Episode 1 - Tapu Te Ranga Marae

(L-R) Kahu Kutia, Pare Sannyasi and Frances Morton outside Tapu Te Ranga marae. Credit: Dianna Thomson.

(L-R) Kahu Kutia and Pare Sannyasi in the grounds of Tapu Te Ranga marae. Credit: Dianna Thomson.

Pare Sannyasi speaks in the urupa at Tapu Te Ranga marae, by her father Bruce Stewart's gravesite. Credit: Dianna Thomson.

Pare Sannyasi at Tapu Te Ranga. Credit: Dianna Thomson.

Pare Sannyasi inside Tapu Te Ranga marae. Credit: Dianna Thomson.

Pare Sannyasi at Tapu Te Ranga marae. Credit: Dianna Thomson.

Pare Sannyasi (right) with her son Tūkapua and husband Enoch at Tapu Te Ranga marae. Credit: Dianna Thomson.

Pare Sannyasi at Tapu Te Ranga marae. Credit: Dianna Thomson.

Kahu Kutia at the wharekai at Tapu Te Ranga marae. Credit: Dianna Thomson.

Tūkapua Sannyasi feeds the chickens at Tapu Te Ranga marae watched by his mother Pare (back left) and father Enoch. Credit: Dianna Thomson.

Pare Sannyasi outside Tapu Te Ranga marae. Credit: Dianna Thomson.

An attendee at the Tapu Te Ranga memorial service following the fire wears a top printed with the marae's whakatauki "They who build the house are built by the house". Credit: Dianna Thomson.

People gather at Tapu Te Ranga for a memorial service after the fire that destroyed the building. Credit: Dianna Thomson.

The burnt ruins of Tapu Te Ranga's main building. Credit: Dianna Thomson.

A can for donations to rebuilding Tapu Te Ranga marae. Credit: Dianna Thomson.

Fire department warning tape ropes off the site where Tapu Te Ranga marae stood before the fire. Credit: Dianna Thomson.

The burnt remains of Tapu Te Ranga marae from above. Credit: Dianna Thomson.

A painted wall inside Tapu Te Ranga marae. Over the years many artists contributed their creative work to the building. Credit: Dianna Thomson.

An exterior shot of Tapu Te Ranga marae. 95 percent of the marae was made from recycled materials. Credit: Dianna Thomson.

A carving near an entrance to Tapu Te Ranga marae. Credit: Dianna Thomson.

An exterior shot of Tapu Te Ranga marae. 95 percent of the marae was made from recycled materials. Credit: Dianna Thomson.

Looking through one of the handmade windows at Tapu Te Ranga marae. Credit: Dianna Thomson.

Mattresses at Tapu Te Ranga. The marae welcomed visitors nearly every day of the week. Credit: Dianna Thomson.

An exterior shot of Tapu Te Ranga marae. 95 percent of the marae was made from recycled materials. Credit: Dianna Thomson.