Help with gardening, house maintenance and wetland development near Ōtaki, New Zealand

Disponibilidade

  2025 

 Hospedagem min. solicitada: 1 semana ou menos

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Detalhes

  • Descrição

    Descrição

    We are a sustainably designed, rural property on the edge of a protected wetland of regional significance in the lower North Island of New Zealand. We have fully organic domestic vegetable gardens, a small orchard, and firewood trees in addition to the wetland margin and native replanting. The main house is a new, sustainably designed building using solar and wood fired water heating. It has magical calm and tranquility.

    We are a same-sex couple who both work in education, have traveled to many places in New Zealand and overseas and enjoy the company of others. We enjoy cooking (our guests tell us the meals we provide are very good) and can cater for vegans, vegetarians or omnivores. Our interests and general knowledge are broad and we love meeting new people who care about the planet.

    We are five minutes from the Ōtaki rail station and inland from the coast. It is a one hour drive to Wellington city, and between 10 and 20 minutes from beaches at Ōtaki, Pekapeka and Waikanae. Having your own transport is good but we can collect you from bus or train stations. It is about a 30 minute walk to the nearest shop.

    We are happy for visitors (I person or 2) to stay up to 4 nights (but can be longer by negotiation) and will provide breakfast, lunch, dinner and accommodation in exchange for 4-5 hours each help per day. We appreciate non-smoking, visitors who want to learn about New Zealand birds and plants, organic gardening and sustainability, or who want quiet, reflective time after their work is done.

  • Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado

    Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado

    Ajuda em projetos ambientais
    Jardinagem
    Construção/faça você mesmo
    Ajuda em fazenda
    Ajuda a cuidar da casa
    Manutenção geral
  • Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

    Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

    We have many books about New Zealand plants and birds and knowledge about wetlands and their importance but also can talk about New Zealand history, literature, and poetry. We do preserving of fruit, berries and vegetables and focus on eating and cooking seasonally from the property. We are constantly exploring how to become more sustainable - you may have great ideas to help with that - and really enjoy learning about new approaches to cooking. We keep a well stocked spice and sauce cupboard and grow a range of fresh herbs.

  • Ajuda

    Ajuda

    We are looking for help with general property maintenance: firewood work (cutting, stacking, moving), wetland development (weeding and replanting), domestic vegetable garden and orchard work, as well as domestic chores such as house maintenance (window washing, repainting, home handy person repairs). We sometimes require DIY skills for small retaining walls, chicken coops, potting shed areas.

  • Idiomas

    Inglês: Fluente

  • Acomodação

    Acomodação

    Accommodation is in a private, stand alone cottage with a renovated bathroom, a gas stovetop and microwave cooking facilities, which located beside the main house. It has one double bed and a sofa bed as well as a table and chairs and decks with views into the orchard and beyond. We provide food for you to make your own breakfasts - and you can tell us what you like - and provide a hot meal with us in the house at night. Lunch is usually provided but sometimes you may need to make your own if we are both out at midday. There is wireless internet access in the cottage.

  • Algo mais...

    Algo mais...

    In your time off on weekdays, there is no easy off-property transport other than your own feet. In the weekends we can take visits to the local market, the local beach, or short local forest walks.

  • Mais alguns detalhes

    Mais alguns detalhes

    • Acesso à internet

    • Acesso à internet limitado

      Acesso à internet limitado

    • Temos mascotes

    • Somos fumantes

    • Pode hospedar famílias

  • Pode hospedar nômades digitais

    Pode hospedar nômades digitais

    The internet connection at the property is wireless and can occasionally be weaker at times of local peak demand. There is no fibre cabling in this area yet.

  • Espaço para estacionar campervans

    Espaço para estacionar campervans

    There is a flat parking pad halfway up the drive where a reasonably large camper can be parked. It is some distance from the cottage and full ablutions and power can only be supplied via an outdoor extension cord in dry weather.

  • Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?

    Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?

    2

Nº de ref. de anfitrião: 799446594118

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A imagem mostra uma cozinha aconchegante com painéis de madeira, com um fogão a lenha, armários e uma porta vermelha, exalando uma atmosfera calorosa e convidativa.
A imagem retrata um quarto aconchegante com uma cama, móveis de madeira e uma janela, apresentando uma atmosfera serena com luz natural e vista para as árvores do lado de fora.
A imagem mostra uma pequena casa cinza-escura com uma chaminé, cercada por uma cerca de madeira e uma vegetação exuberante, em um céu azul claro.
A imagem mostra um jardim sereno com uma variedade de plantas, cercado por uma borda de madeira, com canteiros elevados e uma pequena estufa, em meio a uma paisagem verde exuberante.
A imagem retrata uma paisagem serena com uma área gramada exuberante com uma variedade de plantas e árvores, em um céu nublado.
A imagem mostra dois cisnes negros com asas brancas, um deles com as asas estendidas, em pé em um caminho de terra vermelha cercado por grama alta e árvores.

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