Season 8

Grand Designs New ZealandSeason 8

2023
8 Episodes

Episodes

Abel Tasman
S08E01

Abel Tasman

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.

24 Oct 202344m
Mangawhai Danish
S08E02

Mangawhai Danish

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.

31 Oct 202344m
Dunedin Glasshouse
S08E03

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.

07 Nov 202344m
New Brighton
S08E04

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?

14 Nov 202345m
Mahurangi Pohuehue
S08E05

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.

21 Nov 202345m
Geraldine
S08E06

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

28 Nov 202345m
Queenstown
S08E07

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...

05 Dec 202345m
Waitaki Valley
S08E08

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.

12 Dec 202345m