The ninth series of Dancing with the Stars premiered on 24 April 2022 on Three.

The series will be hosted by Clint Randell and Sharyn Casey. Camilla Sacre-Dallerup will return to the judging panel as head judge, while James Luck and Lance Savali will join the judging panel for their first series.^[1] Sacre-Dallerup contracted Covid-19 and was replaced in the final programme by Karen Hardy.^[2]

In December 2019, it was that announced that a ninth series would air on Three in 2020.^[3] On 11 February 2020, it was announced that former contestant Laura Daniel would be replacing Rachel White on the judging panel for the ninth series.^[4] On 23 February 2020, The New Zealand Herald reported that Destiny Church Pastor and Vision NZ leader Hannah Tamaki was tipped to join the series.^[5] After major backlash online, MediaWorks confirmed that Tamaki would no longer be joining the series. In the same statement, they confirmed that the cast announcement for the ninth series was scheduled for the end of March 2020.^[6] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand, the series was postponed indefinitely.^[7] In March 2022 it was confirmed that the show would return later that year.

Red numbers indicate the couples with the lowest score for each week.

Green numbers indicate the couples with the highest score for each week.

  indicates the couples eliminated that week.

  indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two.

  the returning couple that was the last to be called safe.

  the couple withdrew from the competition.

  the couple were eliminated but later returned to the competition.

  indicates the winning couple.

  indicates the runner-up couple.

  indicates the couple who placed third.

  indicates the couple who placed fourth.

This table only counts for dances scored on a 30-point scale.

The best and worst performances in each dance according to the judges' 30-point scale are as follows:

Individual judges' scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: James Luck, Camilla Sacre-Dallerup, Lance Savali.

  Highest scoring dance

  Lowest scoring dance