
Overview
Host Chris Moller meets a range of creative and enterprising New Zealanders taking on the challenge of building their own unique homes.
Credits
Cast
Chris Moller
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Genre
Released
Lifestyle
2015
Episodes

Grand Designs New Zealand S9
EP 1 - Waiheke Wonder
Grand Designs New Zealand S9
EP 1 - Waiheke Wonder
Dale and Maria Gray own a successful human resources business but, after 20 years immersed in corporate life, they want to make a change. Their dream is a large home on Waiheke Island, a place they’ve always loved visiting but somewhere they never thought they could afford to build.

Grand Designs New Zealand S9
EP 2 - Lake Ōhau
Grand Designs New Zealand S9
EP 2 - Lake Ōhau
Brownie and Janet spent three years at Ōhau painstakingly building their dream alpine chalet when a firestorm swept through Ōhau Village. As therapy, Janet plans a major work inspired by the blaze and her hopes for the future which include, somehow, rebuilding their Ōhau dream.

Grand Designs New Zealand S9
EP 3 - Concrete Californian
Grand Designs New Zealand S9
EP 3 - Concrete Californian
Mark and Cherilyn Rice are an ambitious, well-resourced and capable couple building a four-storey modernist-style concrete, steel and glass home overlooking Mairangi Bay on Auckland’s North Shore.

Grand Designs New Zealand S9
EP 4 - Waikanae Rammed Earth
Grand Designs New Zealand S9
EP 4 - Waikanae Rammed Earth
Architectural designer Andrew Simpson and civil servant Krysty Peebles are building their forever home next to Andrew’s father and his partner’s property in Waikanae. Andrew’s determined to build to the highest environmental standards and get a gorgeous house on a budget as well.

Grand Designs New Zealand S9
EP 5 - Lake Tahoe
Grand Designs New Zealand S9
EP 5 - Lake Tahoe
Cindy Hall and her husband Jamin Halberstadt moved from the United States to Dunedin in the 1990s. Cindy has dreamed of living in a house with the ocean in front and mountains behind. At nearby St Leonards, Cindy found the perfect spot and convinced Jaimin the time was right to build – now or never.

Grand Designs New Zealand S9
EP 6 - Tennis Court
Grand Designs New Zealand S9
EP 6 - Tennis Court
When Bridget and Graeme Clarke decided to leave their beautiful house in Wellington, they spent nearly a million dollars on a section at Paraparaumu on the Kapiti Coast. With a budget of two million dollars, the Clarkes are under no illusion that they could be in for a bumpy and busy ride.

Grand Designs New Zealand S9
EP 7 - Loburn Leisure
Grand Designs New Zealand S9
EP 7 - Loburn Leisure
The semi-retired couple, Garry and Fiona Learmonth, are moving from Auckland to the small rural community of Loburn on the North Canterbury plains where they plan to build a home designed by Garry and modelled on a Stealth Bomber. Yes, that’s right, the US military jet fighter.

Grand Designs New Zealand S9
EP 8 - Whanganui Mid Century
Grand Designs New Zealand S9
EP 8 - Whanganui Mid Century
Dave and Jan Poppe live on a 40-hectare property about 30 minutes’ drive from Whanganui where they run a limestone quarry. He and Jan married in 2011. Dave always intended to build a “proper” house on the property and Jan’s arrival was just the incentive he needed.

EP 1 - Waiheke Wonder
2015 | 1h

EP 2 - Lake Ōhau
2015 | 1h

EP 3 - Concrete Californian
2015 | 1h

EP 4 - Waikanae Rammed Earth
2015 | 1h

EP 5 - Lake Tahoe
2015 | 1h

EP 6 - Tennis Court
2015 | 1h

EP 7 - Loburn Leisure
2015 | 1h

EP 8 - Whanganui Mid Century
2015 | 1h