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Grand Designs New Zealand Season 2 Episodes

8 Episodes 2016 - 2016

Episode 1

Point Chevalier: The Concreteologist

45 mins

Builder and self-titled concreteologist Ross Bannan plans to push concrete to new limits to create a towering architectural home for his family on the cliffs of Auckland suburb Pt Chevalier.

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Episode 2

New Plymouth: Hemp Home

45 mins

New Plymouth couple Greg Whitham and Gayle Avery want to build a rustic French farmhouse style home for their extended family and they want to do this using hemp.

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Episode 3

Northland: Rusty House

46 mins

Steve Wilson and Wendy Grell want to get out of the city and live the quiet life. So they've demolished the old family holiday home and are building a permanent home in a small, isolated Northland bay.

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Episode 4

Kapiti Coast: Stilt House

45 mins

Engineer David Fitzmaurice moved to Christchurch with his wife Joyce to work on the reconstruction of the city after the devastating earthquakes and he plans to build a home there from shipping containers.

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Episode 5

Ponsonby: French House

44 mins

The suburb of Ponsonby is full of pretty historic wooden villas and the locals are very protective of them. So when Francophiles Sarah and Philippe Lods decide to build a modernist home they have some challenges ahead.

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Episode 6

Queenstown: Modern Day Castle

45 mins

Andy Macbeth and Jo Denton are Christchurch earthquake refugees who are building a new life and modern-day fortress against the elements in alpine Queenstown.

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Episode 7

Christchurch: Shipping Container Home

45 mins

With predicted rising sea levels, Wellington's wild Kapiti coastline is in danger of eventually being washed away. But that's not stopping Guy Marriage and his cousins from building an experimental home.

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Episode 8

South Brighton: Earthquake Rebuild

46 mins

A Christchurch family is determined to stay in South Brighton despite ongoing earthquakes, Andrei and Abby Martin are going to demolish their damaged cottage and build a prototype earthquake-proof home that can withstand shakes.

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