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Kia Ora and Welcome!
We are an Animal Sanctuary, established in 2016 as an intentional small community with residents, living-in volunteers and external helpers.
We are currently home to: Alpacas, Donkeys, Ponies, Pigs, Cats, Cattle, Rabbits, Birds, Fish, Chickens, Goats, Turkey's and retired ex-racing Greyhounds which we foster to re-home.
The property has been established under permaculture principles, low waste scheme, fruit orchard and organic veggie garden by experienced specialists with permaculture education (we no longer teach permaculture as we are now focused on the animal sanctuary, but we have a lovely veggie garden and fruit orchard that we regularly work on to provide food for the volunteers). We compost pretty much everything and are using it as fertile organic soil for our organic veggie and fruit gardens - we are also aiming towards being zero waste.
We are compassionate about all beings and therefore suitable for vegans, vegetarians and animal lovers.
FOOD- We provide the basics for example, Rice, Pasta, legumes, Grains, Flours, Nuts and Seeds, Dried Fruits, Spices, Oils, Vinegars, Canned and bottled goods.
We don’t have any meat or animal food products on the property and there is also no smoking, drugs or alcohol allowed.
With this intention in mind and set within the breathtaking landscape and wildlife of the Para Wetlands, you'll probably find it's the most tranquil and peaceful place on Earth.
Our goal is to be an Animal Sanctuary set within permaculture gardens and grounds to care for and re-home animals in need and produce organic food for our own consumption under permaculture principles and share our passion for animals with the community.
We have a sanctuary van on-site that can be used by volunteers as we are not in walking distance to any shops.
Who is involved?
Maia (Comes on-site when available), founder and director, was born in Germany and immigrated in 2011 to NZ. She works on the greyhound re-homing program and fish keeping and focusses on other projects which include essential oil healing, family constellation, yoga classes and workshops on plant-based nutrition.
Alex (lives on-site), certified in animal science, welfare and health, born and raised locally, lives with her pet cows Hustle, Matao, Olive and dogs since 2019 at Te and is the manager-on-site, looking after the animals. She's working alongside the volunteers in the gardens, grounds and paddocks and shares the lunch meals in the Kitchen.
Harrison (lives on-site), certified in animal care and husbandry, lives with his pet Steer Rocky since 2021 at Te and is our permanent volunteer-on-site, helping the sanctuary with animal care and ongoing projects.
Please apply by sending us an email with the following information:
* Date and time of arrival
* Duration of intended stay
* Contact details (email address and cellphone)
* Information about yourself, what your focus is and why you would like to volunteer here
We're looking forward to having you at our Animal Sanctuary & Permaculture Project!
Alex and the teamTipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje
Proyectos artísticos
Ayuda en proyectos ecológicos
Jardinería
Construcción y bricolaje
Cuidado de animales
Ayuda en una granja
Cocinar para toda la familia
Ayuda doméstica
Mantenimiento general
Objetivos de sostenibilidad de las NU que intenta conseguir este anfitrión
Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje
We love to share our knowledge about animal care.
Ayuda
Animal care and welfare, looking after foster Greyhounds, helping in organic garden, grounds maintenance, cooking plant-based meals, planting, harvesting and preserving produce and much more:)
Idiomas hablados
Alemán: Fluido
Inglés: FluidoAlojamiento
Volunteers have a cabin facing sunny North with 2 bunk beds.
You'll have shared use of the kitchen, bathroom and washing machine.Algo más...
We are situated in a beautiful area with easy access to the Marlborough Sounds for outdoor activities (if you have a vehicle) and 10 mins away from the ferry that crosses from Picton to Wellington.
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Acceso a Internet
Acceso a Internet limitado
Tenemos animales
Somos fumadores
Puede alojar familias
Puede acoger a nómadas digitales
We have unlimited fast internet suitable for working online.
Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas
Parking space for a small camper van is available in the backyard (one at a time)
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Comentarios (31)
Alex and Maia have both been super kind. Alex has always responded quickly to any questions and has made sure that I felt at home.… read more
I really enjoyed my time with the animals even in one week of rain and mud, we kept going happily.
The kitchen and sleeping paddock are well equipped and Alex answered always mediately on questions.
Just keep in mind that you may spend… read more
Lovely, compassionate person who was incredibly loving toward our rescues.
Elena, I sincerely appreciate you giving of your time to help at our refuge.
Volunteers manage their own hours so any over time would have been done by choice, any over time can be accumulated and taken off the following day/ days.
Feeding and cleaning are required each day, maintenance tasks in between are done at volunteers own leisure.
Cooking lunch IS apart of your work hours… read more
Initially I signed up to work and stay here for the 3 weeks (as per their minimum requirements) however, I cut my stay short to 1 week due to a few… read more
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Alex and Maia have both been super kind. Alex has always responded quickly to any questions and has made sure that I felt at home.… read more
I really enjoyed my time with the animals even in one week of rain and mud, we kept going happily.
The kitchen and sleeping paddock are well equipped and Alex answered always mediately on questions.
Just keep in mind that you may spend… read more
Lovely, compassionate person who was incredibly loving toward our rescues.
Elena, I sincerely appreciate you giving of your time to help at our refuge.
Volunteers manage their own hours so any over time would have been done by choice, any over time can be accumulated and taken off the following day/ days.
Feeding and cleaning are required each day, maintenance tasks in between are done at volunteers own leisure.
Cooking lunch IS apart of your work hours… read more
Initially I signed up to work and stay here for the 3 weeks (as per their minimum requirements) however, I cut my stay short to 1 week due to a few… read more
After I got to used to using a compost toilet and the less valuable varity of food, I began to enjoy my stay.
It was a bit tricky at first to see through the daily task we had to do.
Maia and her team are great and very kind, in spite of the fact that I missed the communication sometimes.… read more
She worked very well and put all her effort into every task big or small.
We were very thankful to have her here working along side us.
We wish you all the best with your travels across New Zealand.
She would never shy away from learning new tasks and put in all of her effort where she developed new skills in animal care and landscaping.
A slight language barrier made things a bit tricky but did not deter Marine from trying her best.
We wish you all the best on your travels
She is quietly confident, organised, responsible, consistent, down to earth, completely trustworthy, a sharp learner and an easy person to work with and to assign any tasks to. She would make a great volunteer in any setting.
Thanks for everything… read more
Expect to be introduced with a lovely vegan meal cooked by fellow volunteers. There's lots of work to do. You'll look after the animals (greyhounds, cows, pigs, a horse, donkeys, sheep and llamas), harvest, plant, transplant, shovel poo, turn… read more
The place is beautiful: a big land with permaculture veggie garden, paddock for pigs, donkey, alpagas and poney. A river down the property… read more
All the best for your travels, adventures... and experiments Mylene :)
I think it's important to read the house rules… read more
Maia was an outstanding host. As she does not live on the homestead, she is not a looming presence, but she joins the volunteers everyday for lunch and dessert. This allowed for many fascinating conversations about spirituality, medicine, sustainability, and wellness.
While… read more
Let's close this hosting point.
I've been there to have a permaculture and yoga lifestyle experience in NZ. The first morning you could enjoy a nice yoga class. When you come back home, you have… read more
The work is really easy and you don't need to be… read more
Thank you so much for amazing weeks spent sharing in the continued creation and development of the paradise and vision of your community. And for amazing pure plant, whole food vegan food, yoga, arts, tattoo design, perma culture education and laughter,… read more