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WWOOF host Northland, New Zealand
WWOOF host Northland, New Zealand
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- Introduction Describe your property and the projects you need help with. The character limit helps it to fit on mobile devices and the printed book. /2000
- 100 acre native forest, organic home orchards, edible gardens, off grid living, chickens, pet goats and our herd of 20 horses on the beautiful Tutukaka Coast in Northland. Since 2002 we have created our simple permaculture inspired way of life. In 2018 we acquired a second 100 acres 10 minutes drive from the home block. Riverside it offers summer time living close to nature. We eat from the land where possible. Off grid, composting toilets, outdoor shower it is enjoyed by those who love outdoor living. Help with a variety of tasks based around the garden/animal needs and building.
Accomodation in summer is in our riverside campsite (tent/mattresses), other months a room in our house at home base. We are currently offering wolfing opportunities from October. Message via email or phone/what's app.
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- Our home farm of 100 acres is in the heart of an extensive Kiwi conservation project. Kiwi been our national bird and protected species. We call home Koru Creek. Our second 100acre paradise we call The Secret Spot. During the summer months we host our wwoofers and Te Araroa walkers from our very cool campsite under native forest and on the riverside. During the other months we provide indoor lodging in our simple home at Koru Creek. Both properties have had extensive orchards and garden developed over the years from sub tropical to stone and pip fruit. Both are off grid with solar and some hydro at The Secret Spot. Family life is busy and we enjoy visitors so there is always plenty happening. Our children all still live with us. Our gardens feed us most of our food. We eat all food however respect the needs of vegetarians and vegan who will be in paradise in the summer gardens. We have a big herd of horses and a collection each spring of rescued lambs, calves and this year a baby goat. We have lots of chickens also. We love motivated Wwoofers keen to learn and give 100% whatever the task. We try to provide variety as so much work on the land is manual. Help is often in the gardens, orchards and if keen and able with construction of whatever the current project is. Our coastal community we think is pretty special and world class so we like to give you as much opportunity to explore it. We ask for 4 hours of help on the land each day in exchange for food, a place to sleep and good times. We do enjoy the cultural exchange aspect. As we have young adults in our family our place us often very social. Ideally you would stay a minimum of 1 week and we suggest a review after 3 days to check in in case things aren't ideal for either party. If you would like to find out more touch base and we can talk further.
Anna, Dino, and our 4 children Gaia 21, Riki 20, Shanti 18, and Nikau 14.
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| Number of people that can be accommodated |
/250 Single. Couples, friends and families
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| Preferred minimum stay |
/250 Open length of stay.
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| Preferred length of stay |
/250 Open
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| Accommodation |
/250 Our barn which is separate to our house. There are two woofing rooms to choose from. No power in the barn, has running water and is supported by an outdoor self contained bush camp. Toilets are composting, showers are all outside, Meals to be shared in th
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| Organic Principles |
/250 Koru Creek and our second farm The Secret Spot have been developed following permculture design principles. Biodynamics were utilised in the first 5 years.
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| Able to accommodate children |
Children - Maybe
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| Diet |
/250 Having 4 children we have all sorts of diets to accommodate! Vegetarian, gluten/dairy free welcome. Meat is eaten by our family.
Vegetarian? - Yes
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| Property size |
/45 110 Acres of Native Forest with 15 acres cleared p
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| Hours |
/250 We ask for 5 hours focused support each day and participation in cleaning up after meals etc. Wwoofers become part of our family life so we like to keep open in discussion and ensure there is balance and flexibility to meet everyones needs.
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| Special instructions |
/250 Non Smoking
Drug Free |
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Carpentry/Building
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Animal Care
Landscaping
Equestrian
Dairy
Agriculture
Bee Keeping
Hi. We are a family of 6 (kids are now 21,20,18 and 13) who have hosted many wwoofers since 2002 on our our organic farm of 100 acres on the Tutukaka Coast in Northland. Our coast is renowned for its natural beauty, white sand beaches, surf spots, world class dive sites and general good living. We now have 2 x 100acre properties both with significant forested kiwi conservation zones, and permaculture orchards and gardens. We live off grid with solar and hydro power and appreciate the simple pleasures including growing most of our food year round. We currently have 20 horses (utilised for competition, breeding and therapeutic work with young people), often pet calves, sheep, chickens, dogs, and cats. One of our properties is in the hills and the other a 10 minute drive beside the Ngunguru river. Both unique our first property we established in 2002 and our second since 2018 both built from the ground up. We have shaped our lives organically whilst raising our family over these years. Our riverside property offers outstanding summertime qualities for swimming and camping in our purpose build campsite close to nature. We eat a varied diet from the land, we are not vegetarian however our gardens cater well for vegetarians and vegans if needed. We move between our blocks depending on the daily needs of family and animals. However as summertime sets in our woofing base is riverside as it caters best for hot days, good living, and plenty of swimming.
We are offering suitable woofers summertime magic in exchange for help with daily tasks on the land. Normally these tasks are focused on the gardens, animals and with construction with projects on the go. We try to provide you with variety, lots of learning and opportunity to get out an explore our coastal area. Accommodation in the summer months will be in a large tent on mattresses in our campsite with an outdoor fire circle beside the river. This area also includes an outdoor shower, toilet and an outdoor kitchen area. We often have friends and family staying alongside in this space through the summertime. It's a very social space. In the months around summer we offer a room in our home at our original property.
We appreciate enthusiastic wwoofers with great initiative, who are keen to get into whatever project is on the go. You will enjoy the outdoors, living in the outdoors and not mind a simple nature filled life. We ask for approx 4 hours help a day (normally a morning get up and go type day to enable you to have the long days to enjoy our amazing location).
We would welcome single, couples or a group of travellers. We are a smoke, drug, vape free environment.