Help with garden and yard work in Wainui, New Zealand

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  Description

  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, very eccentric and all into the natural way of doing things. I like to describe her as a wild woman.
  
  She lives up a 3km driveway which is only accessible with a 4WD (and sometimes only by foot) and about 30 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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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  Aide dans une ferme

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général
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  Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre

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  Qu'est-ce que c'est ?
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  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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  Aide

  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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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Allemand: Courant
  Anglais: Courant

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  Learning Maori, able to share some of that and German and English conversation.
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  Hébergement

  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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  Autres infos...

  The closest town is about 30 mins drive away, however, there is no bus or anything going there. You may be able to borrow the car if you have a license 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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  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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  Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux

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

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Deux

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