Grand Designs New Zealand

Season 8

2023 · 8 episodes · 5h 57m in all

Episodes

1. 

   1. Abel Tasman

   24 Oct 2023 · 44 min

   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.

2. 

   2. Mangawhai Danish

   31 Oct 2023 · 44 min

   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.

3. 

   3. Dunedin Glasshouse

   7 Nov 2023 · 44 min

   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.

4. 

   4. New Brighton

   14 Nov 2023 · 45 min

   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?

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   5. Mahurangi Pohuehue

   21 Nov 2023 · 45 min

   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.

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   6. Geraldine

   28 Nov 2023 · 45 min

   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

7. 

   7. Queenstown

   5 Dec 2023 · 45 min

   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...

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   8. Waitaki Valley

   12 Dec 2023 · 45 min

   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.