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Tenancy Tribunal case 4803817 — Exemplary damages

Decided 21 May 2024 · Published 21 May 2024 · Application 4803817

Exemplary damages

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

M Brennan

Tenantcheck Insights · Case study

Tenancy Tribunal case 4803817 — Exemplary damages

Decided 21 May 2024 · Published 21 May 2024 · Application 4803817

Exemplary damages

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

M Brennan

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 application for a rehearing is dismissed.
The stay on proceedings in the order dated 29 April 2024 is removed immediately and the order of 22 April 2024 may be enforced.

Reasons

The landlord attended the hearing, conducted via video. The tenant did not join and multiple calls out to the tenant were made. The calls went unanswered and/or to voicemail. I was satisfied adequate service had completed as the email and telephone numbers used for the tenant were as supplied by her.
On 22 April 2024 the Tribunal made an order returning possession to the landlord and for exemplary damages.
On 26 April 2024, Angela Thorpe applied for a rehearing on the grounds that she could not take the telephone call at the time of the hearing.
A hearing to consider her application was granted on 29 April 2024 and set down for today. A stay was put in place.
The tenant failed to attend the hearing via the scheduled video link. Nor did she take the subsequent calls made by me to the two available numbers. For the avoidance of doubt, a call using a second telephone confirmed the prior experience of not connecting. The application is dismissed.
The landlord is understandably frustrated at the ongoing impediment to possession returning to her.
As forewarned in the order dated 29 April 2024, the dismissal of this rehearing application means possession must return to the landlord immediately.

Topics & place

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

Exemplary damages NO ADDRESS

Key findings

Dispute theme: exemplary damages

Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this Tenancy Tribunal case.

What was Tenancy Tribunal case 4803817 about?

The tribunal order states: The application for a rehearing is dismissed.

How much money was awarded in case 4803817?

Verified claim lines are listed on this page.

What type of tenancy dispute was case 4803817?

The primary dispute was Exemplary damages.

Where can I read the official tribunal order for case 4803817?

The official Ministry of Justice published order is available at https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/TTV2/PDF/10363420-Tribunal_Order_Redacted.pdf.