Our 5 acre land wouid love your help in Waikato, New Zealand

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  Description

  Hi there, we are a 3 generation Kiwi/German family living in the beautiful Coromandel near the town of Thames. We fell in love with our home and it's 5 acre block of land in late 2016 and have been very busy renovating it since we moved in. We have our own chickens , bees and are planting a new orchard and vegetable gardens, we love having our own honey , fresh eggs and home grown food. We still have a lot of landscaping and planting to do, plus our home renovations are not finished.
  Siegfried is a semi retired Chef and home handyman who moved here from Germany in 2016 and can cook delicious food.
  Carmel is a trained and experienced English teacher who taught Business and Technical English in Germany until being diagnosed with Progressive Multiple Sclerosis, which is the reason we "retired " to a peaceful life in the Coromandel .
  Our daughter Bella is 21 and at university in Auckland , so is only home during the holidays .
  We live with Carmel's father , who is a retired Architectural Designer, still working on projects at home .
  We have been hosts for some years now, so we have a lot of experience hosting international travelers and sharing our home. We have travelled and lived in several countries so understand the feeling of being in a new country far away from "home"

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Help with Eco Projects

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  General Maintenance
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  Interests

  

  Nature

  

  Yoga / Wellness

  

  Politics / Social justice

  

  Events & social

  

  Sustainability

  

  Pets

  

  Fashion or beauty

  

  Culture

  

  Photography

  

  Languages

  

  Gardening

  

  Cooking & food

  

  Architecture

  

  Beach

  

  Self development

  

  Movies & TV

  

  Carpentry

  

  Animals

  

  Hiking
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  UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  We have taken part in other cultural exchange projects and have hosted many people from other countries. Carmel is an experienced English Language teacher and Business English Trainer. Siegfried can share his skills in carpentry, building and home renovation , also his skills as a Chef. We are both passionate about organic "no dig" gardens and the German "hügelbeet" system of growing vegetables.

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  Help

  We wouid be delighted to hear from anyone who can offer building, renovation or landscaping experience /skills . Also, people who can help with planting trees, weeding, mulching, cleaning out the hen house , planting new gardens etc.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  German: Fluent
  English: Fluent

  This host offers a language exchange
  We speak two languages at home and happy to help with anyone who wants to learn/improve their English or German languages
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  Accommodation

  You will have your own private space upstairs in our home: a room with beautiful views of the sea and bush, your own bathroom , living area and kitchen although we usually share some of our meals in the family dining room.
  We live in a magical valley with bushwalks and waterfalls , but still very close to town with supermarket, cafès and bars. We are close to the Hauraki Rail Trail Cycle Way, the Pinnacles Hiking Trail and the stunning Thames to Coromandel Coast Road.

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  What else ...

  We are only a few minutes away from the Intercity Bus Station, and have plenty of safe offstreet parking here if you bring your own car. There is a small local bus service to get around town but we are in walking distance from the Main Street of Thames.
  There are many tourist attractions and Beautiful nature walks and drives nearby.

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Can host digital nomads

  we have a private upstairs suite for our Workaway helpers with an area they can use as an office and fast, reliable fibre internet

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  Space for parking camper vans

  We have a very large flat parking area with great views where people can park their camper vans

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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  My animals / pets

  

  Mia (4 years)

  Beautiful White Swiss Shepherd with a lovely nature
  Gentle, intelligent and very used to meeting lots of new people

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