Resilience in Ruatoria - Rebuilding After Cyclone Gabrielle
"Post Gabrielle, we were really, really concerned with regards to another cyclone coming through. We were put at risk. Our home was put at risk. Like all the homes along the strait here. Everyone was at...
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Sasha and Andrew in Tapawera
"The thing I love most about the lifestyle is just the pure freedom like going for a walk and it's just sort of quiet and it's serenial and it's just beautiful and...
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Dan's Off Grid Bus in Tapawera
"This is the bus - my beast! So the lifestyle I'm in now, it means everything to me, cuz it's it's freedom."
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Tracey's Freedom Kit in Waikato
Happy so far! I got my kit set up a few months ago, it is running my cabin while I have my relocatable house set up. Running a 600 litre...
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Ian's Home in Auckland
The kit is working well for us. We had a few teething issues with panel location early on but since sorting that we have had no issues. There have been...
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Wendy and Brett's Cabin
"I’m very happy with the GridFree kit. It easily runs a fridge, lights, waterpump, power tools etc."
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Rob and Louisa's Off Grid Office and Bach
If you're thinking about doing an off grid office or cabin, what you probably don't appreciate at the time, is the freedom that comes with it that at any time it...
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Rick's Lifestyle Block
"I am Rick and together with my wife Hanlie, our five dogs and our cat, live on a lifestyle block in Central Hawke's Bay. We live on the property and...
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Lisa's Tiny House
"We have just moved to Coromandel, which we absolutely LOVE. Our electrician is arriving today hopefully to finalise everything and give us the nod!! Cannot wait. We still have the...
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Dan and Kelly's Off-Grid Housebus Conversion - Freedom Kit
"I've always thought that idea of the kind of mid-life crisis is just such nonsense. It's not a crisis, it's just an awakening of just like 'you've lived half your life!...
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Louisa's Off-Grid Office and Bach
I love love love my office and knowing that I’m using sustainable off grid solar energy just lights up my heart.
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Customer Photo Contest Winners
At the start of last 2023, we asked our customers to send in their best pictures of their GridFree life. We had loads of awesome responses and it was really hard...
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Colin's Freedom Kit in Opotiki
"I had my Freedom Kit installed 10 Oct and it is running beautifully with no issues at all. We've had a couple of times where there were 2-3 days in a row...
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Steve's Passive Tiny House
A passive house is a low energy, healthy home, which I think is the future of grid free living. Today I'm in the Coromandel where Steve is building one. Let's...
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Morgan and Jessica's Yurt
Dreaming of more space, warmer weather, and a slower lifestyle, Morgan and Jessica left suburban Wellington for a bare acre in Waipu. During one of their first nights on the land with...
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Rory and Paulette's Tiny Houses
"I think the best part of being off-grid and having solar is just the freedom. Both the financial and physical freedom to do what we want and that we can...
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Te Arahi's Home in Rodney
"Our solar systems have never missed a beat since I installed them over a year and half ago, thanks to Zed and Ethan for your help. Also my cousin Gary and...
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Tom and Maudi's Freedom Kit in Ruatoria
Check out our latest customer install! Tom and Maudi are running the GridFree Freedom Kit on their house in Ruatoria!
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Reuben's Freedom Kit in Hokianga
It has been about 9 to 10 months since I installed my Freedom Kit solar power system, and it has been a great experience for me as a first time user...
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Martin's Freedom Kit in Dunedin
Our kit is installed on and in our three bay shed high on Mt Cargill, overlooking Dunedin city. We installed the racks and panels ourselves, and had a sparky connect...
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Marcia's Family Home in Raglan - Upgrading the Bach Kit
We purchased a Bach Kit for our whare back before Christmas 2019. It was great over the summer months and kept up with what we needed it to do. When...
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Rebecca and David's Homestead in Owhango - Freedom Kit
Rebecca and David are running the Freedom Kit with the Hybrid Inverter at their family homestead 'Fodder Farm' in Owhango.
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Gene's Home in Gisborne - Freedom Kit
Gene is running the Freedom Kit at his family home in Gisborne. After a 6 year journey, construction on the house was finished earlier this year, and he, his wife...
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Jane's Freedom Kit in Whangerei
We are really pleased with the setup so far. We got the lead carbon batteries and so far have not discharged below 70% with them generally 90 - 100% charged....
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