Help with garden and yard work in Wainui, New Zealand

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  Descripción

  Hello lovely workawayers!
  
  I am looking for general help around the place for my mother. She lives on a large block of land, over a hill and quite far from civilization! It's a beautiful property but needs a bit of work on the garden, some work on the house and little projects around the property. My mother is originally from Germany but came to NZ 34 years ago, married a kiwi and had 10 children (none of which live with her anymore)! Since all of her children have moved out now, the workload around the place is a bit much for her and it gets quite lonely for her living very remote on her own. She is one of the loveliest people, quite eccentric and all into the natural way of doing things.
  
  She lives up a 3km driveway which is only accessible with a 4WD (and sometimes only by foot) and about 15 minutes drive from the nearest town, so don't expect to be able to easily go to the shops. Because of this she also tries and be as self-sustainable as possible with her own chickens for eggs, garden for vegetables and goats for milk products. Along with chickens and goats we also have some sheep (classic New Zealander's ;)), a dog and the occasional adopted animal from the wild.
  Her house is fully solar powered, therefore we don't have a television and sometimes run out of power at the end of cloudy days. We don’t have WiFi, but do have phone service. It’s very basic living, but if you enjoy that style it will be an adventure.
  
  We only accept one workawayer at a time or couples. Please only message me if you are looking to stay longer than a week or two, are independent and an initiative taker.
  
  Please note I myself do not live here, but just run the account for my mother, she will be the one you will spend the time with :)

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  Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  Ayuda en proyectos ecológicos

  Jardinería

  Construcción y bricolaje

  Ayuda en una granja

  Cocinar para toda la familia

  Ayuda doméstica

  Mantenimiento general
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  Objetivos de sostenibilidad de las NU que intenta conseguir este anfitrión

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  ¿Que es esto?
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  Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  You will be living in NZ nature and can learn a bit about living remote and self-sustainable. My mother has a spinning wheel and spins her own wool which you could learn how to do. You can also learn how to milk a goat and take care of other animals. Opportunities for day trips to local spots is also very likely!

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  Ayuda

  Mainly some gardening and work in the yard. Some building and fixing up in the house as well as some light cleaning and occasionally cooking. We are very relaxed with the particular duties - if you enjoy gardening you can do mainly gardening and likewise for any other tasks. Appreciate people who take initiative and take on a project they can see would be beneficial.

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  Idiomas

  Idiomas hablados
  Alemán: Fluido
  Inglés: Fluido

  Este anfitrión ofrece intercambio de idiomas
  Learning Maori, able to share some of that and German and English conversation.
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  Alojamiento

  You would have your own room and shared bathroom and toilet. The living area is one main house with 2 bedrooms attached, the kitchen and living room and then we have small rooms a short distance from the house, one of which will be yours :). We have gas heated water and also an outside bathtub which we can light a fire underneath.

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  Algo más...

  The closest town is about 15 mins drive away, however, there is no bus or anything going there. You may be able to borrow the car if you have a licence or otherwise you can always catch a ride in to town with someone who is going that way or hitchhike (generally pretty easy in our area).
  You can also very easily convince my mum to take you on a trip somewhere.

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  Un poco más de información

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    Acceso a Internet

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    Acceso a Internet limitado

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    Tenemos animales

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    Somos fumadores

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    Puede alojar familias

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  Podría aceptar mascotas

  Any kind of pets welcome. Dogs will need to be trained against animals and especially chickens

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  ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

  Dos

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  Horas esperadas

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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