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Tenantcheck Insights · Case study
Decided 7 Feb 2025 · Published 7 Feb 2025 · Application 5055889
Key facts from the published tribunal order.
Outcome
Landlord favoured
From published order
Location
Auckland
Tribunal region
Tenantcheck Insights · Case study
Decided 7 Feb 2025 · Published 7 Feb 2025 · Application 5055889
Key facts from the published tribunal order.
Outcome
Landlord favoured
From published order
Location
Auckland
Tribunal region
Adjudicator
J Maher
Dispute themes
Gross awards, any bond applied per the order, and the remaining balance payable.
What this tenancy cost at tribunal — claim, category, amount, and party awarded, with reconciled net total.
| Claim | Landlord | Tenant | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleaning | $678.61 | Cleaning | |
| Rubbish removal: internal | $1,665.07 | Rubbish removal: internal | |
| Rubbish removal: external including section tidy | $1,559.14 | Rubbish removal: external including section tidy | |
| Net award | $3,122.82 | ||
| Total payable by Tenant to Landlord | $3,122.82 |
Claims and awards for application 5055889 — net $3,122.82 NZD. Verify on MoJ.
Cleaning
Rubbish removal: internal
Rubbish removal: external including section tidy
Net award
Landlord $3,122.82
Total payable by Tenant to Landlord
Landlord $3,122.82
Claim types — money lines allowed on this order
Topics are dispute themes across the order (not the same as claim-type money lines).
s40(1)
Common questions about this Tenancy Tribunal case.
The tribunal order states: Penihele Phillip Sofele must pay Kāinga Ora–Homes And Communities
Cleaning: $678.61 awarded to landlord; Rubbish Removal: $1,559.14 awarded to landlord; Rubbish Removal: $1,665.07 awarded to landlord
The primary dispute was Cleanliness.
The official Ministry of Justice published order is available at https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/TTV2/PDF/11404494-Tenancy_Tribunal_Order.pdf.
Adjudicator
J Maher
Dispute themes
Gross awards, any bond applied per the order, and the remaining balance payable.
What this tenancy cost at tribunal — claim, category, amount, and party awarded, with reconciled net total.
| Claim | Landlord | Tenant | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleaning | $678.61 | Cleaning | |
| Rubbish removal: internal | $1,665.07 | Rubbish removal: internal | |
| Rubbish removal: external including section tidy | $1,559.14 | Rubbish removal: external including section tidy | |
| Net award | $3,122.82 | ||
| Total payable by Tenant to Landlord | $3,122.82 |
Claims and awards for application 5055889 — net $3,122.82 NZD. Verify on MoJ.
Cleaning
Rubbish removal: internal
Rubbish removal: external including section tidy
Net award
Landlord $3,122.82
Total payable by Tenant to Landlord
Landlord $3,122.82
Claim types — money lines allowed on this order
Topics are dispute themes across the order (not the same as claim-type money lines).
s40(1)
Common questions about this Tenancy Tribunal case.
The tribunal order states: Penihele Phillip Sofele must pay Kāinga Ora–Homes And Communities
Cleaning: $678.61 awarded to landlord; Rubbish Removal: $1,559.14 awarded to landlord; Rubbish Removal: $1,665.07 awarded to landlord
The primary dispute was Cleanliness.
The official Ministry of Justice published order is available at https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/TTV2/PDF/11404494-Tenancy_Tribunal_Order.pdf.