Kua hoki mai a Marae DIY, he toa i te Qantas Media Awards 2007. Kei te whakanui mātou i te mutunga o Marae DIY rima tekau. Ka takahi anō mātou i ngā huarahi o te motu, ka kite i ngā painga me ngā raru ka pā ki ia hapū ka whakamātautau ana mātou ki te whakaoti i ā rātau mahere 10 tau i roto i ngā rā e whā.
Hono mai ki ā Te Ori Paki rāua ko Aroha Hathaway, me ā rāua kaiāwhina mātanga a David Clayton-Greene, kaiwhakapaipai whenua, me Monty Ritai, kaihanga whaitake.
Ahakoa te ua, te whiti rānei o te rā – ka haere tonu a Marae DIY! He maha noa atu ngā wero. Ka whakarauika te whānau, ētahi mai i Ahitereiria, ki te mahi i ngā mahi. He wāhanga pukuhohe, ngā parapara hanga whare, me ngā whakapaipai whenua auaha kei ia wāhanga.
Ehara ko ngā whare me ngā maara anake ka whakapaihia. Ka kawea hoki ngā kuia e toru kia whakapaipaihia, i mua o to rātou hokinga ki te marae tiro ai ki ngā mahi kua oti i o rātou whānau, i roto i ngā rā e whā.
I tēnei wāhanga ka werohia te kapa Marae DIY ki ngā tūāhua hou, tawhito hoki. Whai mai ka whakanui ana mātou i te Marae DIY 50, ka whai ake te whakatuwheratanga o te Marae o tētahi hapori motuhake. Ka honohono tētahi whānau i te matenga o tētahi o rātou, ka puta te wero ki te hanga i tētahi anga nui rawa atu, otirā he iti ake te wā DIY. He wero wharepaku hoki, ka oti te mahi, kāre rānei?
DIY Renovation show specifically for Marae, Bi-lingual.
Ko nga kaiwhakataki;
Te Ori Paki/Ngāi Tūhoe/Tainui/Ngāti Tūwharetoa.
Te Aroha Hathaway/Ngāi Tūhoe.
Te Marae: Takahiwai, Ruakākā
Te whānau o Takahiwai Marae.