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It's happened again.  Complacency has won out over creativity and it's now just too hard for TVNZ to make Mitre 10 Dream Home profitably.

A season in 2010 of the highly rating series was always in question after the company that had been making it went belly up recently but TVNZ had been expressed interest so there was still a glimmer of hope of it surviving.  However, thankfully there is a bit of a recession on at the moment so that's excuse that's been handed down as why they've decided to shelve it.

This leads me to a number of questions.  TVNZ were planning on producing the show in-house which one would expect would have saved them thousands in the first instance so where does that leave the problem being?  One would have to assume therefore that the sponsors just aren't prepared to stump up with the same level of support that they had in the past leaving TVNZ with the proposition of either finding other sponsors or dropping it altogether.

High-rating TV show Mitre 10 Dream Home has been axed by TVNZ after it found it couldn't afford to make it.

Show host Jayne Kiely said she believed the show would return in 2011, but there would be no show next year.

Kiely blamed the economic climate for the show's cutting. "It's just tight out there, everything is tight.

"A lot of people give a lot of stuff on Dream Home and it's just harder and harder to get those people on board."

Kiely was remaining positive that the axing was not permanent and the show would return. "It's the kind of thing that you think is going to go on and on. I really don't think it's gone forever - a break is good."

The show screened its 10th season earlier this year and was produced by the now-closed Ninox Television.

TVNZ had earlier decided to commission the next season and had started scouting for locations and taking expressions of interest from couples wanting to be on the show.

This is it.  The live final of Mitre 10 Dream Home for 2009.  Rachel Bowes & Dave Delore - Blue Team or Mike & Te Ana Bromley - Yellow Team?  If you need to make a last minute vote, here are the voting numbers.

Of course, before we get to any result there is a long recap.  It looks like Blue team had a great time in Auckland after winning the landscaping task last week.  Loved that they only order something could pronounce at the restaurant though.

The live vote counter is slowly ticking away and getting close to 20,000.

Both couples play host as they show each other through the houses they've been working on.

We get to see the open home where half of Greymouth has come down to see the houses and meet the couples.  The Coasters are full of praise.

Hours and hours of hard work, blood, sweat and tears have gone in to renovating two old houses in Greymouth and tonight it all comes to an end as one of the couples will walk away with their dream home.

After the judges scores and the public vote have been combined, either Rachel Bowes & Dave Delore - Blue Team or Mike & Te Ana Bromley - Yellow Team will walk away with their fully renovated house and landscaped section and the entire contents: a prize valued at well over $500,000.

The couple that misses out will still have the chance to win their home at auction.

Here are the voting numbers

In tonight’s final episode (Monday 20 April, 7.30pm), TV2 takes you to the live action in Greymouth, where the winner of Mitre 10 Dream Home, will be decided.

At the beginning of Mitre 10 Dream Home, Mike and Te Ana were chosen as the Yellow team, and Rachael and Dave, were chosen to wear the Blue jackets, and then began their challenge of renovating and extending two old relocated homes.

The producer of Mitre 10 Dream Home Lindi Elder says that the teams have come a long way since the beginning of the show, and both couples have been fantastic.

Jayne Kiely (Mitre 10 Dream Home) is interviewed by Sunday News.

She says she never would have dreamed the show would still  be going after 10 years but thinks it's an uncomplicated show to follow, and viewers get attached to the families over time. The show has become more energywise and sustainable.  The prizes are now bigger than ever. 

"I am thrilled it is [still going], because it is a great opportunity to get young Kiwi families into their first home."

Jayne says she runs and walks her dog to keep fit, would love to be a great singer, is scared to put her head under the water and thinks Central Otago is the best place in the country to live.

Mike and Te Ana Bromley

Mike is a 28 year old excavator operator.  Te Ana is a 21 year old court registry officer for the Ministry of Justice. Both are originally from Greymouth but currently live in Dobson.

They have a one year old son named Levi.

Want to vote for Mike and Te Ana and help them with their Dream Home? Here are the voting numbers.