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Grand Designs New Zealand
Season 3 , Episode 6A young Auckland couple borrow a fortune to build their first home, and along the way face delays, budget blow-outs, and becoming new parents. -
Grand Designs New Zealand
Season 1 , Episode 6Episode 6: Chris meets Hamish and Diane Divett, who are rebuilding their house on the most unlikely spot - on the edge of a crumbling cliff top that plummets 40 metres to the sea below. -
Grand Designs New Zealand
Season 1 , Episode 4Episode 4: Chris meets builder Steve Sygrove, who's planning to build an ornate and colourful American Gothic home in the Titirangi bush. -
Grand Designs New Zealand
Season 1 , Episode 5Episode 5: Chris meets architect Nic Ballara, who's planning to build a house on a steep 45-degree slope overlooking Wellington. -
Grand Designs New Zealand
Season 1 , Episode 7Episode 7: After years of living apart with their separate children, Mike and Catherine are finally building an extraordinary straw bale together on top of a rocky outcrop in central Otago. -
Grand Designs New Zealand
Season 1 , Episode 8Episode 8: The series finale sees Marty import two old American Barns from New York valley, which are raised by heritage builders and merged with a design for a modern home. -
Grand Designs New Zealand
Season 3 , Episode 3Sky wants to build a remote, off-grid island sanctuary, where he and his family can escape the demands of mainland life. -
Grand Designs New Zealand
Season 3 , Episode 2Ski enthusiast Ash dreams of building a traditional European log cabin at the base of Mount Ruapehu. But will his daughter's input compromise his dream? -
Grand Designs New Zealand
Season 3 , Episode 4Jamie and Melissa went to buy a staircase from a Christchurch villa and ended up buying the whole house. Now they must transport their massive mansion overland to Queenstown. -
Grand Designs New Zealand
Season 3 , Episode 7Wedding dress designer Robyn and her husband David have a dream to build a home that looks across a native canopy. But will getting materials to their Waiheke site make the build impossible? -
Grand Designs New Zealand
Season 3 , Episode 8Mahuia and Mindy are preparing to become first-time parents, and want to build a family home that will double as a recording studio with a rooftop performance space. -
Grand Designs New Zealand
Season 3 , Episode 5George and Yvonne are leaving Auckland to retire in Nelson. They've chosen a difficult site over a tidal estuary, and George wants to paint the entire house black - inside and out. -
Grand Designs New Zealand
Season 3 , Episode 1Kelly wants to recreate an ornate historic homestead in Helensville - just like the one she fell in love with as a child. And she's not letting her six kids hold her back. -
Grand Designs New Zealand
Season 4 , Episode 3Ric and Boio turn a tree house childhood dream into reality. But building in a pine forest where trees frequently blow over in winter storms complicates things. -
Grand Designs New Zealand
Season 4 , Episode 2Antiques lover Patty scours the country for historic materials to build a contemporary home. Her journey throws up weighty challenges such as what to do with a hundred-year-old wharf? -
Grand Designs New Zealand
Season 4 , Episode 1The daughter of world famous motorbike inventor John Britten takes on the multi-million dollar task of restoring the eclectic earthquake-damaged family home. -
Grand Designs New Zealand
Season 4 , Episode 6Photographers Johannes and Jo face double trouble - a heritage restoration with the addition of an architectural statement home on the side. -
Grand Designs New Zealand
Season 4 , Episode 7Young builder Zac wants to save money by building his own home. The problem is he's promised his mum he'll build hers at the same time - and both are on top of a sand dune. -
Grand Designs New Zealand
Season 4 , Episode 8Kate and Ian want to live in the remote Kenepuru Sound, but it's a place tradies won't go to. Instead, the pair build off-site and truck the home along a dangerous road. -
Grand Designs New Zealand
Season 4 , Episode 4Cathy and Vince strive to create a massive Italian-style villa, complete with a petanque court and a heated pool. But their budget takes on a life of its own. -
Grand Designs New Zealand
Season 4 , Episode 5Sustainability experts Karl and Amelie have a dream to build a solar-heated home. But on a steep and windy Wellington hillside site, they're challenged right from the start. -
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 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 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 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. -
Grand Designs New Zealand
Season 2 , Episode 1Ross plans to create a towering home for his family on the cliffs of Point Chevalier. But after living on site for 10 years, his family is wondering if he'll ever get their home finished. -
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 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.
