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Learn a bit about gardening and enjoy a stay in Christchurch the garden city, New Zealand

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  2025 

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  • Descripción

    Descripción

    We live in Christchurch on the South Island of New Zealand . We have a 3 bedroom home with quite a big vegetable garden and good range of fruit trees. There is always plenty of work in the garden and around our home which we would be so grateful to have some help with.

    Keiko is a chef at a local Senior Care home and I am semi retired but still conduct tours as well as having a part time construction job and if I am not busy with any of the above I am playing tennis, table tennis, skiing , mountain biking or just enjoying our outdoor life here in Christchurch.

    We do offer homestays as part of my tour business for guests but also some of our former guests do come back and stay with us in exchange for help in our garden and around our home. We have a cat, and 4 chickens and often have 2 golden retriever s who stay with us. I speak Japanese having lived in Japan and of course Keiko is a native Japanese speaker. We are about 5 kms from the city centre and Christchurch has many tourist activities such as Tranz Alpine, Whalewatching ,Swim with Dolphins, Hot spring, Wineries and glorious hiking and mountain bike tracks, 18 golf courses....Just a beautiful city to live in and share with our overseas guests.

  • Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    Práctica de idiomas
    Jardinería
    Construcción y bricolaje
    Cuidado de animales
    Cocinar para toda la familia
    Ayuda doméstica
    Mantenimiento general
    Ayuda informática
  • Intereses

    Intereses

    Sostenibilidad
    Animales
    Deportes de invierno
    Actividades al aire libre
    Senderismo
    Ciclismo
    Acampada
    Playa
    Deportes de aventura
  • Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    I have been a Japanese speaker for over 40 years having lived in Japan and hosted guests from Japan including 5 years as an English language teacher in Japan so can claim to have some skills with regards to helping overseas guests with English as a Second Language. I am very active so if my schedule allows and guests are keen to enjoy some outdoor activity more than happy to invite them to join in whatever sports I am up to. Guests also welcome to borrow bicycles and enjoy the city on our excellent cycleway s which the city is famous for. As a tour guide for over 30 years I really enjoy to share this great lifestyle and beautiful part of New Zealand that we live in and appreciate if our guests want to help us as and exchange and hopefully they can learn from us be it in our garden or cooking or in some of my DIY projects.

  • Ayuda

    Ayuda

    We have many raised vegetable beds, a large glasshouse and over 10 fruit trees so there is a lot of tending to do in the garden and around our home which we would be so grateful to have some help with.

  • Idiomas

    Idiomas hablados
    Inglés: Fluido
    Japonés: Intermedio

    Este anfitrión ofrece intercambio de idiomas
    Having been an English teacher for 5 years in Japan some 30 years ago can claim to have some skills when it comes to assisting our guests with English as a Second Language .

  • Alojamiento

    Alojamiento

    We have a room with a double bed and single bed and an ensuite bathroom.

  • Algo más...

    Algo más...

    We have bicycles you can borrow or the main bus route is only 500 metres away and less than 10 minutes to the city centre. We are about 8 minutes walk away from one of Christchurch s largest shopping malls. There is a vast range of activities which are available in the city for active people from mountain biking park, 18 golf courses, pickle ball, table tennis, uncountable hiking courses in the port hills and the magnificent Botanical Gardens.

  • Un poco más de información

    Un poco más de información

    • Acceso a Internet

    • Acceso a Internet limitado

      Acceso a Internet limitado

    • Tenemos animales

    • Somos fumadores

    • Puede alojar familias

  • Puede acoger a nómadas digitales

    Puede acoger a nómadas digitales

    Most of my tour work comes from guests over the interenet so there is always help I need with digital world.

  • ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

    ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

    Más de dos

  • Mis animales / mascotas

    Mis animales / mascotas

    Profile photo of Milly and Poppy

    Milly and Poppy (4 años)

    Poppy the younger one has just turned 3..Milly is 15 last September.. They are our friends dogs and she used to live next door so quite often we have them come and stay ...Most beautiful natured dogs and they get on well with our cat and chickens.

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