What was Tenancy Tribunal case 4830738 about?

The tribunal order states: The tenancy of [The tenant/s] and Romio Rezoana at 2379 Whangarei

How much money was awarded in case 4830738?

Filing Fee: $20.44 awarded to landlord; Rent Arrears: $5,114.29 awarded to landlord

The primary dispute was Rent arrears.

The official Ministry of Justice published order is available at https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/TTV2/PDF/10169780-Tribunal_Order.pdf.

The tribunal order states: The tenancy of [The tenant/s] and Romio Rezoana at 2379 Whangarei

Filing Fee: $20.44 awarded to landlord; Rent Arrears: $5,114.29 awarded to landlord

The primary dispute was Rent arrears.

The official Ministry of Justice published order is available at https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/TTV2/PDF/10169780-Tribunal_Order.pdf.

Tenantcheck Insights

Claims and awards in Tenancy Tribunal application 4830738 — net $2,234.73 NZD. Amounts reconciled from the published order (claims sum and net total). Verify on MoJ.
Claim	Landlord	Reason
Rent arrears to 5 April 2024	$5,114.29	Rent arrears to 5 April 2024
Filing fee reimbursement	$20.44	Filing fee reimbursement
Net award	$2,234.73
Total payable by Tenant to Landlord	$2,234.73

Claims and awards in Tenancy Tribunal application 4830738 — net $2,234.73 NZD. Amounts reconciled from the published order (claims sum and net total). Verify on MoJ.
Claim	Landlord	Reason
Rent arrears to 5 April 2024	$5,114.29	Rent arrears to 5 April 2024
Filing fee reimbursement	$20.44	Filing fee reimbursement
Net award	$2,234.73
Total payable by Tenant to Landlord	$2,234.73

The tenancy of [The tenant/s] and Romio Rezoana at 2379 Whangarei Heads Road, Whangarei Heads, Whangarei Heads 0174 is terminated, and possession is granted to Eren Limited t/[The landlord/s] and [The landlord/s] immediately.
The Bond Centre is to pay the bond of $2,900.00 (6488081-005) to Eren Limited t/as Eves Whangarei immediately.
[The tenant/s] must pay Eren Limited t/[The landlord/s] and [The landlord/s] $2,234.73 immediately, calculated as shown in the table below:

The application sought termination for rent arrears and abandonment.
The parties entered into a fixed term tenancy agreement commencing on 21 November 2023 and ending on 21 February 2024.
The landlords understand that Ms Rezoana left the property in or around December 2023.
The landlord (Ms Roycroft) carried out an inspection on 7 February 2023. The property was unsecured. Most of the tenant’s belongings were gone.
Ms Roycroft sent Mr Donohue an email on 8 February asking whether he had left the property.
Mr Donohue responded, and there were further emails exchanged over the next over the next two weeks, but Mr Donohue’s messages were mostly irrational.
The last rent payment was made on 7 February 2023.
A fixed term tenancy automatically becomes a periodic tenancy at the end of the fixed term, unless either the landlord or tenant gave notice in writing to end the tenancy at the expiry of the fixed term.
No such notice was given in this instance.
I am satisfied that the tenant has abandoned the premises. There has been no contact from the tenant since 23 February. The property is in the same state that it was when Ms Roycroft inspected it on 7 February. The rent is significantly in arrears.
The tenancy is terminated 1 .
The amount of rent arrears exceeds the bond. The bond will be released to the landlord.
The landlord has been successful in this application and I must also award the landlord the filing fee of $20.44.