumba, theta, forest bathing, meditation, breathing etc. for those that are interested.Proyectos con niños
En este proyecto podría haber niños. Para obtener más información, consulta nuestras directrices y consejos aquí.
Ayuda
We're on a mission - slowly turning 44 acres back to native forest, eradicating predators, bringing the birdsong back, opening up access paths and growing our own locally-sourced native trees. We've planted around 10,000+ native trees over the last 3 years in a large-scale, long-term and ongoing project.
We're looking for chilled, positive, fit, conservation-minded people for up to 2 weeks for:
Light track maintenance, felling small wilding pines, some gardening, some planting, checking traplines, watering baby trees in our small nursery, we have some art projects too.
During rainy days in winter we'd appreciate help with cooking housekeeping work, childcare if you love children and spending time with them.
*If you plan to stay May-September (our winter), it's hardcore native tree-planting time!
*Please note: We would prefer global people who have an active interest in: restoration projects, nature, wildlife, being outdoors, yoga and fitness, climate activism, self-sufficiency, spirituality, self-awareness, positive living (rather than "it looks like a nice place")
*Please remember: *You need to supply and cook your own food - we do not cook for guests* +++ * be water wise - we are fully off grid and water usage is limited in the summer if dry*Idiomas
Idiomas hablados
Inglés: Fluido
Ruso: Fluido
Ukrainian: Fluido
Alemán: Intermedio
Francés: IntermedioEste anfitrión ofrece intercambio de idiomas
Keen on brushing up French and German, but all people welcome here!Alojamiento
Luxury powered tipi (November-April) with king-size double bed, or double bedroom in house (all year). Cook for yourself (with your own food) in our shared kitchen, our outdoor kitchen, or try out our sun ovens.
You'll have:
- shower, loo and bathroom in the main house (shared with other guests who are staying with us, a 50 metre walk away from the tipi)
- full use of shared kitchen with solar-powered induction cookers / sun ovens
- a chill-out zone in a converted barn with shared fridge and sofa open 24hrs
- a converted writing shed next to the tipi with desk and table for writing that novel
- a large purpose-built elevated meditation platform for forest-bathing amongst old-growth native trees
- full use of all gardens, orchards and walking tracks around the whole property (they will keep you fit!)
- 2 x complementary kayaks, 1 x mountain bike yours to use anytimeAlgo más...
*We're flattered to have been favourited over 500 times on this website. Our aim is to be the #1 awesome Workaway experience in NZ - please check out the feedback*
In brief:
Sunny, elevated and spacious 44 acre section, fully off-grid paradise
Panoramic views over Motueka river and Tasman Bay, from The Marlborough Sounds to the Abel Tasman National Park (then turn around to see the peaks of the Nelson Lakes National Park too)
12kms from central Motueka / 12kms from the golden beaches of Kaiteriteri / 16kms from Marahau
Great mobile reception and fast internet
Backs onto Kahurangi National Park - endless trails for walking/hiking/mountain biking right here
Swim in the clean Motueka River just a few mins away
Close to vineyards, skydiving, cycle trail, etc. - so much to do around here.
No smokers pleaseUn poco más de información
Acceso a Internet
Acceso a Internet limitado
Tenemos animales
Somos fumadores
Puede alojar familias
Puede acoger a nómadas digitales
Digital nomads most welcome, happy for you to run your gig from here. After all, this is exactly what we do too. Strong internet here! We're v experienced in business startups and do global business every day from here.
Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas
You're most welcome to stay in your own camper van, we have lots of space - please note we have an epic driveway which is steep in places, but no problem for 2WD.
Podría aceptar mascotas
Absolutely NO CATS please because we have lots of native birds. Well trained dogs welcome.
¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?
Más de dos
Horas esperadas
Maximum only 3 hours a day, 5 days a week
Comentarios (28)
Ollie knows so much about the nature and it is so inspiring to see how knowledge and love for nature… read more
Communication with both of them was super easy. Nat picked me up in Motueka and I felt welcomed from the start. The kids were open-minded as well and I really… read more
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Ollie knows so much about the nature and it is so inspiring to see how knowledge and love for nature… read more
Communication with both of them was super easy. Nat picked me up in Motueka and I felt welcomed from the start. The kids were open-minded as well and I really… read more
E&T
I did in Zumba and Yoga with Nath, it was very cool… read more
I stayed with the family in their lovely house on top of a hill. Stunning view over the forest which I was able to contribute a small part in reforesting with planting trees. This wasn't anything like work. You walk on small paths threw a beautiful piece of nature, you hear the birds… read more
To understand how important to restore the native nature, to see the nature change (in a good way!!) by our hands is priceless.
Ollie and Nat are so kind and open-minded. We had some really good talks about everything.
Don't hesite and go to help Ollie and Nat to… read more
They really like having Workawayers and they were very pleased to make their… read more
Kind regards… read more
We had a lot of interesting and fun conversations about a lot of different areas in life. We also learned a lot about New Zealand and it's wildlife and plants. About Foresting and Trees in general.
They also helped us out when we were in trouble with our car.
We enjoyed every… read more
This was a source of motivation for the work we did there.
We can only highly recommend this workaway.
Thank and we hope we ll see… read more
The time worked is less than 2 hours a day.
The meditation platform is right in the middle of the forest, quite exceptional!