Papamoa mums to shine on The Block NZ

PHOTO: Janah Kingi and Rachel Martin are ‘Team Purple’ on this season’s The Block NZ. Photo: Supplied.

Two super competitive Papamoa mums will be competing on the ninth season of The Block NZ.

Team Purple is made up of “domestic engineer” Janah Kingi, 39, and real estate agent Rachel Martin, 42 – two “fun mums” from Papamoa who mean business.

No strangers to building sites, they’ve been renovating their own homes, and have some inside knowledge, as both their husbands are builders.

“Janah and Rach are doing a great job, because it’s tricky – all those tools, getting on the skill saw and nail gun, and climbing up ladders – so they’re just having a hilarious time trying to master all of that,” says ‘The Block NZ’ host Mark Ferguson.

After a year interrupted by Covid, New Zealand’s favourite DIY show is finally set to hit our screens again and this year it’s heading back to the aspirational Auckland city fringe suburb of Point Chevalier.

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.