How much money was awarded in case 5230656?

Tribunal Orders Suppression Of The N…: $15,000.00 awarded to landlord

What type of tenancy dispute was case 5230656?

The primary dispute was Rent arrears. Related themes: 14-day notice.

Where can I read the official tribunal order for case 5230656?

The official Ministry of Justice published order is available at https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/TTV2/PDF/11893270-Tribunal_Order_Redacted.pdf.

How much money was awarded in case 5230656?

Tribunal Orders Suppression Of The N…: $15,000.00 awarded to landlord

What type of tenancy dispute was case 5230656?

The primary dispute was Rent arrears. Related themes: 14-day notice.

Where can I read the official tribunal order for case 5230656?

The official Ministry of Justice published order is available at https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/TTV2/PDF/11893270-Tribunal_Order_Redacted.pdf.

New Zealand Tenancy Tribunal Case 5230656 — Rent arrears

Q: What was Tenancy Tribunal case 5230656 about?

The tribunal order states: The Tribunal orders suppression of the names and identifying details of both

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Order

Claims and awards in Tenancy Tribunal application 5230656. Amounts reconciled from the published order (claims sum and net total). Verify on MoJ.
Claim	Landlord	Tenant	Reason
Tribunal orders suppression of the names and identifying details of both parties. 2. [The tenant/s] owes [The landlord/s	$15,000.00		Tribunal orders suppression of the names and identifying details of both parties. 2. [The tenant/s] owes [The landlord/s

The Tribunal orders suppression of the names and identifying details of both parties.

[The tenant/s] owes [The landlord/s] $15,000.00 being the agreed amount of rent arrears owing to 23 May 2025 (“the debt”).

[The tenant/s] must pay rent and the debt as follows: a. By weekly payments of rent at the agreed amount of $490.00 per week between 30 May 2025 (the end of the current rent period) and 31 August 2025 (when the tenancy will end) unless the tenancy ends earlier by consent or by the tenant giving 21 days’ notice to terminate the tenancy. b. The debt payment will be made by 31 August 2025.

Payments will be allocated in the following order: rent, then the debt.

If the tenant fails to pay rent 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 rent owing will be payable immediately.

If the tenant fails to pay the debt by 31 August 2025, the balance of the debt will be payable immediately after that date.

To avoid doubt, the tenancy will terminate at 11.59pm on Sunday 31 August 2025 and possession will pass to the landlord then.

This order replaces the landlord’s notice to terminate the tenancy dated 9 March 2025.

The tenant may terminate the tenancy at any time before 31 August 2025 by giving the landlord 21 days’ written notice.

[The landlord/s] withdraws Application No: xx (yet to be processed) immediately.

Reasons

Both parties attended the hearing.

The tenant has applied for an order declaring the landlord’s notice to terminate the tenancy unlawful (and retaliatory) and compensation for breaches of his quiet enjoyment by some of his neighbours.

The landlord has separately applied for an order for rent arrears. That application has not yet been processed and was not before the Tribunal today. Background

The tenancy started on 1 July 2020 so is nearly 5 years in duration.

The parties described themselves as having a good relationship, akin to a ‘father and son’ tenancy relationship.

Recently, matters have arisen to strain the relationship. The tenant has accrued a large amount of rent arrears, and the tenant’s neighbours have breached his right to privacy and to quiet enjoyment of his tenancy.

Previously, the landlord has allowed rent to accrue with the tenant making a lump sum payment.

While that is not conventional, it seems to have worked for the parties before. But now, there is another large amount of rent owing. Agreements reached

The parties, with the assistance of the Tribunal, reached an agreement on all matters today. This order records those agreements.

The landlord has claimed rent arrears of about $23,000.00. Rent has accrued on the basis of an agreement that the tenant could pay lump sums from time to time.

The tenant does not accept the amount of the landlord’s rent claim.

The parties reached an agreement that the tenant may pay rent arrears of $15,000.00 in full settlement of the landlord’s rent claim, being rent arrears to 23 May 2025.

The parties further agreed that for the period starting 24 May 2025 (the start of the current rent period), the rent will be $490.00 per week, not the increased rent amount of $530.00 per week.

The parties agreed that the tenant may have until 31 August 2025 to pay the agreed rent debt.

I explained, and the tenant accepted, that a landlord may terminate a tenancy when rent is at least 21 days’ in arrears. While there is no landlord application for termination of the tenancy, the Tribunal could not declare the landlord’s notice to terminate the tenancy unlawful, because the landlord had a statutory right to terminate the tenancy for rent arrears.

Where rent is at least 21 days in arrears on the date the application was filed, the Tribunal must make either a final or a conditional termination order. See section 55(1)(a) and (1A) Residential Tenancies Act 1986. In this case, by agreement, I have made a conditional termination order.

The parties agreed that the tenancy will end on 31 August 2025, provided the tenant continues to pay weekly rent of $490.00 between now and the end of the tenancy. If he misses a payment the landlord can enforce this order after 2 working days of default.

The order will lapse after 90 days if no enforcement action is taken. Quiet enjoyment

The tenant sought compensation for breaches of his quiet enjoyment by his neighbours who continue to breach his privacy.

The neighbours are not the landlord’s tenants. The Tribunal cannot make any orders restraining the neighbours from their actions against the tenant. The Tribunal only has jurisdiction to determine disputes between landlords and tenants.

I have clarified this so that the tenant can pursue a police complaint; the police can act on the complaint because this is not a matter that the Tenancy Tribunal can adjudicate.

The landlord agreed to do what he can to try and resolve this concern by the tenant.

The tenant withdrew this part of his application against the landlord.

The tenant did not seek reimbursement of the filing fee. Name suppression

Because this is a consent order, based on the agreements the parties reached, I have suppressed the names and identifying details of both parties. The agreements could have been reached at mediation, which is a confidential process. There is no public interest in the order being published.

The tenant intends seeking a draw-down from his Kiwisaver account to pay the rent debt.

Because of name suppression, the tenant can only supply a redacted copy of the order so as not to breach suppression.

The Kiwisaver draw down processing staff may refer to the order as DK v RC [2025] NZTT 5230656.

Order

Claims and awards in Tenancy Tribunal application 5230656. Amounts reconciled from the published order (claims sum and net total). Verify on MoJ.
Claim	Landlord	Tenant	Reason
Tribunal orders suppression of the names and identifying details of both parties. 2. [The tenant/s] owes [The landlord/s	$15,000.00		Tribunal orders suppression of the names and identifying details of both parties. 2. [The tenant/s] owes [The landlord/s