Grand Designs New Zealand Explained

Genre:Housing/Building, Garden/Landscape, Reality
Presenter:Chris Moller (2015-2020)
Tom Webster (2022-)
Country:New Zealand
Language:English
Num Seasons:8
Num Episodes:66
Company:Grundy-Fremantle Media Group, Department of Post
Network:TV3 (2015-2020)
TVNZ 1 (2022-)
Last Aired:present

Grand Designs New Zealand is a New Zealand television series.[1] It is based on the British television series Grand Designs and it was originally presented by the architect Chris Moller and aired on TV3.[2] It began airing in New Zealand on 4 October 2015.[3]

Following Moller's departure after the 6th season, it was confirmed that architect Tom Webster would take over from the 7th season in 2022, which would air on TVNZ 1.[4] [5] The eighth series, with Webster as host, began screening on TVNZ 1 on 24 October 2023.

Format

The series' presenter follows the progress of interesting and ambitious house building projects, speaking with the owners and tracking the ups and downs of the design, construction and moving in.

Series overview

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
184 October 201522 November 2015
2825 September 201613 November 2016
3819 September 20177 November 2017
483 October 201821 November 2018
5911 September 20196 November 2019
6914 September 20209 November 2020
7818 October 20226 December 2022
8824 October 202312 December 2023

Episodes

Season 8 (2023)

Notes and References

  1. News: Grand Designs New Zealand. Architecture Now. 28 January 2014. 6 September 2020.
  2. News: Inside the home of Grand Designs NZ host Chris Moller . 17 September 2016. NZ Herald .
  3. News: Chris Moller talks Grand Designs NZ . 29 September 2015. Stuff . James . Croot .
  4. Web site: 2021-02-01. Architect Chris Moller quits Grand Designs NZ. 2021-07-10. Stuff. en.
  5. Web site: 2021-02-02. Grand Designs New Zealand moves to TVNZ 1, new host Tom Webster to replace Chris Moller. 2021-07-10. Stuff. en.