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2026-04-09 • Ambury Farm - Te Puke for Kiwipicking

- kms drive.
29 days here.
30 photos taken.
0 walks walked.

Kiwipicking is the first job we get in New Zealand. We’ve heard different things about it before: some people say you can make a lot of money, other people that is a bit of a scam, and even some people that didn’t last more than two days.

We wanted to try a physical job because we’ve always worked in an office environment in front of a screen. So we didn’t really know how was to feel physically tired after work. We know now.

Picking is quite demanding, especially in the first days, after we kind of got used to it and it was easier to do. The pay is not bad, but the shifts are not really reliable, so we didn’t know how much we would have to work each day. In the end, even if we would work just a few hours a day, it was exhausting as if we were working the full day.

It was a really good experience though, and we are so happy we took the opportunity to live it. We had such a good team, people we could spend some time with, know them better and become friends. Surrounded by nice people everything feels good: Team Alpha™️ Neele, Elise, Louis and Remi our roommates at the campsite - Remi, Axel and Julia the bosses and original members - Matias, JJ, Franklin and Charles our neighbours - Quentin and Léa joined for the last orchard - Álvaro the tractor driver.

We spent some time out of the orchard together going to the beach, cinema, playing volley, frisbee, darts and pool, doing bbq’s, singing vamos a la playa and having good times together.

Alix planned my birthday party, Matias made a cheesecake and everyone showed up and sang cumpleaños feliz in Spanish. Thanks everyone!

Memories that will stay with us forever - hope we see you guys again ❤️

As Leo would say:

Here’s the plan for tomorrow…

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