Grand Designs New Zealand - Episode Guide

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Oct 4, 2015

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Oct 11, 2015

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Oct 18, 2015

A writer builds a sculptural steel house on a hill behind Pakiri beach on the North Island. The bold design features sloping walls and an angular, vaulted ceiling and contains hardly any right angles.

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Oct 25, 2015

A builder and his wife create a hand-crafted American Gothic-style house, complete with ornate detailing such as a Juliet balcony, spandrels, a horseshoe window and lacework valances, near Auckland

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Nov 1, 2015

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Nov 8, 2015

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Nov 15, 2015

Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Nov 22, 2015

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Sep 25, 2016

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Oct 2, 2016

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Oct 9, 2016

Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Oct 16, 2016

Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Oct 23, 2016

Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Oct 30, 2016

Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Nov 6, 2016

Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Nov 13, 2016

Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Sep 19, 2017

Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Sep 26, 2017

Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Oct 3, 2017

Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Oct 10, 2017

Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Oct 17, 2017

Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Oct 24, 2017

Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: Oct 31, 2017

Episode: 3x08 | Airdate: Nov 7, 2017

Episode: 4x01 | Airdate: Oct 3, 2018

Episode: 4x02 | Airdate: Oct 10, 2018

Episode: 4x03 | Airdate: Oct 17, 2018

Episode: 4x04 | Airdate: Oct 24, 2018

Episode: 4x05 | Airdate: Oct 31, 2018

Episode: 4x06 | Airdate: Nov 7, 2018

Episode: 4x07 | Airdate: Nov 14, 2018

Episode: 4x08 | Airdate: Nov 21, 2018

Episode: 5x01 | Airdate: Sep 11, 2019

Shane and Tina Nicholls design a unique family home using Japanese burnt timber and Scandinavian brick, a special memorial garden, views over the gulf, a wine cellar, a pool, and much more – it's a truly international affair.

Episode: 5x02 | Airdate: Sep 18, 2019

A site with a river running through it would put most people off. But not Harlem and Nicola who attempt to build a glass-house on a bridge over the water.

Episode: 5x03 | Airdate: Sep 25, 2019

Musicians Justine Cormack and Marc Taddei swap their Auckland home for the mountains of Central Otago. They risk all by adapting an American design for the Southern Hemisphere.

Episode: 5x04 | Airdate: Oct 2, 2019

David and Tracey Lewis share a passion for art and architecture but don't always share the same opinion. So when they jointly create a home in Waipu Cove, there's a creative clash and a battle over the budget.

Episode: 5x05 | Airdate: Oct 9, 2019

Craig Jarvis's tiny 65 square metre home overlooking Taylor's mistake is Grand Designs longest running house build. Hand built from the ground up, Craig proves he's a man on a mission who will not be defeated.

Episode: 5x06 | Airdate: Oct 16, 2019

Neil Lawrence is on a quest to build a Medieval castle for his wife and son. Creating a 50-metre long castle wall is just the first of many uphill battles this brave family face as they tackle this huge task.

Episode: 5x07 | Airdate: Oct 23, 2019

Episode: 5x08 | Airdate: Oct 30, 2019

Episode: 5x09 | Airdate: Nov 6, 2019

Episode: 6x01 | Airdate: Sep 14, 2020

Episode: 6x02 | Airdate: Sep 21, 2020

Episode: 6x03 | Airdate: Sep 28, 2020

Episode: 6x04 | Airdate: Oct 5, 2020

Episode: 6x05 | Airdate: Oct 11, 2020

Roland and Lucienne Vanderwal join forces with their son Michiel to build a home out of local schist, in the middle of their central Otago vineyard. Made with the support of NZ on Air.

Episode: 6x06 | Airdate: Oct 19, 2020

Episode: 6x07 | Airdate: Oct 26, 2020

Episode: 6x08 | Airdate: Nov 1, 2020

Heritage building enthusiasts Ted and Ita Daniels create an ultra-modern rooftop apartment on top of one of the city's most beautiful renovations.

Episode: 6x09 | Airdate: Nov 9, 2020

Episode: 7x01 | Airdate: Oct 18, 2022

After renting the local schoolhouse for 20 years, Chatham Islanders John and Bridget Preece are finally embarking on their own dream build. But will the challenges of building on a remote island prove to be their undoing?

Episode: 7x02 | Airdate: Oct 25, 2022

Episode: 7x03 | Airdate: Nov 1, 2022

Episode: 7x04 | Airdate: Nov 8, 2022

Episode: 7x05 | Airdate: Nov 15, 2022

Tony Hodge discovers that building with the humble container is not as easy as he thought it would be on his unforgiving, vertiginous. bush clad site on Waiheke Island.
 

Episode: 7x06 | Airdate: Nov 22, 2022

In Featherston, Swedish architect Josefine Watterson tackles the challenge of creating a Passive House for her young family in pursuit of both a more sustainable lifestyle.

Episode: 7x07 | Airdate: Nov 29, 2022

In North Canterbury Phil Metaxas takes on the ambitious task of completing another man's dream - that of a post-modernist castle.

Episode: 7x08 | Airdate: Dec 6, 2022

Season Final:  Charles Webster, a man with a passion for technical engineering, and his wife Yvonne pour their energy into creating a home in the shape of a sand dune on the Coromandel Peninsula.

Episode: 8x01 | Airdate: Oct 24, 2023

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.

Episode: 8x02 | Airdate: Oct 31, 2023

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.

Episode: 8x03 | Airdate: Nov 7, 2023

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.

Episode: 8x04 | Airdate: Nov 14, 2023

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?

Episode: 8x05 | Airdate: Nov 21, 2023

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.

Episode: 8x06 | Airdate: Nov 28, 2023

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.

Episode: 8x07 | Airdate: Dec 5, 2023

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...

Episode: 8x08 | Airdate: Dec 12, 2023

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.