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Tenancy Tribunal case 4617550 — Rent arrears

Decided 26 Sept 2023 · Published 26 Sept 2023 · Application 4617550

Rent arrears

Party names are redacted in the official published order. This page summarises the dispute only — not individual identities.

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At a glance

Key facts from the published tribunal order.

Location

New Zealand

Tribunal region

Adjudicator

R Woodhouse

Tenantcheck Insights · Case study

Tenancy Tribunal case 4617550 — Rent arrears

Decided 26 Sept 2023 · Published 26 Sept 2023 · Application 4617550

Rent arrears

Party names are redacted in the official published order. This page summarises the dispute only — not individual identities.

View official order on MoJ →Explore similar cases

At a glance

Key facts from the published tribunal order.

Location

New Zealand

Tribunal region

Adjudicator

R Woodhouse

Claims & awards

What this tenancy cost at tribunal — claim, category, amount, and party awarded, with reconciled net total.

No individual claim amounts were reconciled for this order. View the official Ministry of Justice PDF for full detail.

Order

An application for suppression has been made in this case, and the Tribunal orders suppression of the landlord’s name and identifying details.
George Tui Hingaia must pay [The landlord/s] $2,400.00 to be deducted in full, from the bond.
The Bond Centre is to pay the bond of $2,400.00 ([Bond number suppressed]) to [The landlord/s] immediately, being rent arrears to the end of the tenancy.

Reasons

Only the landlord appeared at the hearing.
The tenancy ended in August 2021. The landlord states that subsequently they had communications by email with the tenant, working to settle the rent arrears issue, but ultimately the tenant did not pay the outstanding amount. The landlord states that the email address provided on the application was the same email address they used to communicate with the tenant at that time.
Ultimately the application to the Tribunal was filed in June 2023. The tenant was served by email at the above discussed email address. We have not had any response from the tenant, and he did not appear at the hearing.
While I have some concern over the late filing of the application, I am minded that it does not appear that the tenant is seeking to have his bond returned to him, in that he has not applied to the Tribunal to have it returned. That suggests he expected it would be released to the landlord.
I accept the rent arrears claimed by the landlord of $2,430.00.
However, in the circumstances of this case, I will make an order only to the sum of the bond held, given I am prepared to dispense with service of the application under section 91B(2)(c) of the Residential Tenancies Act 1986, given the tenant has not made efforts to recover his bond.

Topics & place

Topics are dispute themes across the order (not the same as claim-type money lines).

Rent arrears NO ADDRESS

Residential Tenancies Act sections

s91B(2)

Key findings

Dispute theme: rent arrears

Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this Tenancy Tribunal case.

What was Tenancy Tribunal case 4617550 about?

The tribunal order states: An application for suppression has been made in this case, and the Tribunal

How much money was awarded in case 4617550?

Verified claim lines are listed on this page.

What type of tenancy dispute was case 4617550?

The primary dispute was Rent arrears.

Where can I read the official tribunal order for case 4617550?

The official Ministry of Justice published order is available at https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/TTV2/PDF/9396060-Tribunal_Order_Redacted.pdf.