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Tenancy Tribunal case 4975433 — Tenancy dispute

Decided 20 Nov 2024 · Published 20 Nov 2024 · Application 4975433

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

S Young

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 4975433 — Tenancy dispute

Decided 20 Nov 2024 · Published 20 Nov 2024 · Application 4975433

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

S Young

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 Tenant/Landlord names and identifying details.
The application is dismissed.

Reasons

Both parties attended this remote hearing.
The parties appeared to have confused the role of the Tribunal.
The landlord has applied with assistance in setting the rent amount for this periodic tenancy. The rent had been $620.00 per week since 2019. On 6 June 2024 the landlord gave the tenant 60 days’ notice of a proposed rent increase to $780.00 per week.
The landlord made an application to the Tribunal pursuant to s.25 of the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 (“RTA”).
Section 25 RTA provides that “on the application made to it by the tenant......the Tribunal may, on being satisfied that the rent payable exceeds the market rent by a substantial amount, make an order reducing the rent.
The application has two main flaws. Firstly, the application has been made by the landlord and secondly no supporting evidence has been provided which might assist the Tribunal in its assessment of the appropriate market rent. Normally evidence would be provided of directly comparable properties in the same area. The evidence may consist of trade me advertisements, data from the Tenancy Services website and the like. Without that evidence, the Tribunal is unable to access the market rent.
The application is dismissed.
I have suppressed the names and details of the parties as there is simply no public interest in this matter.

Topics & place

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

NO ADDRESS

Residential Tenancies Act sections

s25

Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this Tenancy Tribunal case.

What was Tenancy Tribunal case 4975433 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 4975433?

Verified claim lines are listed on this page.

What type of tenancy dispute was case 4975433?

The dispute type was not classified.

Where can I read the official tribunal order for case 4975433?

The official Ministry of Justice published order is available at https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/TTV2/PDF/11104866-Tribunal_Order_Redacted.pdf.