The Block NZ: Season 5
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The Block NZ Season 4.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
Episode 1
May 29, 2016 · 60 min
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 straigh
Episode 2
May 30, 2016 · 60 min
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
Episode 3
May 31, 2016 · 60 min
As the deadline for the room reveal lingers, the boys channel their inner designers; budgets begin to unravel; & one team learns that the early bird doesn’t always get the worm.
Episode 4
Jun 1, 2016 · 60 min
Only two days remain until room reveal, and as the budget dwindles away the teams get creative. Meanwhile, one team gets The Wolf involved as they wage war against their housemates
Episode 5
Jun 5, 2016 · 60 min
A game changing decision gets all the teams guessing. Tactics are in play, room reveal is just around the corner, and a hunky new builder is just the distraction one team needs.
Episode 6
Jun 6, 2016 · 60 min
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.
Episode 7
Jun 7, 2016 · 60 min
Failed council inspections cause a tradie pile up, and as the gap between the boys and the girls gets wider, things begin to get personal