West Coast, South Island
Westland
L T
Activities: Developing seaside subtropical garden, building, mulching, digging, setting up a permaculture vegetable garden. 4 hr/day plus helping prepare evening meal and doing dishes.
Comments: Have your own room in house beside the sea. Quiet lifestyle with one woman. Asian food a favourite. I play good music from many cultures. Beside beautiful wild beach, cafes, yoga classes, lots of local bush and beach walks. Nearest town Westport (28 km), can pick up if no bus available but need notice. You need to be self sufficient as there is not much entertainment in the immediate area apart from walking, reading, cafe, etc.
Hobbies: Gardening, singing, yoga, sculpture, reading, walking.
M B
Activities: Not a farm. Beautiful old ex-monastery. Animal themed rooms. About 2.5hrs cleaning each morning.
Comments: 200m from Greymouth town centre. Helpers get own room to share with Sky TV. Also free internet, laundry and use of bikes. I live by myself and have a dog and a cat. Can pick up from train station or bus if you call with arrival time.
DP&SP
Activities: Backpackers & Bar in the centre of Greymouth, our job is to look after our guests and keep the place in high standards. 3-4 hours a day for free accommodation, one free beer, free pool table, free Internet and more.
Comments: 2 preschool children. Rafting, fishing, hiking, sailing and much more nearby.
A W
Activities: 3 farms (dairy/ dairy support) within 10 min of each other. Help with 1 milking a day, feeding calves, shifting stock, and weed removal, pasture renovation, some tractor driving, fencing, building, even mechanical work. Work to suit skills.
Comments: Stay in self contained unit with a double bed, awake to birdsong and nearby creek. Continental style breakfast will be provided, evening meals with our small family. Transport for sightseeing may be available. Near beach, great fishing, hunting, kayaking, surfing, motorbike riding, hiking, hotpools & glaciers (40 min). Bus drop at nearest town Hari Hari (5 min).
Hobbies: Tramp, fish, hunt, windsurf, surf, swim, kayak, climb, goldmining, horseriding, motorbike riding, mountainbiking.
T&D B
Activities: Horse training (5-7 horses). Work will involve horses, depending on experience, keen for experienced riders. Also help with gardening, some house work, cooking, a bit of child care, fence clearing, lawn mowing, pruning trees & mucking out paddocks.
Comments: Remote coastal property with wildlife reserve lagoon. We have a preschool child. Stay in own room or use a housebus in a separate location to our house. Dean goes away for stints of work, we eat variety of food. Canoeing on lagoon, have nearby lake for swimming and bush walks.
Hobbies: Horse riding, skiing, tramping, biking, canoeing, climbing, kayaking, swimming.
S R
Activities: Hobby farm: Sheep & goats. Tree planting, clearing scrub/weeds. Maintain tunnel house, planting vege. Stock work.
Comments: I live in town, farm is 6 min away. Town centre 5 min walk with pool and crafts (greenstone). Children and grandchildren often visit. Stay in own room with shared bathroom. I enjoy meeting people. All help at home or farm appreciated.
Hobbies: Art, music, walking dogs, bushwalks, gardening and animals.
K H
Activities: Dairy farm milking 460 crossbred cows 2x/day. Help with milking and all aspects of farming. Also general house work & gardens. Also have chooks, dogs, a cat and wild deer as the farm backs on to native bush.
Comments: I live alone with my 3 kids staying every 2nd weekend and all holidays and I employ other staff. I have a large house with an adjoining room with shower and toilet. Lake 5km with fishing, bush walks, beaches and water sports. Greymouth 45min away but the Westcoast shuttle stop at Jackson's tavern 5km away.
Hobbies: President of the social club at the tavern so organise activities and outings. Take the kids out on the lake, bush walks and have a dirt bike.
J&A S
Activities: Not a farm. Backpackers and pub catering to local west coasters as well as tourists. Expect 3 hours work per day, 5 days/week in exchange for their bed. Meals not provided. Some days are tough, some are very lax. Part time pay if work permit.
Comments: Fun international atmosphere with many interesting people.
Hobbies: Sailing, scuba, motorcycles, travel, hiking & surfing.
B&L J
Activities: Garlic Gardens, 15 beef cattle, 30 sheep. Help with stock handling, firewood collecting, cleaning, cooking. We attempt to be self sustainable, spray free with gardens. 40 acres of protected rain forest as part of the property. 3 day trial for you & for
Comments: Must have happy & energetic attitude and fit in with the family. Must enjoy animals. You are here also to enjoy the area.
Beaches 10 min drive, Wangapeka track 10 min walk. Near walking, hunting, nature watch, photograghy. Karamea 20 min drive, 1 hr by bicycle.
N W
Activities: Herb sanctuary is a work in progress, current main focus is building nursery structures, designing garden, tree and herb planting. Building, painting, pest control, weeding, grass cutting, log splitting (petrol powered log splitter). Work hours negotiab
Comments: Surrounded by Dept of Conservation forests in the mountains, plenty of lakes and rivers. Shared accommodation 2 bunk beds. Pick up visitors from Christchurch with notice. Happy to take visitors on tours of the area, glaciers, pancake rocks and other places tourists rarely see. 55 min inland from Greymouth. I accommodate most diets and open to new ideas.
Hobbies: Crossbow hunting (deer, pig possum & hare), Fishing (salmon & trout), eeling. smoking eels, bushwalking & swimming.
P&S D
Activities: 350 cow dairy farm, 250 sheep, 2 horses & 5 dogs. Main duties based around cows: milking, calf rearing, drenching & some tractor work.
Comments: Teenage daughter at home, teenage son at boarding school (home in holidays). Sonia is a part time teacher. Very good motel type acc near the house for visitors. Very close Franz & fox glaciers with lots of bush walks & sightseeing in the area.
Hobbies: Horses, badminton, sheepshearing, music, gardening, guitar, skiing & rugby.
P N
Activities: Beef & sheep farm and farmstay cottage. General daily farm and stock work: fencing, repairing, garden and tractor work. Seasonal work: haybaling, drenching, shearing and lambing. Also helping in farmstay cottage.
Comments: Single with no children. Stay in host home, own bedroom. 5km from township, pick up from bus at Whataroa. Mountains, lakes, rivers, fishing & White Heron Sanctuary close. Short drive to Franz Josef Glacier and sea. Must be prepared to have a go.
Hobbies: Tramping, fishing, golf, squash, gardening, photography & sketching.
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