Taruna College New Zealand is a centre for Adult Education offering an exciting range of formal and informal holistic courses and subjects inspired by the work of Rudolf Steiner PhD. such as: Waldorf Teacher Education, Biodynamic Organic Agriculture, Anthroposophical Nursing, Art of Health and Coaching and Biography Workshops.

Hostel Information

The Taruna College Hostel is near the entrance of Taruna College. It has seven single rooms, as well as common rooms, kitchen, laundry and bathrooms. There is no resident manager or cook but a nearby Caretaker. Cooking of meals and cleaning is the mutual responsibility of the group of residents/occupants.

Hostel Room Allocation
We give priority to overseas students attending Taruna College full-time courses. New Zealand full-time students have next priority. We like to see a mix of students from various courses in the hostel, not just from the first course to start. Rooms are allocated when a properly completed Application for Academic Entry form, requesting a room, is received. When the rooms reserved for a particular course have been allocated others may be provisionally allocated until required by students from later starting courses. Students who are provisionally allocated rooms will be required to vacate the room when needed by the next course.

Room Rental Rates
The room rates exclusive of linen, food and supplies, but inclusive of electricity and telephone rental (not tolls) and some cleaning products, are as follows:

	Rate	Bond
Nightly or Casual Rate	$25 per night ($140 per week*)	$0
Full course in advance	$85 per week	$170
Full term in advance	$90 per week	$270
Fortnightly in advance	$95 per week	$270

* Weekly rate applies if staying 8 nights and longer.

Rent is to be paid to the Taruna College Office Administrator.

Any resident intending to leave the hostel before the end of their course is required to give two weeks notice or 2 weeks rent in lieu.

Rent rebate – Practicum / Sections
For any weeks where a student is away on a scheduled section or practicum which is outside of the Hawkes Bay - no rent will be charged if the occupant  is prepared to make their room available for other users, for example a participant attending a short and block course being held at Taruna.  As long as the offer for use is made, rent will not be charged regardless of whether or not the room was actually used.

Rent Rebate Holidays
During some of the scheduled holiday weeks Taruna College will offer short courses. It is common for participants on these short courses to request accommodation at Taruna, and students in the hostel who plan to be away on holiday can ask for their room to be sublet. The Taruna College Secretary will coordinate this arrangement, and when a short course participant uses a room, the normal occupant will have their rent refunded.

Hostel Room Acceptance
Students who have requested and been offered a room in the hostel must confirm their acceptance by posting a cheque for the bond, 14 days before their course begins. Students must state their arrival date and time.

The room occupancy contract has a section listing the contents/chattels in the room and any defects. It is in your interests to check this carefully as this will be checked when vacating the hostel. On or before leaving each student must arrange a room check with the Taruna College Secretary to ensure it is in satisfactory condition. When this is completed your bond will be returned.

Keys
Residents are provided with a key to their bedroom and the general living area. Lost keys will be replaced at the cost of $10. An emergency set of keys is kept by the Taruna College Caretaker.

Cleaning Products
Taruna College will provide Multi-Purpose cleaner, floor cleaner, mop heads, oven cleaner, pot scourers, toilet paper and soap..

Phone and Tolls
Phone rental and local calls are included in the room rate. The phone has a permanent toll bar, so those wishing to make toll calls will need to obtain their own Clearcard or Telecom Calling Card.
The Hostel phone number is ++64-6-877 5837.

Faxes can be sent by arrangement with the Taruna College.

Visitors and Guests
Guests

Overnight stays of friends and relatives of residents are accepted on the following conditions:

• Where there is a room available, guests are asked to take the room and pay a nightly charge of $20.
• If there are no rooms available, residents can share their room with their guest at the rate of $5 per night. (No charge is made if guest is only staying for one night)
• The maximum length of stay for guests sharing a room is 5 nights.
• It is the responsibility of the host resident to ensure that satisfactory arrangements have been agreed with the other residents regarding meals, cleaning and social activities involving the guest.
• PRIOR to the arrival of any guest, approval must be gained from the Taruna Office. This does not apply to (unforeseen) one night stays where the guest shares a room.
• Payment of charges for guests is the responsibility of the host resident.

Visitors
When there is a room available, visitors may be accommodated at the hostel at the casual rate of $25 per night. Hostel residents will receive advance notice of any visitors arranged by Taruna College.

Conditions

1. Linen (sheets, pillowcases and towels) must be provided by the occupant. Beds are not to be used without sheets and pillowcase.
2. Cooking, general cleaning and associated costs are the responsibility of residents by mutual arrangement.
3. Residents are responsible for cleaning their own rooms.
4. Residents are to maintain the hostel, its garden and environment in a reasonable state of tidiness at all times. Shared areas are to be cleaned at least weekly.
5. On the last Saturday of each month all residents are to give the hostel a thorough spring clean.
6. Bonds are refundable at the end of the student's course when the Taruna College Secretary is satisfied the whole hostel is in satisfactory condition and individual rooms have been jointly inspected before departure.
7. No pets, drugs or alcohol are allowed.
8. There are to be NO structural changes made to the Hostel building or to fixtures and fittings, without the prior agreement of the Taruna College Administrator.
9. Particular care should be taken of electrical fittings and appliances or candles because of fire risk.
10. Any breakage should be reported to the Taruna College Secretary. Replacement and repairs may be charged to those responsible, at the discretion of the Administration Committee.
11. The Hostel residents’ carpark is on the other side of the drive from the Hostel.
12. Please be considerate to others by avoiding loud noise that may disturb the work and sleep of others and ensure that it is quiet from 10pm to 7am. The Hostel is adjacent to retirement homes.
13. Please respect other people’s privacy.