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Back on board to oversee the builds is site foreman Pete The Wolf Wolfkamp, with Mark Richardson and Shelley Ferguson both back as hosts.
The new series also promises three new, as-yet unnamed judges set to shake up the competition like never before .
At the end of a gruelling challenge that will test the teams design and DIY skills in 230 square meter family houses with cityscape views, it all comes down to a televised auction where the contestants will sell their homes and take away any profit over the reserve.
The team that earns the highest profit will also walk away with the $100,000 grand prize.
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After a year interrupted by Covid-19, The Block NZ returns for a ninth season with four new teams.
Four teams are set to duke it out on season nine of
The Block NZ, and one pairing already seems to have an edge. Team Blue’s Tim Cotton and Arthur Gillies have the least renovation experience of all the teams, but challenge host Shelley Ferguson has her eye on other attributes. “They’ve just got beautiful souls, they are such cool boys – surfers, super chill, but absolute eye candy. I can tell they are going to be favourites with New Zealand,” raves Ferguson, who returns to the show for her sixth year.