A self-sufficient community taking root above Lake Wānaka — and right now it's just one of us. We're looking for the first hands to grow, build, and gather everything we need, together and off the grid.
There is a different quiet up here. No notifications, no feed — only the weather, the work, and one another. This isn't about running from the modern world so much as remembering an older one, where a day was measured by what you made of it.
The plan is simple and slow: grow our own food, mend our own roofs, and keep the lamps lit from the stream and the sun. None of it will be easy. All of it will be shared. This is an invitation to belong — to a place, and to each other.
Two acres of terraced beds, a glasshouse against the frost, and a small herd of goats and hens that will learn our names.
A north-facing roof of solar panels and a bank of cellar batteries to keep the workshops humming through the long winters.
Mountain springs feeding the cisterns; greywater filtered through reed beds and returned to the orchard.
Bread from the wood-fired oven, preserves for the cellar, wool from the flock, and a table long enough for everyone to come.
We're welcoming our first members this coming spring. Leave your details and we'll post you the info packet — the full story of the land, the work, and how to join.
The packet is on its way — by post, naturally. Watch your letterbox in a week or two.