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Tenancy Tribunal case 4795980 — Tenancy dispute

Decided 4 Jun 2025 · Published 4 Jun 2025 · Application 4795980

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

J Yi

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.

Tenantcheck Insights · Case study

Tenancy Tribunal case 4795980 — Tenancy dispute

Decided 4 Jun 2025 · Published 4 Jun 2025 · Application 4795980

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

J Yi

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

The Tribunal orders suppression of the names and details of both parties.
The application is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.

Reasons

The applicant attended the hearing via teleconference. The respondent did not.
This hearing was to determine whether the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 (“RTA”) applied to the parties and whether the Tenancy Tribunal had jurisdiction.
The applicant was an Airbnb guest at the respondent’s premises.
The parties sought to extend the stay further while bypassing the Airbnb platform.
The applicant initially wanted to stay a total of 40 nights at the premises from 28 th October 2023. The applicant ended up staying until 20 th November 2023.
Section 5(1)(k) RTA states that the RTA does not apply where the premises are intended to provide temporary or transient accommodation and the parties entered into an agreement for the purposes of providing temporary accommodation.
Section 5(1)(n) RTA states that the RTA does not apply where the premises are let for the tenant’s holiday purposes.
This was a clear case of the premises being let for Airbnb and not for a true residential tenancy as envisaged by the RTA.
Therefore, the RTA does not apply and the Tenancy Tribunal does not have jurisdiction to hear the dispute.
The matter should be heard by the Disputes Tribunal or via the Airbnb platform.
This claim is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.

Topics & place

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

NO ADDRESS

Residential Tenancies Act sections

s5(1)

Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this Tenancy Tribunal case.

What was Tenancy Tribunal case 4795980 about?

The tribunal order states: The Tribunal orders suppression of the names and details of both parties.

How much money was awarded in case 4795980?

Verified claim lines are listed on this page.

What type of tenancy dispute was case 4795980?

The dispute type was not classified.

Where can I read the official tribunal order for case 4795980?

The official Ministry of Justice published order is available at https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/TTV2/PDF/11928435-Tribunal_Order_Redacted.pdf.