Published tribunal order
Tenancy Tribunal case 4949634 — Rent arrears
Decided 13 Oct 2025 · Published 13 Oct 2025 · Application 4949634
- Rent arrears
- 14-day notice
Party names are redacted in the official published order.
Order
- [The tenant/s] owes Kāinga Ora–Homes And Communities $5,381.49 (“the debt”) being rent arrears to 2 October 2024.
- [The tenant/s] must pay rent and the debt as follows: a. By 517 weekly payments of $169.00, being $159.00 for rent and $10.00 for the debt. b. A final payment of $160.49, being $159.00 for rent and $1.49 for the debt. c. Payments will be every Tuesday, with the first payment on 08/10/2024 and continuing until 05/09/2034.
- Payments will be allocated in the following order: rent, then rent arrears.
- If [The tenant/s] fails to pay rent and rent arrears within 2 working days of the due dates: a. The tenancy at [Tenancy address suppressed] will terminate and the landlord will have immediate possession of the premises. b. The balance of the debt will be payable immediately.
Reasons
- Both parties attended the hearing. Ms Smith represented the landlord.
- The landlord has applied for conditional termination of the tenancy.
- Where rent is at least 21 days in arrears on the date the application was filed, as it was here, the Tribunal must make either a final or a conditional termination order. See section 55(1)(a) and (1A) Residential Tenancies Act 1986.
- The parties have agreed to a conditional termination order and given [The tenant/s] is to seek the assistance of Work and Income New Zealand, I consider it just to make the order as sought.
- The conditional termination order will lapse if it is fully complied with, therefore if [The tenant/s] pays the debt off earlier than as directed, the order will lapse earlier than directed. If [The tenant/s] breaches the order, the possession order may be enforced for 90 days from the first breach. See section 64(4)(b) Residential Tenancies Act 1986.
- Because this order is made by consent, [The tenant/s]’s details are to be redacted from the published order. As the landlord is a public body administering public funds, their details are not to be.