The ninth season of New Zealand reality television series The Block NZ premiered on 14 June 2021.
[1] The hosts are Mark Richardson and former judge Shelly Ferguson and the site foreman is Peter Wolfkamp.
[2] Production for this season began in January 2020 on Huia Road in Point Chevalier with four two-storey townhouses being constructed.
[3] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions put in place, the season was postponed until 2021, with production pausing on 23 March 2020, at the start of the third week, and resuming on 19 April 2021.
Connie replaced Janah Kingi as Rachel's teammate in week 3 when production resumed after it was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.