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Top Town first screened on New Zealand television in 1976, the original Top Town competition took place at a different town each week with all competitions taking place on a local sports field. The show made a return in 2009 but due to health and safety regulations the new competition had to take on
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In each of the first five weeks, three teams competed, with the five winning teams and a wild card team going onto the semi-finals. The winning teams from the two semi finals then competed for the title of
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game show series where teams from different towns in New Zealand competed in various obstacle challenges against each other, along the lines of the earlier
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in the grand final with the winning town taking home the Top Town trophy.
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