Grand Designs New Zealand

October. 04,2015      
Rating:
7.8
Trailer Synopsis

The stories of creative and enterprising Kiwis who are taking on the challenge of building their own unique and inspirational homes. No design is too ambitious, and no obstacle too large in their quest for the perfect house.

Seasons & Episode

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Seasons 8 : 2023

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Episode 1 - Abel Tasman
October. 24,2023

Mark Ahearn and his Australian restaurateur wife Liz are taking time out from their hectic lives in Perth to build a legacy family holiday home in Abel Tasman.

Episode 2 - Mangawhai Danish
October. 31,2023

Matthew and Rosemarie Dunning are put down roots in Mangawhai and have decided to throw convention out the window by embracing their son's intriguing concept of a brick house in a sand dune.

Episode 3 - Dunedin Glasshouse
November. 07,2023

Eternal globetrotter Tessa Kingsbury's dream is to convert an old Dunedin Sunday school into her forever home, but it comes with a twist - she's incorporating a glasshouse into the heart of it.

Episode 4 - New Brighton
November. 14,2023

Josh and Esther Perriam have always wanted to build their family home on New Brighton's beachfront but, with a limited budget and on just a slip of land , will the design live up to their dream?

Episode 5 - Mahurangi Pohuehue
November. 21,2023

On a steep site in the wilds of Mahurangi, just north of Auckland, architect Felicity Brenchly is prepared to do whatever it takes to get their family home built.

Episode 6 - Geraldine
November. 28,2023

An hour - and 7 river crossings - inland from Geraldine is where arborist Li Tane and his landscaper wife Michelle are building their rammed earth, off-grid, sustainable mountain home for their family

Episode 7 - Queenstown
December. 05,2023

When John and Sharon Russell bought their vertiginous site above Queenstown for their shared-ownership holiday house, they thought their biggest challenge would be signing up other owners...

Episode 8 - Waitaki Valley
December. 12,2023

In the Waitaki Valley, Michael and Olivia Pavelitch discover they have their work cut out for them when they embark on breathing life into an historic rabbiters' cottage.

Seasons 7 : 2022

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Seasons 6 : 2020

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Seasons 5 : 2019

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Seasons 4 : 2018

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Seasons 3 : 2017

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Seasons 2 : 2016

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