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Feijoa picking on the outskirts of a popular NZ tourist City

World, Oceania, New Zealand, Tikitere

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Travel dates

27°C, 07:00

About the workproject

We need 2 volunteers

We own a feijoa & Passionfruit & Orchard and there is work all year that we appreciate help with. Feijoa picking April, May & June, then pruning & general tidy up work. We have around 1500 feijoa trees! & 100 Passionfruit vines. The property is situated 15 minutes out of Rotorua and is close to the airport.

About the host

Carolyn

Host since

2016

Languages

English

Our family speak English, our eldest daughter can speak a little chinese

Last seen online

more than 6 month ago

We are a family of four, we have two daughters age 11 & 13. We purchased a feijoa & passionfruit orchard over a year ago. We are now going into our second feijoa harvest. We are a christian family and enjoy meeting people from different cultures and countries.

Project dates

Open for offers, contact us


Work to be done

  • farming

Expected workhours

  • 5 hours a day
  • 5 days a week

Work exchange deal

  • private room

There are a couple of room options; a room off the garage which is very close to main house. The room has just been painted and has brand new carpet/curtains, comfortable bed. Also a smallish room with good size bed in main house. In addition, during packing season and summer there is accommodation off the packhouse, new carpet/curtains & twin beds in a spacious room, includes adjoining basic kitchen/dinning area. Wifi &TV; is available in main house.

  • shared meals

You prepare your own breakfast and sometimes prepare own lunch, shared main meal with family

  • no money is involved