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Hi, we are Francois, Kate, Mateo and Max. Four years ago we built a Straw bale home, on a very special piece of land in the Waipara gorge. The home was made with as much recycled, low or no carbon foot print materials.
We have mostly finished earth building, but would love help from people in our land restoration. We are planting food forest gardens, permercultura gardens and saving a special piece of native bush from evasive weeds.
We have a big love of earthen homes and would like to share some of our experiences and knowledge with people who are interested.
Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje
Ayuda en proyectos ecológicos
Jardinería
Construcción y bricolaje
Cuidado de animales
Ayuda en una granja
Cocinar para toda la familia
Ayuda doméstica
Mantenimiento general
Cuidado de casas
Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje
I believe we have a lot to share, and visitors could learn a wide range of skills.
Range of Earth building skills, garden planning, planting, forgaging, and preserving the produce,
Weaving with flax and willow,
Ayuda
We are looking for strong, fit, energetic people, with a real interest in growing food, and regeneration of land.
Help with cooking local/wild food meals, Preserving wild foods.
Helping with the farm animals, including processing animals for the table.
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Inglés: Fluido
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We have a sweet small hut/cottage, at the gorge made from straw bale.
I would love to share cooking meals, I am a cook by trade and sharing great food is important to us.
We cook from the garden and paddock, organic or wild food mostly.
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Waipara is a beautiful region with lots to see and do, we love to get to the coast for free diving, and coastal foraging. Head to the hills for a tramp, or sample some delicious wines from down the valley.
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Acceso a Internet
Acceso a Internet limitado
Tenemos animales
Somos fumadores
Puede alojar familias
Puede acoger a nómadas digitales
Este anfitrión ha indicado que le encanta acoger a nómadas digitales.
Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas
Este anfitrión puede proporcionar un sitio para autocaravanas.
¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?
Dos
Mis animales / mascotas
Número de referencia de anfitrión: 668165489256
Comentarios (13)
5 mar 2025
Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Hannes & Mattis)
Hannes and Mattis were lovely helping hands at our place. So easy to work beside and also very capable to sort themselves out with vague instructions..
Making good use of materials, and seeing seeing how best to tackle jobs. Very considerate young men!
They fixed a number of small tricky wood jobs, and also got some planting done.
We would totally… read more
Making good use of materials, and seeing seeing how best to tackle jobs. Very considerate young men!
They fixed a number of small tricky wood jobs, and also got some planting done.
We would totally… read more
(Excelente
)
16 feb 2025
Dejado por el workawayer (Hannes & Mattis) para el anfitrión
Kate and Francois really have some interesting Work to do. But it's not just the work that made the stay so great and interesting. Much more the two make it a beautiful experience. It's funny to sit with them at a 5-star dinner and listen to the Stories they can tell. Both are also helpful and have a nice attitude towards life. If you're looking… read more
23 dic 2024
Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Alessio)
Alessio and Kate were a great addition to our place.
They showed a lot of interest in earth building, and wanted to explore as many different skills as I could offer!
They completed all their work to a high standard, and could be left to work independently after being shown process.
They ended up completely finishing a small earth… read more
They showed a lot of interest in earth building, and wanted to explore as many different skills as I could offer!
They completed all their work to a high standard, and could be left to work independently after being shown process.
They ended up completely finishing a small earth… read more
(Excelente
)
6 dic 2024
Dejado por el workawayer (Jasmin) para el anfitrión
I got to stay with Francois, Kate, Mateo and Max for one week in November.
Such a beautiful and loving family, I enjoyed my time with them so much :)
Usually, I spent the whole day with them and helped with different kinds of tasks.
Spending time with them was very enriching - interesting and very chill people that enjoy to share their place,… read more
Such a beautiful and loving family, I enjoyed my time with them so much :)
Usually, I spent the whole day with them and helped with different kinds of tasks.
Spending time with them was very enriching - interesting and very chill people that enjoy to share their place,… read more
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5 mar 2025
Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Hannes & Mattis)
Hannes and Mattis were lovely helping hands at our place. So easy to work beside and also very capable to sort themselves out with vague instructions..
Making good use of materials, and seeing seeing how best to tackle jobs. Very considerate young men!
They fixed a number of small tricky wood jobs, and also got some planting done.
We would totally… read more
Making good use of materials, and seeing seeing how best to tackle jobs. Very considerate young men!
They fixed a number of small tricky wood jobs, and also got some planting done.
We would totally… read more
(Excelente)
16 feb 2025
Dejado por el workawayer (Hannes & Mattis) para el anfitrión
Kate and Francois really have some interesting Work to do. But it's not just the work that made the stay so great and interesting. Much more the two make it a beautiful experience. It's funny to sit with them at a 5-star dinner and listen to the Stories they can tell. Both are also helpful and have a nice attitude towards life. If you're looking… read more
23 dic 2024
Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Alessio)
Alessio and Kate were a great addition to our place.
They showed a lot of interest in earth building, and wanted to explore as many different skills as I could offer!
They completed all their work to a high standard, and could be left to work independently after being shown process.
They ended up completely finishing a small earth… read more
They showed a lot of interest in earth building, and wanted to explore as many different skills as I could offer!
They completed all their work to a high standard, and could be left to work independently after being shown process.
They ended up completely finishing a small earth… read more
(Excelente)
6 dic 2024
Dejado por el workawayer (Jasmin) para el anfitrión
I got to stay with Francois, Kate, Mateo and Max for one week in November.
Such a beautiful and loving family, I enjoyed my time with them so much :)
Usually, I spent the whole day with them and helped with different kinds of tasks.
Spending time with them was very enriching - interesting and very chill people that enjoy to share their place,… read more
Such a beautiful and loving family, I enjoyed my time with them so much :)
Usually, I spent the whole day with them and helped with different kinds of tasks.
Spending time with them was very enriching - interesting and very chill people that enjoy to share their place,… read more
5 ago 2024
Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Alison)
Alison was a great workaway friend.
We had many good times together and achieved lots of jobs.
She offen just saw a task and without asking did the job.
She has a big heart and we wish her all the best in her journeys.
X best
Kate
We had many good times together and achieved lots of jobs.
She offen just saw a task and without asking did the job.
She has a big heart and we wish her all the best in her journeys.
X best
Kate
(Excelente)
11 jun 2024
Dejado por el workawayer (Alison) para el anfitrión
I want to give a big thank you to this entire family, I stayed with them for an intended four weeks and then some after unforeseen circumstances. Kate, Francois, Mateo, Max, Gus, and Bean were all incredibly warm and welcoming from the start. I spent most of my time with Kate, driving and stopping along the roadside to forage wild fruits for… read more
10 abr 2023
Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Christophe & Hannah)
Hannah and Christopher were a great help around our place.
Very keen on the earthen building side of things, and very helpful with many varying jobs we have here.
Very keen on the earthen building side of things, and very helpful with many varying jobs we have here.
(Excelente)
28 mar 2023
Dejado por el workawayer (Christophe & Hannah) para el anfitrión
The 4 weeks we spent with Kate, François, Max, Matteo (and their dog Gus and ducks!) was an incredible experience for us both. We felt very welcomed and quickly at home. Having common and shared values with Kate and François made for a lot of meaningful exchanges with them.
We did a range of different tasks, mainly helping Kate out with her… read more
We did a range of different tasks, mainly helping Kate out with her… read more
10 abr 2023
Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Louise)
Louise was a pleasure to host.
She was keen to learn and loved the animals around home.
Amazing duck herder!! And fencher.
She loved exploring the river, and was always polite and kind.
I wish her all the best in the future
Xx Kate
She was keen to learn and loved the animals around home.
Amazing duck herder!! And fencher.
She loved exploring the river, and was always polite and kind.
I wish her all the best in the future
Xx Kate
(Excelente)
28 mar 2023
Dejado por el workawayer (Louise) para el anfitrión
I stayed 10 days at Kate, François, Mateo and Max house, and it was great! They are really nice and funny people (and the cooking omg so fantastic) I had a really nice time with them and the work I've done there was also nice to develop a lot of skills, I learned so much about food, plants, and even animals by staying with the ducks. Their… read more
25 mar 2023
Dejado por el workawayer (SandrineYianni) para el anfitrión
We stayed three weeks at Kate & Francois and cannot recommend enough to stay with them. Beautiful calming energies, tonnes of inspiring conversations, learnt so much about natural building as we helped plastering a little off grid cabine, beyond delicious food and home made gin tastings! Thank you so so much to the four of you for having us!
4 mar 2023
Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Giacomo)
Giacomo was a pleasure to host, for such a young man he had an amazing work ethic.
Always keen to give anything a go, very polite and just a lovely human.
We worked on a small earth cabin, and his work was always to a high standard.
I have no hesitation in recommending him highly to any other host.
We wish you all the best in your studies and… read more
Always keen to give anything a go, very polite and just a lovely human.
We worked on a small earth cabin, and his work was always to a high standard.
I have no hesitation in recommending him highly to any other host.
We wish you all the best in your studies and… read more
(Excelente)
1 mar 2023
Dejado por el workawayer (Giacomo) para el anfitrión
I recently had the opportunity to spend two weeks with Kate, Francois, Max and Mateo at their beautiful property in the middle of the nature. From the moment I arrived, I felt welcome in the family and I've appreciate every single day of my stay . During this time I worked on a new cabin in the middle of nature, mainly I was responsible for… read more
5 ene 2023
Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Gianmarco)
Giulia and Gianmarco have been fantastic workaway guests.
Both very driven with wanting to learn as much new earthern building knowledge as possible.
Coming from an architectual background was very handy for us, as they have designed a new little cabin which we are soon to build.
Giamarco is great in the kitchen whipping up tasty pasta dishes, and… read more
Both very driven with wanting to learn as much new earthern building knowledge as possible.
Coming from an architectual background was very handy for us, as they have designed a new little cabin which we are soon to build.
Giamarco is great in the kitchen whipping up tasty pasta dishes, and… read more
(Excelente)
31 dic 2022
Dejado por el workawayer (Gianmarco) para el anfitrión
During our month spent with Kate and Francois’s family we worked on the plastering and flooring of a 20 m2 cabine, experiencing and learning a lot about several natural mixes. We really appreciated that they gave us a lot of freedom concerning the aesthetic choices.
Since the beginning we really felt at home and welcomed from all the family and… read more
Since the beginning we really felt at home and welcomed from all the family and… read more
4 ene 2023
Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Giulia)
Giulia and Gianmarco have been fantastic workaway guests.
Both very driven with wanting to learn as much new earthern building knowledge as possible.
Coming from an architectual background was very handy for us, as they have designed a new little cabin which we are soon to build.
Giamarco is great in the kitchen whipping up tasty pasta dishes, and… read more
Both very driven with wanting to learn as much new earthern building knowledge as possible.
Coming from an architectual background was very handy for us, as they have designed a new little cabin which we are soon to build.
Giamarco is great in the kitchen whipping up tasty pasta dishes, and… read more
(Excelente)
31 dic 2022
Dejado por el workawayer (Giulia) para el anfitrión
During our month spent with Kate and Francois’s family we worked on the plastering and flooring of a 20 m2 cabine, experiencing and learning a lot about several natural mixes. We really appreciated that they gave us a lot of freedom concerning the aesthetic choices.
Since the beginning we really felt at home and welcomed from all the family and… read more
Since the beginning we really felt at home and welcomed from all the family and… read more
19 abr 2022
Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (carrotandlily)
Lily and Carrot were lovely workaway friends.
Such a pleasure to host and live with, always helpful in the kitchen making yummy dishes.
So great with all the animals, especially Gus our dog ( think he is still missing them)!
We will always welcome you too back here.
And wish you all the best with your travels.
Xx
Such a pleasure to host and live with, always helpful in the kitchen making yummy dishes.
So great with all the animals, especially Gus our dog ( think he is still missing them)!
We will always welcome you too back here.
And wish you all the best with your travels.
Xx
(Excelente)
19 abr 2022
Dejado por el workawayer (carrotandlily) para el anfitrión
Our stay with Kate, Francois, Mateo and Max was so lovely! As our first Workaway experience in New Zealand, they made us feel like we were truly welcomed in their home. Kate is a delightful cook, who is so generous with her time, and Francois is a calm presence always willing to share information about earth building. We did a bit of earth… read more
18 jul 2020
Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Ricard & Camila Florencia)
Richard and Cami are lovely people.
Cami was a really hard worker, and cooked us a traditional dish from her home! Richard is a great communicator, with many interesting stories to tell.
We wish them all the best in their travels. Thanks Kate
Cami was a really hard worker, and cooked us a traditional dish from her home! Richard is a great communicator, with many interesting stories to tell.
We wish them all the best in their travels. Thanks Kate
(Muy Bien )
16 jul 2020
Dejado por el workawayer (Ricard & Camila Florencia) para el anfitrión
We spent 3 wonderful weeks in Kate and Francois's place. We worked with them in their house and the experience was so great, we learned about earth construction and we enjoy a lot feeding the animals. Kate is an amazing chef and cooked for us all delicious dishes, and Francois is hard worker and he had really good music for us to work with. We are… read more
20 may 2020
Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Jennifer)
Jen's travels were cut short due to covid 19. We welcomed her back to our small village (home).. and she was a fabulous help with whatever tasks we could do. We are building a strawbale home so they are diverse.
Crazy times but very happy to have gone through this with Jen.
I wish her all the best for the remaining time in NZ, and can't recommend… read more
Crazy times but very happy to have gone through this with Jen.
I wish her all the best for the remaining time in NZ, and can't recommend… read more
(Excelente)
21 mar 2020
Dejado por el workawayer (Jennifer) para el anfitrión
Kate, Francois and the boys all welcomed me into their home and day-to-day lives for just over three weeks.
Whilst I was staying, the work was focused on the external walls which included prepping the walls by filling in holes, attaching appropriate mesh and applying earth plaster. I also helped with day to day chores with the animals and around… read more
Whilst I was staying, the work was focused on the external walls which included prepping the walls by filling in holes, attaching appropriate mesh and applying earth plaster. I also helped with day to day chores with the animals and around… read more
17 feb 2020
Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Karim & Marie-Jeanne)
Great family and loved having them stay. Very helpful on our strawbale home build, doing tasks without being asked. Seeing a job and just getting on and doing it. Our kids really liked hanging out with all the kids .
Can't recommend enough.
Hopefully we will meet again soon.
First workaway guests and a great experience. Thankyou
Can't recommend enough.
Hopefully we will meet again soon.
First workaway guests and a great experience. Thankyou
(Excelente)
16 feb 2020
Dejado por el workawayer (Karim & Marie-Jeanne) para el anfitrión
Nous avons passé quelques jours très sympas avec Kate, François et leurs deux enfants Matteo et Max. Ils nous ont réservé un très bon accueil, nous avons pu apprécier l'excellente cuisine de Kate! Les enfants se sont beaucoup amusés ensembles. Le travail à la maison en paille est très intéressant. Une très belle expérience en tous points si bien… read more
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