Gardening while experiencing rural life near Oamaru, South Island, New Zealand

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  Description

  Our home located on a small working farm, approximately 5 - 10 minutes drive from Oamaru. We are a family of 2 adults and 3 young adult children (one is currently at home helping on farm and the other 2 visit occasionally). We rear and fatten bulls year round and dairy graze cows over winter, and have a small flock of sheep, plus chickens, ducks, Kune Kune pig, 3 x alpaca, 5 x farm dogs and 2 cats (the cats live inside our house).

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Jardinage d'entretien

  Projets DIY créatifs

  S’occuper des animaux

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison

  Petits travaux d'entretien
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  Centres d’intérêt

  

  Animaux de compagnie

  

  Films et télé

  

  Ferme

  

  Histoire

  

  Cuisine et alimentation

  

  Livres

  

  Animaux

  

  Nature

  

  Randonnée

  

  Cyclisme
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  Experiencing life on a New Zealand farm will be of interest to travellers, and being away from large cities and in a more rural environment.

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  Aide

  8th to 30th JUNE 2026 - help required tidying up the garden and possibly painting an outside veranda depending on the weather. Minimum stay 1 week.
  
  AUGUST, SEPTEMBER 2026. - Help with preparing vegetable gardens, tidying up the garden in general, cleaning and evening meal preparation. Possibly feeding chickens. Minimum stay 1 week.
  
  Travellers need to be able to work unsupervised, have a current WHV and your own transport. Non-smokers/vapers only. You will need your own transport - there is no public transport available.
  We are offering accommodation, basic breakfast (cereal/toast), lunch (usually things like sandwiches) and dinner (this is our main meal of the day) in exchange for 4 hours of work a day. Our meals are basic, I’m not a fancy cook and also don't cook gluten/dairy free. We are unable to cater to allergies. You have to provide your own snacks and drinks.
  We only have 200GB wifi a month so are unable to provide unlimited access.

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  Langues parlées

  Anglais: Courant

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  Hébergement

  The accommodation is within our home - the bedroom has a king bed. Shared bathroom facilities - shared with our 25 year old son who is working on farm over winter and occasionally our daughters who sometimes come home to visit for a short time.
  We also provide you with basic breakfast provisions (cereal/toast) & lunch plus dinner at night. You have to supply your own snacks, & drinks.

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  Autres infos...

  We would love someone who is quiet and respectful, and non-smokers/vapers essential (although currently our son is home and he smokes outside but we are hoping he will quit as its a stinky filthy habit 🤪). Working Holiday Visa required. You will also need your own transport, especially if you want to sightsee around Oamaru. Our place is definitely not a party place, we are pretty quiet and tend to go to bed early/wake up early. If you like a simple lifestyle, the countryside and animals, then our place will suit you.

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  Informations complémentaires

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    Accès Internet

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    Accès Internet limité

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    Nous avons des animaux

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    Nous sommes fumeurs

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    Familles bienvenues

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  Cet hôte a de la place pour les vans.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Deux

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  Mes animaux

  Alpaca and kune kune pigs

  No names for the chooks

  Tansy and Prim

  Sky, Sprout, Meg, Tess and Fern

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