Grand Designs New Zealand - Season 8
Season 8
Episodes
Abel Tasman
Tasman-raised 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.
Mangawhai Danish
When Matthew and Rosemarie Dunning decide to put down roots in Mangawhai, they throw convention out the window and embrace their son's intriguing concept of a brick house in a sand dune.
Dunedin Glasshouse
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.
New Brighton
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?
Mahurangi Pohuehue
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.
Geraldine
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.
Queenstown
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...
Waitaki Valley
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.
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