Share your skills and learn about permaculture on our brand new family project in Ōkaihau, New Zealand

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  Descrição

  We have availability from the 22nd of March onwards...
  
  Please note: we are still setting up, and the toilet block is still being built... though the rooms & cooking facilities are now fully set up, warm and comfortable! And we now have hot shower available and power connected. - Bring gumboots. It's really muddy when it rains!
  We are a permaculture based project. We love what we do and love to share and learn together.
  
  We are a family of 2 mums and a 7-year-old. We have 2 cats, 5 chickens, 5 ducks and a bottle lamb, who is now a big fat sheep, and... the dream to transform our blank canvas and bush property into a nature paradise.
  
  We are self-employed and work hard, but our family is our priority, so we make time to do fun things together. We home-school our daughter with a child-led, life-learning, or unschooling approach.
  
  We eat mostly plant-based food and eat all our meals together.
  
  Autumn is a Naturopath, Medical Herbalist, and Shiatsu Practitioner.
  Jenni managed the family business(es) and is currently planning the development of the new property :-)

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  Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado

  Prática de idiomas

  Ajuda em projetos ambientais

  Jardinagem

  Construção/faça você mesmo

  Cuidar de animais

  Cuidar de crianças/atividades criativas

  Criar/cozinhar refeições caseiras

  Ajuda a cuidar da casa

  Manutenção geral

  Cuidar de casas e pets
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  Interesses

  

  Eventos e social

  

  Autodesenvolvimento

  

  Vida na estrada

  

  Vegetariano/vegano

  

  Sustentabilidade

  

  LGBTQ

  

  Carpintaria

  

  Animais

  

  Culinária e comida

  

  Jardinagem

  

  Música

  

  Cuidar de plantas

  

  Faça você mesmo

  

  Arte e design

  

  Yoga/bem-estar

  

  Praia

  

  Camping

  

  Naturaleza

  

  Dança
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  Objetivos de sustentabilidade da ONU que este anfitrião quer atingir

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  Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

  We are a permaculture based project. We love what we do and love to share and learn together.
  From our experience and feedback from previous travelers, the things that you can learn here are:
  - a simple way of living... we don't have wifi, we have very limited power, we will cook and eat mainly from the garden (starting over, so yet to establish gardens at this property!), we live mainly outdoors, we don't have much stuff, we appreciate nature and the small things and we love having people here.
  - the beginnings of a permaculture project... because we are a young project and a lot of what we do is starting from nothing, it's really easy to see the basic beginning steps, which people report are much harder to see on an established and well polished permaculture property. So if you are wanting to do something like this back home, here is the ideal place to see how.
  - learning together... we also make heaps of mistakes that you can learn from. We are not too shy to tell you about all things that haven't worked and what we messed up. We are always learning, studying and looking things up, which we like to share with you also. And we are really keen to hear about things that you have seen and done at other places, which we can then try out here.
  
  You will experience a simple way of living on the land.
  
  We eat simple, wholesome, mostly organic, mostly plant-based foods.
  
  We are also involved with two gardening groups, which we love! We visit each others gardens on a regular basis to help each other out, so you will probably be joining us to meet others and garden together at some stage during your stay.
  
  THE LOCAL AREA:
  Okaihau is a very small town (with a cafe, a nice gift shop, schools, a post shop, dairy and a liquor store - and not much else). It is on the Twin Coast Cycle Trail, so an opportunity to hire bikes and cycle a bit :-)
  We are close to Kerikeri, which has plenty of Cafes, Op Shops (2nd hand shops/Thrift stores), near Paihia and the Bay of Islands Beaches, and a day trip from Cape Reinga / 90 mile beach. We are also within 30 mins drive of Waitangi, where you can learn about New Zealands Maori & settler history, if you are so inclined. And we are a short drive away from the Nga Wha Springs mineral hot pools. There are many waterfalls and swimming spots in the vicinity, but all driving (not walking) distance.
  You will need a car or be willing to hitchhike to any of these places - unless we are going in that direction anyway.

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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

  THE DEAL:
  We expect 25 hours of work per week and we will make a plan with you at the beginning of the stay when you will work and have days off, so you can plan your time for sight seeing and exploring the area.
  
  We prefer helpers to stay for a minimum of 2 weeks, so we can get to know you and spend some quality time together. Please be prepared to stay for 2 weeks or longer. If you have less time and still want to stay, please contact us, but understand that enquiries of 2 weeks will be prioritised. If you stay less than 1 week, you may not have full days off, since we fit this in with our schedules.
  
  WHO WE LOVE TO HOST:
  - You are independent and communicate well.
  - You are open to learning, sharing, and connecting, and are curious about the world.
  - You are a nature lover and want to be connected to the earth in a simple way.
  - You are practical, and able and willing to follow instructions
  - You are physically fit and able to work outside (all weather situations) > we don't have inside jobs, but we can manage work times around weather conditions.
  Also, we have found that couples and friends traveling together have a better time here, as at times we are pretty busy and work and evenings can be a social situation, but also may be you working alone once we've shown you what to do. Okaihau is small and pretty isolated. We are able to take you out when we are out during your days off, and of course invite you to join us to most social activities we attend. But if you have your own car, you will have a lot more freedom :-)
  
  CURRENT ACTIVITIES:
  As we are just setting up our new property tasks include everything including:
  - simple building/home improvement projects, including sanding and painting
  - manual weeding (continual management of gorse, privet, tobacco weed, thistles, and others)
  - creating gardens
  - child care (the right people only)
  - lots of planting coming up over autumn and winter
  - cleaning and tidying
  - prepping firewood for winter
  - and much more.
  Helpers will also be responsible for daily tasks such as washing dishes, helping with meal prep, and feeding the animals.

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  Idiomas

  Idiomas
  Alemão: Fluente
  Inglês: Fluente

  Este anfitrião oferece intercâmbio de idiomas
  We would love to learn more Spanish and Te Reo Maori, both of which we have learned some. We need more opportunities to practice. We can teach German and English and some basic Te Reo Maori words to foreign travelers.
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  Acomodação

  Accommodation in a cosy caravan with a queen bed. We can accommodate extras on a mattress on the floor, a tent or if you have one, your own camping vehicle.
  We don't have proper toilets (boom bucket only)... so it'll be much like camping.
  The rooms are now fully set up, warm and comfortable! And we now have cooking facilites, hot shower available, and solar power connected.... so devices can be charged!

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  Algo mais...

  Please bring appropriate clothes, natural insect repellent, sunscreen and personal hygiene products. Please note that we have simple grey water systems and cannot accept anything but natural products without fragrances and chemicals in our grey water!
  
  We are aiming to live free from plastic and waste to landfill. If you must bring rubbish onto our land we ask that you take these with you when you leave. We are happy to take care of recycling: recyclable plastics, metal, glass, paper, and compost.
  
  We live rurally and the area is best suited to people with their own transport. If you don't have a car, please ask us and we might be able to arrange pickup, but you will be restricted as to what you can do in your time off.

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  Mais alguns detalhes

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    Acesso à internet

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    Acesso à internet limitado

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    Temos mascotes

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    Somos fumantes

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    Pode hospedar famílias

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  Espaço para estacionar campervans

  We have plenty of space for vans and motor homes, some flat ;-) The deal remains the same whether you stay in your vehicle or make use of our accommodation.

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  Pode aceitar animais

  We may be able to accommodate pets. Please enquire.

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  Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?

  Mais de 2

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  Meus animais / animais de estimação

  Chili, Sally, Skye, Indi-Rose, Snowflake, BlackMoon

  Besito & Bell

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