The four couples go into their houses and find it as a tip. The next morning they wake up to an early start to renovate the house. Mark calls them for breakfast. He tells them who their construction supervisor is, Peter.

Mark lays down the law and introduces their new space - the outdoor terrace! The teams face a puzzling challenge and judge each others rooms.

The teams take part in a high stakes challenge to determine who will decide the crucial auction order.

Teams talk about their time on The Block.

The couples do their rooms getting ready in time for judging. Shannon has a challenge for them. They have to upcycle a furnitiure.

The teams are required to build a piece of furniture from recycled material. This week room is the study/childs bedroom, teams are required to furnish the room with recycled furniture.

Ginny and Rhys deliver their house swap verdict. Shannon sets the couples a distressing challenge, the couples are each given a brand new bedside table and are required to distress the table to make it look like a piece of antique furniture. Judges Victoria Bidwell and Stewart Harris assess the first room makeovers. The winners of the first weeks renovation is Libby and Ben with a score of 11.5 out of 20.

Auction day is looming and the pressure is on for the teams! Could a secret advantage cause mayhem at the final challenge?

Teams get the green light to decorate their outdoor terraces as they wish. Ethan and Sam feel they might be in the running for their first victory at this week's exciting judging!

A shake-up in the power dynamic of the Block sends a shock wave through The Block, at the most exciting room reveal yet.

The Block NZ is back for its sixth season. The challenges are tougher than ever and in just 12 weeks, the teams will have to build and showcase their design skills like never before.

"Waterproof Inspection Day"

The final room challenge and this time teams are required to landscape the backyard. The teams are given this time 10 days to complete the challenge instead of the usual 7 days, teams are required to use the 3 additional days to finish off and fix the rest of the property and present the house for auction. The challenge today was to build a feature in the garden out of paving blocks, the winners were Rachel and Tyson with their herb garden.

A challenging week has the teams struggling to work together in shared spaces to complete Apartment 5. Plus, Ethan and Sam host the final dinner party.

Teams gather for a game-changer with an outdoor umbrella and an advantage card up for grabs. As tools down nears, Pete spots multiple nails drilled through house two's Velux flashing on the roof. S10 Ep29

Auction Day

The Firehouse feud reaches new heights as the pressure of Bathroom Week hits the teams hard. A miscommunication sees one team's tiling troubles intensify.

"Kids Room Reveal"

The final spaces are revealed to the judges and the public jury decide the best room on The Block. Have the teams managed to work together to design a cohesive space?

The teams are making Block NZ history as they work on top of each other to create a common space, but will the Block Collective agree on a cohesive style?

The teams are reeling from a dramatic room reveal. It's Do-Over week with a massive 17k on the line, plus the teams face a fun garden challenge.

The couples finish their rooms.

Lisa plays mind games with other teams and on the final tradie day, a screw-up by the boys has the potential to derail all the teams.

"Playing Catch-Up"

It's Kid's Bedroom Week but Sophia and Mikaere are busy thinking about a completely different section of their apartment. Plus, the safe is opened - what is its secret advantage?

Time to say Goodbye"

It's the first day of reno and the teams channel their inner child this week. But a challenge throws a spanner in the works, which soon sees the teams struggling to stay afloat.

An opportunity to win an advantage at a challenge pushes the teams harder this week. Then, when the teams judge each other's rooms, will anyone choose to vote strategically as budget woes loom? S10 Ep11

The teams get started on the biggest, most difficult space ever attempted in Block NZ History! A heartwarming challenge and a night away for one couple, reignites the passion.

The teams and their builders tackle the heart of the home in kitchen and dining week. Later, the gloves are off as the judges and our teams finally come face to face!

Dinner Wars amps up as teams debate scoring strategically. Could Sophia and Mikaere's rival Mexican dinner drive a bigger wedge between them and Stacy and Adam?

The most controversial room reveal is threatened by cheating scandals and a big steal, leaving one team's master bedroom and en suite in deep trouble.

It's time for the first and most important room reveal on The Block NZ. The winning team gets their pick of any apartment so everything is at stake! Who will impress our new judge?

The couples do their rooms getting ready in time for judging. Shannon has a challenge for them.

They start their kids bedroom. The couples are obliged to use the beds they made in the previous challenge.

The couples find out that no one is swapping houses. They start their second bedroom and get to see the challenge house. Their challenge was to make a board with wallpaper the same as Mark's and they have to put their house number on it. The winner is Pete and Andy again.

The four couples meet for the first time and are given the task of finding one of four Mazda 6s and find their own tool belt before making their way around Auckland to locate five red blocks each that are worth $20,000 and reach the Block first to determine the order the houses are chosen.

The competition now moves outside with teams competing to landscape the front of their section and start on the exterior paintwork of the house. Today's challenge was for the teams to create a flower arrangement, a requirement of the challenge was the men from each team were required to create the arrangement all the women on each team could do was advise their partner verbally on how to create the arrangement. The prize was to grab as much money possible from a money tree in sixty seconds.

Teams dig in for a tough week working on their front and backyards with materials lifted in by a giant crane. Tensions between the teams are simmering and a game changer has a difficult twist. S10 Ep31

The competition heats up with alliances forming, and Block mates becoming housemates. Later, the teams get down and dirty to battle it out for The Block Olympics

Will cheating allegations lead to a disqualification? Plus, teams begin on their most complicated space yet, Master Bedroom and En Suite Week, and rivalry breaks out again.

Spirits are high as the boys' budget gets a much-needed top-up. Stacy and Adam set out to create an indoor Winter Garden to rival the other team's luxurious outdoor terraces.

The teams get a budget wake up call from accounts and a stern reminder there's no Bank of Mark. Desperate to win the room reveal prize money, surprise tactics trigger the tensest scoring yet. S10 Ep18

Premiere. Four teams of best mates arrive in Meadowbank. Preparing themselves for an elimination challenge, they soon discover they are already on The Block and are getting straight into action.

The challenge is a plumbing challenge, each team must run piping from a starting point to a tap. The first team to get water flowing through the tap wins the competition. Rachael & Tyson are the winning team of this weeks challenge.

The teams were required to complete a maze challenge where they must run through a maze to find pieces of outdoor furniture, once the pieces are found the teams are required to assemble the furniture. This week there were two prizes, one for the best master bedroom and one for the best ensuite. Ginny and Rhys were the winning team for the master bedroom with a score of 18 out of 20, Libby and Ben had the winning ensuite with a score of 8 out of 10.

The boys deal with the aftermath of a game-changing decision, the teams are let loose on their houses, and familiar faces turn up with some much needed inspiration.

Everyone has big plans for their living and media room spaces, later, a challenge leaves Lisa fuming!

As the teams tackle the judge's 5 point hit list, Mark calls them to an urgent meeting. Ray White agents assess the apartments as they are revealed in full for the first time.

The teams crack into Kid's Bedroom week but the purse strings are tight as the couples are forced to make every dollar count. And tensions brew between Blue team Chloe and Ben for the first time. S10 Ep5

The cloudy weather rolls on in as the teams begin working on their upstairs landing spaces. But Mark calls the teams out for a challenge which puts the block site on hold. S10 Ep10

Room reveal scoring gets heated as a bidding war breaks out to secure the win. And strategic game playing comes to the forefront, but will it be to their advantage in garage and laundry week? S10 Ep19

The teams start work on the last inside space, the stairwell and powder room, and crammed working conditions ups the pressure. It all comes unstuck when one house is seen to have an unfair advantage. S10 Ep28

The teams rush to finish their kid's bedrooms, but one team faces serious wallpaper woes 24 hours before tools down. Later, the judges have their say...

A secret advantage turns into strategic play and the teams vie to impress the judges with bold design choices at the first room reveal following the judges intervention.

The teams whip their guest bedrooms into shape, and Chloe and Ben are on a high after a win. One team struggles to agree on paint colour while another re-thinks their decision to return to The Block. S10 Ep2

Stacy and Adam come out on top taking out the first room reveal win. But now they have an important decision to make. Then, Maree's plans fall into team Blue's hands. S10 Ep4

The teams crack on with creating the best master bedroom, ensuite and walk-in wardrobe. Budgets are tight and a cash strapped Stacy makes a plea to Ben about a tough decision. S10 Ep17

Teams race to finish laundry and garage spaces for room reveal. The judges' scoring prompts a strategic decision by Stacy and Adam. A Block wInner, "Lisa's out the gate" returns on a mission. S10 Ep21

The first fiery Block Collective meeting takes place for 2019. Stress levels are high, alliances are formed and friendships are broken.

The teams race to finish their kitchens and dining rooms for the most spectacular reveal yet. Stacy is forced to leave site for medical reasons and Quinn and Ben lose a much loved team member. S10 Ep24

It's an emotional rollercoaster as the teams work outdoors in rain and mud to finish their final space for judging. One team hits a major setback which could hurt their chances at room reveal. S10 Ep33

After twelve weeks of hard graft, our Blockheads have created four extraordinary homes and tonight it's the auction grand final. Which team will come out on top and take home the $100,000 prize? S10 Ep37

This week the teams are required to complete the Lounge and Hallway. Today's challenge was to build a dog house, the winning team of the doghouse challenge was Libby and Ben. Part of the winning prize was that the winning team won $2000 but they had to take this money from another team of their choice. Libby and Ben chose to take this money from Sarah and Richard who the previous week chose to sabotage the competition by scoring all teams 1 out 10 in the meal challenge.

The teams strike problems as they race to complete their studies or sitting rooms. But will the judges find the beautifully finished spaces they have been hoping for and score high, or low? S10 Ep12

The Block NZ's biggest ever winners, Tim and Arty, step in for Jason and join Shelley to judge the teams' stairwell and powder rooms. How will they score the teams when the tables are turned? S10 Ep30

The Block NZ Redemption returns, with four fan favourite teams back for a second chance! Will their ambition to right past reno wrongs win over the judges or will it push them over the edge? S10 Ep1

Tensions run high when final scores are revealed for the Living Rooms. Then it's onto Master Bedrooms and Ensuite. And a Block Stars Poetry Slam has teams throwing punch lines for the $10,000 prize. S10 Ep16

Mark calls the teams for a fiery challenge which has everyone gasping for air. Problems arise for Ethan and Sam as pipe protrusions potentially impact their reno.

Things get interesting as Quinn and Ben use their $2,000 steal advantage. And Blue Team Ben is feeling the pressure after a series of bad judgement calls. S10 Ep20

Pressure to succeed starts to take its toll, but friends and family arrive bringing a much-needed push to the finish line.

It's a race to the finish to get their do-over spaces ready for the judges. Quinn and Ben must decide which room to reveal. Whose scores will improve, and which team will walk away empty handed? S10 Ep27

It's go big or get low scores, as the judges demand bolder design choices! Then one team, still fixated on last week's results, decide to challenge the rules.

The teams are no strangers to the challenges that come with Bathroom week and timing is everything! Then the famous Block NZ Plank Walk challenge returns. Who will take it out this season? S10 Ep8

It's a huge week as teams start their kitchen and dining spaces. There's trouble on site when Stacy and Adam's plans are upended. And the teams are under the pump in a precision driving challenge. S10 Ep22

The Block site is forced into a shock shut down. The teams are under pressure to finish their biggest rooms to date, the kitchen and dining rooms. Maree and James' plans become a kitchen nightmare. S10 Ep23