Returning: Grand Designs: NZ

Season 7 of Grand Designs: NZ, with host Tom Webster, begins on ABC this week, as innovative homeowners who are trying to create the house of their dreams.

Episode 1: Chatham Islands
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 in the Southern Pacific Ocean prove their undoing?

8:30pm Thursday April 6 on ABC.