The BEST episodes of Grand Designs New Zealand season 8
Every episode of Grand Designs New Zealand season 8, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Grand Designs New Zealand season 8!
Architect Tom Webster meets people all over Aotearoa who are challenging architecture, geography, sustainability, technology, and even standard building practices to create innovative, cutting edge homes.
#1 - Dunedin Glasshouse
Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/7/2023
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.
#2 - Mahurangi Pohuehue
Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/21/2023
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.
#3 - Geraldine
Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/28/2023
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.
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#4 - Abel Tasman
Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/24/2023
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.
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#5 - Waitaki Valley
Season 8 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/12/2023
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.
#6 - Queenstown
Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/5/2023
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...
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#7 - Mangawhai Danish
Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/31/2023
Matthew and Rosemarie Dunning are putting 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.
#8 - New Brighton
Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/14/2023
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?
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