Do some art together in Dargaville, West Coast, New Zealand

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  Description

  Where I am Located: Welcome to Dargaville! My home is a beautiful kauri cottage right on the riverfront, just a 5-minute walk to local shops.
  If you love nature, I am just a 12-minute drive from New Zealand's longest drivable beach, and 45 minutes from our stunning ancient Kauri forests and lakes.
  About Me & The Exchange:
  
  Hi! My name is Mandy Wood. I am a Christian lady, counsellor, and artist. I love hosting and have been welcoming WWOOFers and volunteers into my home for over 15 years.
  .As a thank you for your help, I will happily teach you stained glass jewellery and sea glass jewellery skills, and you'll get to make a beautiful piece to take home with you!
  
  Your Accommodation:You will stay in my cosy kauri cottage with me. Your bedroom is freshly decorated with a comfortable double bed (check out the photos!). We share the household chores, so we will cook and clean up together as a team.
  
  We have Wi-Fi available for your everyday needs like emails, messaging, and YouTube (we just ask to avoid massive file downloads).
  I also have two goofy, lovable poodles who can’t wait to meet you!
  
  The Fun Projects (How You Can Help): I am looking for responsible, energetic, and social people to help me artistically "funk up" my community arts barn therapy gallery space and herb gardens.
  It is a non-profit space free for the public, and it’s just too much work for me to do alone!
  
  I would love your help with: Creative Art: Painting fun, simple, large designs on the fence - think Van Gogh, Monet, or fun animal graffiti style or cutting out and painting big tin animals.
  Gallery Setup: Helping me dust, mop, and prep the art barn (usually takes about a day), and then arranging the furniture, tables, and art equipment
  .Basic Tech Support: Helping me take some nice photos of the space and setting up a simple, basic 2-page website (one page for photos, one page for the address/info).
  
  Transport & Logistics: Dargaville has a weekday bus service to and from Whangarei (Monday to Friday). There are also connecting buses from Auckland to Whangarei. On some days, I drive out to Whangarei myself and may be able to pick you up.
  
  Please note: For everyone’s peace of mind and safety, I host a drug-free, sober household, and I kindly ask to see a passport ID upon arrival.
  
  As this is a volunteer exchange for a community non-profit gallery, please note that no financial payment is provided or charged for your stay and lessons.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Projets artistiques

  Enseignement

  Jardinage d'entretien

  Projets DIY créatifs

  S’occuper des animaux

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison

  Petits travaux d'entretien

  Aide informatique/internet

  Garde de maison et d'animaux
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  Centres d’intérêt

  

  Films et télé

  

  Vidéographie

  

  Technologie

  

  Événements/vie sociale

  

  Animaux de compagnie

  

  Dev. personnel

  

  Culture

  

  Bénévolat

  

  Dessin et peinture

  

  Jardinage

  

  Bricolage / artisanat

  

  Art et design

  

  Animaux

  

  Yoga / bien-être

  

  Nature

  

  Plage
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  Enjoy my home and poodles. Learn how to create some sea glass and stained glass jewellery souvenirs to take with you. See the local area - wild west coast, kauri forest and lakes.

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  Aide

  HELP WELCOME: artistically funky up my huge barn/art therapy gallery space. Do you have some ideas or skills and are keen to do a big space clean-up and gallery set-up job and freshen it up, and easy painting & garden in tiny garden and pots - then you are right for this home stay place.
  Share in cooking and cleaning.
  
  INTERNET skills- help needed! Help me understand professional internet pages for counselling therapy and arts to reach locals.
  
  DOGS: Take my 2 goofy poodles on walks. They are house dogs, non-allergenic and non-shedding and love human visitors - if you don't like dogs, don't come as they hang around you all day.

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  Langues parlées

  Anglais: Courant

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  Hébergement

  Staying in my home, a Kauri cottage in a newly decorated double bedroom. Shared cooking/cleaning.

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  Autres infos...

  Enjoy my home and poodles. Learn how to create some sea glass and stained glass jewellery to take with you. Exchange some art and craft knowledge. See the local area - wild west coast, kauri forest and lakes.

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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 digital nomads

  I have enjoyed hosting digital nomads for 15+ years (German bank internet page writers, traders, blog writers, and business marketing professionals). I have ok wifi, big downloads are not possible but emails and YouTube work fine. I'm happy for people to work away on their computers in their own time.

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  You can park your car or small van like a Toyota hiace in my house carpark. Long campers or wide box vans will not fit.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Deux

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  Mes animaux

  poodles

  2 x poodles

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