Connect with nature and experience East Coast life connected to bush and sea in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

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  Descrição

  Nau mai haere mai! Welcome! Willkommen!
  Thanks for checking out our page...
  
  We are a family of four living on a property with 14ha of protected native bush (forest), small flocks of chickens and ducks, a few sheep, hundreds of birds, thousands of glow-worms, millions of insects, organic gardens & fruit trees - our boys, Mātai-Nuku and Momo-Āio were born in 2023 and 2025.
  All of us are looking forward to hopefully host you soon in this very special corner of the world :)
  
  Hōri -
  Māori/Pākehā. From my mother, I descend from tribes in the Bay of Plenty region from the ancestral canoes - Nukutere, Mataatua & Te Arawa. My father is Pākehā from the South Island (Otago) with Scottish, English and Viking ancestry. I bought this property in 2017 and have hosted workaway volunteers ever since. In 2018 I volunteered for many workaway hosts as I backpacked around the world (mainly in Europe and South America).
  My vision is to live a simple, self-sufficient life connected to land and sea. Creating a safe space where people can be high on nature.
  
  Steffi-
  Free spirit. Introvert. Animal and nature lover. Yoga. Non meat eater. Non drinker. Simple and natural way of living. Homegrown, homemade organic food and medicine. Tidy and hard worker. Mama.
  I started traveling the world when I turned 20 after I finished my apprenticeship in Hotel Management. Travelling became my biggest passion and I kept exploring the world for the following 14 years on and off. In between travelling, working and volunteering all over the globe, where I met amazing people and made some very special memories, I always kept coming back to Switzerland and Germany to see my family and gather some pocketmoney for more travels. In that time I also got my massage therapist certificates in Switzerland.
  
  We are looking for energetic, self motivated, environmentally conscious people who have skills and experience to help with these current projects :
  
  - Enclose a deck
  - Mamaku fence building
  - Animal pest control (possums, rats, musterlids, cats, mice)
  - Physical, organic weed control
  -Mowing lawns
  -If you‘re open to it, take our big boy on a walk or just spend some time with him
  - and other small jobs like home care/maintenance/cleaning/gardening tasks if needed
  
  We can offer volunteers Māori culture, NZ flora & fauna info, NZ music, guitars, healthy organic homegrown food, eco friendly living, a peaceful place to be away from the stresses of travel & the city.
  
  We strive to live a waste free life, so if you bring any plastic products (or any other waste) with you, we kindly ask that you take it with you when you leave. You can leave biodegradable waste.
  
  This place is free from drugs, cigarettes, vapes and alcohol. Please don’t apply if you rely on these substances.

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  Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado

  Trabalho beneficente

  Projetos artísticos

  Prática de idiomas

  Ajuda em projetos ambientais

  Ensino

  Jardinagem

  Construção/faça você mesmo

  Cuidar de animais

  Ajuda em fazenda

  Cuidar de crianças/atividades criativas

  Criar/cozinhar refeições caseiras

  Ajuda a cuidar da casa

  Manutenção geral

  Ajuda com computadores/internet
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  Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

  Connecting/reconnecting to land and sea, environmentally conscious lifestyle, conservation/ecology information, Māori culture/language, NZ music, native plants & birds, rongoā (Māori natural medicine), seasonal organic homegrown and locally sourced food, offset your carbon footprint from traveling by helping with conservation - giving back to nature.
  We love exchanging culture, music, recipes/cooking/food, language, dreams, stories, positive vibes.

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  Projetos que envolvem crianças

  Este projeto pode envolver crianças. Para mais informações, veja aqui nossas diretrizes e dicas.

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  Ajuda

  Help with moving mamaku into position for fence, shovel & ram dirt, simple building tasks. Hōri will usually work alongside you.
  Walk/service trap line.
  General gardening and house/property maintenance.
  On Thursdays we usually help papa on family land (20mins drive)
  
  Helping hours are from after breakfast to lunch time. 5 hours in the mornings so you have the afternoons free and avoid the hotter part of the day e.g. 7am-12pm or 8am-1pm

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  Idiomas

  Idiomas
  Alemão: Fluente
  Inglês: Fluente
  Maori: Fluente
  Espanhol: Iniciante

  Este anfitrião oferece intercâmbio de idiomas
  Este anfitrião indicou que tem interesse em compartilhar seu idioma ou em aprender um novo.
  Entre em contato com ele para obter mais informações.
  
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  Acomodação

  We live on rainwater so guests must be conscious of water consumption.
  
  Volunteers have their own cabin with bathroom, compost toilet and special view over protected native bush, VERY PEACEFUL. Breakfast and lunch will be at the main tiny house, where we live. For dinner you’ve got your own little kitchen in the cabin. Wifi is limited and is turned off every night when we go to sleep. It should go without saying, but it is expected that we all respect each other’s space. Breakfast and lunch will be provided for the days you work. These meals can be repetitive as we eat seasonally off the land. If you are a big eater it may pay to bring yourself extra food. Share the cooking and clean up. We ask that volunteers organise their own food for their days off (many choose to go on overnight trips for their 2 days off).

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  Algo mais...

  We are flexible about when you take your 2 days off a week, but appreciate it if you take them when Hōri has to go to work (usually Monday-Wednesday)
  
  We recommend having your own vehicle to get around as there is no public transport and we are isolated from town and other attractions.
  
  Property is located 7min drive to nearest beach (Hikuwai/Hukuwai) and 10min drive (30min bike) to Ōpōtiki township.
  
  The area offers bush walks, glow worms, camping, sea swimming/surfing/diving, cycling, bike trails (Motu Trails), tramping, bush huts, ancient trees, rafting, paddling, yoga, meditation, gardening, organic food, sustainable living, reading, environmental protection/guardianship, NZ birds, Ōpōtiki Library (books and free unlimited wifi), café/restaurants, arts & crafts stores, opshops, Motu river jetboat, new skatepark, Moutohorā (Whale Island) tours, kayaking tours, orchards (kiwi fruit, macadamia, avocado, citrus), Whakatōhea Mussels (largest open ocean mussel farm), fishing, hunting, beach walks, sunrises/sunsets, fires, star gazing, river swimming, rock/bridge jumping (bombs), chilling.
  
  Transport to and from Ōpōtiki - your own vehicle, hitchhiking, bus, plane to Whakatāne, yacht/vessel, bike.
  From Auckland you can fly with Air Chathams to Whakatāne or bus to Ōpōtiki with Intercity. There’s also a bus from Tauranga called the Bayhopper. If you don't have your own vehicle we can pick you up from Ōpōtiki.
  
  Its about 4.5 hours drive in a car from Auckland.
  From Whakatāne - 45 minutes drive.
  From Hamilton - 3.5 hours drive.
  From Tauranga - 2 hours drive.
  From Rotorua - 2 hours drive.
  From Gisborne - 2 hours drive.
  From Te Araroa (near East Cape - the first place in the world to see the sunrise) - 2.5 hours drive.
  From Taupō - 3 hours drive.
  From Wellington - 7.5 hours drive.

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  Normal van size. Not a super large campervan

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