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Grand Designs New Zealand
Season 2 , Episode 6Christchurch earthquake refugees Andy Macbeth and Jo Denton build a modern-day fortress against the elements in alpine Queenstown. -
Grand Designs New Zealand
Season 2 , Episode 7Building with shipping containers seems like a creative way to create a home, but construction falling a year behind is only the start of this Christchurch family's build problems. -
Grand Designs New Zealand
Season 2 , Episode 4Predicted sea level rises are not stopping architect Guy Marriage and his extended family from building a DIY Bach, only metres from the high tide mark on Wellington's Kapiti Coast. -
Grand Designs New Zealand
Season 2 , Episode 8A terminally ill Christchurch man and his family are determined to stay in South Brighton despite on-going earthquakes, and the fact their house is being built on a sand dune. -
Grand Designs New Zealand
Season 2 , Episode 5Philippe and Sarah Lods hope to create a modernist home based on Parisian apartments on a rare empty site in the heart of Auckland's historic Ponsonby. -
Grand Designs New Zealand
Season 2 , Episode 3Steve Wilson and Wendy Grell move from Auckland to the Northland beachside where they plan to build an architectural marvel of corten steel in an unassuming seaside community. -
Grand Designs New Zealand
Season 2 , Episode 2New Plymouth's Greg and Gayle build a hemp home, and spend thousands of dollars shielding themselves against what they believe are the ill effects of electromagnetic radiation. -
The Art of the Architect
Episode 1In this episode, witness the transformation of an Auckland section containing a derelict bungalow into a home and workshop for a car enthusiast. -
The Art of the Architect
Episode 2When Waikato couple Robin and Colleen Ratcliffe decided to have their home architecturally designed, their passion for Egypt was always going to have a significant influence. -
The Art of the Architect
Episode 3Having rented a home on Wellington's Oriental Parade for many years, Andrew and Sumi's dream has always been to own a home at this exclusive Wellington address. -
The Art of the Architect
Episode 4Ann, an expat Kiwi, has always held a deep desire to return to New Zealand, and makes plans for her dream home on a stunning site on Lake Wakatipu. -
The Art of the Architect
Episode 5An award-winning city-based architect works on a property in the heart of South Island wine country – Waipara. -
The Art of the Architect
Episode 6Two architects must understand their client's dream and their enthusiasm for Maoritanga: to create a building that is not only workable, but shrouded in meaning for a group of three iwi. -
The Art of the Architect
Episode 8Three Auckland architects showcase examples of affordable architecturally-designed dream houses. Take a look at the bach kit and snake house, the shared bach concept, and the zero energy house. -
Kiwi Maara
In this episode: planting seeds for winter crop. -
Kiwi Maara
The first tri-lingual show in Aotearoa in Maori, English and sign language brings gardening and green-thinking to viewers. This week: orchard project. -
Designing Dreams
Season 2 , Episode 2Sally Ogle leads Ridgey on a journey of fighting for every square metre of success - a story inspirational to a younger generation facing big challenges in the housing market. -
Designing Dreams
Season 2 , Episode 3Queenstown architect Stacey Farrell shows Matthew what it means for a home to visually connect to its environment. The pair visits six ground-breaking designs from around New Zealand. -
Moving Houses Mahanga
Season 2 , Episode 9When Mark and Kay stumbled across an old shearer's quarters, they abandoned their plans to build new on their site in Mahia Peninsula and instead took on the perilous move to Mahanga. -
Designing Dreams
Season 2 , Episode 1Architect Dave Strachan shows Matthew Ridge how well-designed and built housing can respond to changing climatic conditions. Together, they explore six incredible houses. -
Moving Houses Greendale
Season 2 , Episode 10Young farming couple Jayne and Rob have their hearts set on moving a 4-bedroom brick house on to the family farm in rural Canterbury, right before their impending wedding. -
Moving Houses Karuwai Marae
Season 2 , Episode 8Karuwai Marae at the top of the East Cape needs a new Wharekai (dining hall). The trustees of the Marae discover an old school classroom in Hawkes Bay but it's a long and perilous journey. -
Designing Dreams
Season 2 , Episode 4Dr Anthony Hoete gives Ridgey a high-tech view of the future of housing whilst keeping an eye on the past. Anthony applies his hands-on approach to some of our biggest housing problems. -
Designing Dreams
Season 2 , Episode 6Hugh Tennent takes Matthew Ridge into architecture's quiet, reflective dimension to demonstrate how good design can elevate the human spirit. -
Designing Dreams
Season 2 , Episode 5Rafe Maclean helps Ridgey understand the importance of "rigour" in architectural design, and why he believes Passive Houses are the sustainable future of our built environment. -
Moving Houses Otaki
Season 1 , Episode 2Jeff and Robin went shopping for a secondhand shed to put next to their tiny house - and instead fell in love with a dilapidated 100-year-old homestead. Romantics at heart, they're intent on rescuing a bit of local history. -
Moving Houses Tuatapere
Season 1 , Episode 6A Scottish couple has found the section of their dreams on a remote hilltop in the South Island - but the house of their dreams is on a relocation yard 600 kilometres away. -
Designing Dreams
Season 1 , Episode 3Architect Anna-Marie Chin takes Matthew on a winter wonderland tour of spectacular homes in Queenstown, Arrowtown and Dunedin. Anna-Marie also opens up about what inspires her designs. -
Moving Houses Kennedy's Bush
Season 1 , Episode 3A sprawling ranch house must be cut in half and trucked along a dirt track up to a summit on a Port Hills farm. The journey is so steep that a bulldozer will have to help pull the weight. -
Moving Houses Hawke's Bay
Season 1 , Episode 4Trish and Colin bought an abandoned railway carriage on Trade Me with the idea of creating accommodation on their Hastings property. But craning it onto a truck and taking it through the tight bends around Lake Taupo prove to be a huge challenge! -
Designing Dreams
Season 1 , Episode 1Architect Roger Walker takes host Matthew Ridge to visit three of his favourite New Zealand houses. At 79-years-young, Roger challenges us to never be afraid to try something new. -
Designing Dreams
Season 1 , Episode 6Architect Michael O'Sullivan takes Matthew on a tour of some of his favourite designs in New Zealand, including the first house in the world to see the sun of a new day. -
Moving Houses South Head
Season 1 , Episode 9Tony and Kirsten are about to embark on their fifth house relocation - but the pandemic meant they lost out on a beautiful villa and instead they must move an old bungalow. Will they love their new home or be eyeing up move #6? -
Moving Houses Waiheke
Season 1 , Episode 7Marli and David live in Canada but want to retire to scenic Waiheke Island. Having fallen in love with a pre-built home, they must embark on a harbour crossing and negotiate winding narrow roads. -
Designing Dreams
Season 1 , Episode 4Matthew joins architect Pip Cheshire to explore what the future of inner-city living might look like. Ridgey also gets a tour around the Britomart Precinct, where Pip was a lead designer. -
Moving Houses Martinborough
Season 1 , Episode 8Jacob and Teresa are relocating two brand new pre-built houses from Auckland to their property among the vineyards, just out of Martinborough. But a snowstorm could complicate things... -
Designing Dreams
Season 1 , Episode 5Architect Julie Stout takes Matthew on a past and present journey around Auckland, and considers its future - specifically the waterfront area presently occupied by the Ports of Auckland. -
Moving Houses Queenstown
Season 1 , Episode 10Brett and Hollis want to save a 100-year-old church from demolition and move it to their property in Queenstown. Unfortunately, the church is huge and the route treacherous and narrow - will the building arrive in one piece? -
Designing Dreams
Season 1 , Episode 2Architect Nicholas Dalton's unique work is inspired by the combination of European and Maori elements in his childhood church in Mamaku. Nick takes Ridgey to his favourite New Zealand houses. -
Moving Houses Ruatangata
Season 1 , Episode 5Monique and Graham bought a charming 1920s cottage to relocate to their rural section - but neither of them were prepared for the fact that their new home must be chainsawed in half to make it down narrow country roads in the dead of night. -
Moving Houses Bythell's Bay
Season 2 , Episode 2An historic Marlborough Sounds cottage faces a perilous journey that begins aboard a barge before fording a river and travelling across farmland to eventually settle at a Kaikoura Coast Section. -
Moving Houses Matata
Season 2 , Episode 3Wendy and Ian have traded life on the road for life on the land in Matatā, ditching their house bus for a renovated bungalow that contains a heart-warming surprise. -
Moving Houses Ahipara
Season 2 , Episode 1Becky, Dean and their sons have gone all-in with a two storey bungalow for their holiday home. Will it survive being chopped into five pieces for the drive north from Auckland? -
Moving Houses Vicarage
Season 2 , Episode 6Restoration experts Rob and Chessa are taking on one of the Wairarapa’s oldest buildings - a mid-19th century vicarage. The two storey historic Masterton villa will be split into five pieces for the move to its new home in Greytown. -
Moving Houses Raglan
Season 2 , Episode 4A Hamilton couple are realising their retirement dreams by settling in their favourite holiday spot of Raglan. They just have to get their brand new house there. -
Moving Houses Hastings
Season 2 , Episode 7Retired Hastings couple Sue and John couldn’t bear the thought of downsizing and leaving their family home, so they’ve brought their bungalow with them to their daughter's property. -
Moving Houses Awhitu
Season 2 , Episode 5Mitch and Anita are on a rescue mission to save precious family history – a two storey villa that has been in the family for generations but is now languishing unloved in a removal yard. -
Kiwi Maara
Kiwi Māra offers advice on practical everyday gardening, with a focus on sustainability and revitalisation of traditional knowledge about the land. -
Kiwi Maara
Kiwi Māra offers advice on practical everyday gardening, with a focus on sustainability and revitalisation of traditional knowledge about the land. -
Kiwi Maara
Kiwi Māra offers advice on practical everyday gardening, with a focus on sustainability and revitalisation of traditional knowledge about the land.
