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We are a couple who live in Taranaki on a small farm together with our 3 sheep, 2 dogs and 3 chickens. We finished building our own home and now need help with projects around the garden and house.
For those staying over Christmas, we offer a unique New Zealand experience.
Although we work hard, life here is very good and fairly laid back. There are very comfortable seperate living quarters for helpers, all meals provided and there is a lake to swim in.
Our property is beautiful with views of Mount Taranaki and we have planted hundreds of trees. We accept couples or two friends who are strong, hard working, healthy and easy to get along with. Please note that we only take helpers who have their own transport.
Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Jardinage
Bricolage et construction
Aide dans une ferme
Entretien général
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
Skills we can transfer are weaving hurdles, pollarding, coppicing, propagating plants, planting live hedges, working in rammed earth and light straw clay (LSC). Also building decks and pergolas. You will see native NZ birds and forests every day and wake up to Tui's calling and fall asleep to the Ru Ru (a NZ owl) calling. We are happy to teach English and we speak some French, English and some Dutch. From here you can go and enjoy the Surf Coast, 45 minutes away, climb Mount Taranaki, walk the native forests and explore our local lakes (conservation areas). New Plymouth is a town which offers everything you may need. We hope to help you learn about NZ native fauna and flora if you are interested.
Aide
Work would include digging post holes, weeding the garden, moving piles of stuff (bricks, mulch or gravel). Assisting in construction of clay pizza oven, fences would be needed and help trimming trees (in winter there is pollarding and also coppicing). Also making hurdles (weaving bamboo, willow or poplar) and doing rustic fencing.
Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Français: Intermédiaire
Hollandais: Débutant
Hébergement
You will have your own brand new accommodation with bathroom and two single beds. There is a basic area for kitchen stuff but not cooking - just snacking, tea and coffee (fridge, microwave, kettle etc). You have a large screen TV and a huge library of DVD's to choose from. All food is provided by the main house - except breakfast which is limited to coffe/tea/ bread, butter, cheese and milk, jam and honey. If you eat anything else, please supply your own.We do not cater for vegans or vegetarians. We eat a full natural range of paddock to plate. We grow 99% of our food and meat is sourced locally from neighbouring farms or the forest.
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We expect 4 hours of work 5 days of the week. . We do not allow ANY smoking on the property. We like to have very private time until 10am and enjoy a long lunch every day. We only accept helpers who have their own transport.
Informations complémentaires
Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?
Deux
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They were flexible with the work timings as long as we completed 4 hours of work a day. We usually started work around 9am and finished about 1pm which would be when Anushka would call us in for lunch. The work was varied and dependent on the weather. We moved… read more
At the time of our stay, work mainly consisted of digging foundation holes for the wooden deck roof and weeding around the garden.
Work usually started at 10:00am with a long lunch break which allowed… read more
I stayed for a week, had timeoff and was free to choose at what time of the days I wanted to do the work which itself was pretty much as described in the description.
I really enjoyed… read more
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They were flexible with the work timings as long as we completed 4 hours of work a day. We usually started work around 9am and finished about 1pm which would be when Anushka would call us in for lunch. The work was varied and dependent on the weather. We moved… read more
At the time of our stay, work mainly consisted of digging foundation holes for the wooden deck roof and weeding around the garden.
Work usually started at 10:00am with a long lunch break which allowed… read more
I stayed for a week, had timeoff and was free to choose at what time of the days I wanted to do the work which itself was pretty much as described in the description.
I really enjoyed… read more
They have an amazing house, which they built on their own with a big beautiful garden where you can relax on sunny days. The tasks they gave us where easy to do and they always made sure that we wouldn't have to work during high sun radiation and not more than 3-4 work hours per day. Anushka supplied… read more
It was very nice sleeping in the comfy little appartment and I love the decoration style from the main house, it is truly amazing. The garden is so big and soo beautiful, I loved walking around or working in the garden and enjoying the nature, could do that all day.
Anushka made such… read more
It honestly exceeded our expectations,
we had a whole small apartment with a tv, a small kitchen and our own bathroom, which was a big upgrade compared to the car.
During the day we could stay in the house whenever we wanted, to check out the… read more
