Hawera woman Carly Taiaroa took out the top spot in the Women's DIY Challenge as part of the Hilux Rural Games in Palmerston North on the weekend.
Carly won the competition with help from her mum Roselle. It included constructing a playhouse and putting up a fence ahead of competitors runner-up Rachel Lawrie from Invercargill and Rebecca Rogers from Paraparaumu.
Carly was thrilled to win the Mitre 10 Women's DIY Challenge, and has plans to buy herself some new tools and maybe even a barbecue with her prize, a $1000 Mitre 10 voucher.
"I was so nervous coming into the competition that I hardly slept the night before," Carly says.
Rachel and Rebecca looked like tough competition and I didn't think I was going to win. I learned so much during the Challenge and Stan really helped me out with some good advice/ Thanks so much to Mitre 10 for the great experience."