The teams step inside their houses for the very first time, and discover just how beat-up they really are with ripped walls, rotten floorboards and dead rodents.

One couple make a potentially game-changing decision; Shannon sets the couples a distressing challenge; and judges Victoria Bidwell and Stewart Harris assess the first room makeovers.

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 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.

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.

This week the teams are required to renovate the bathroom and laundry. The challenge this week is for each team to cook and host a meal for the other teams. The other teams are required to score the teams on their hosting of the meal.

The team challenge this week ran over two nights with the first two teams hosting their meal on the first night and the second two team hosting their meal tonight. One team choose a strategic vote giving all other teams a score of 1 out 10 thinking other teams will more than likely make a similar move.

This week the teams are required to complete the Lounge and Hallway. Also the teams are challenged to build a dog house.

The teams were given a room full of furniture but with everything painted in white. The teams were required to colour the rooms and furniture in colours of their own choice with the best choice of colour winning the competition.

This week the teams were required to complete the kitchen and dinning areas. The challenge for today was to redesign a balcony of an Auckland waterfront apartment. The teams were given an apartment each and required to decorate the area in any design of their choice.

The teams were required to decorate a room for a magazine shoot, the teams were allowed to hire expensive furniture items for this challenge. Once the room was designed and photographed the teams had to create their own magazine page layout.

It's master bedroom and ensuite week on The Block.

It's judgement day for the master bedrooms and ensuites,

The front yard renovations are threatened by wild weather; and the blokes blossom in a floristry challenge.

Will everyone finish their front yards in time for judging? And an eco-friendly challenge leaves one couple at war.

Who has the best back yard? The Block NZ homes are complete to perfection. Two months later, the four couples return for their most important challenge ever - and the houses are open for inspection.

Who will win The Block NZ? The four houses go to auction in a LIVE grand final. All teams will win the profits from their auction and the winners an additional $80,000 cash prize. Final.