Published tribunal order
Tenancy Tribunal case 5279979 — Rent arrears
Decided 4 Aug 2025 · Published 4 Aug 2025 · Application 5279979
- Rent arrears
- 14-day notice
Party names are redacted in the official published order.
Order
- The Tribunal orders suppression of the tenant’s name and identifying details.
- [The tenant/s] owes Kāinga Ora–Homes And Communities $1,846.00 being rent to 14 August 2025 (“the debt”).
- [The tenant/s] must pay rent and the debt as follows: a. By fortnightly payments of $756.00, being $686.00 for rent and $70.00 for the debt. b. Payments will be every other Thursday, with the first payment on 07/08/2025 and continuing until the debt is paid06/08/2026.
- Payments will be allocated in the following order: rent, then rent arrears.
- If [The tenant/s] fails to pay rent and rent arrears within 5 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 Thompson-Wise represented the landlord.
- The landlord has applied for a conditional termination of the tenancy for rent arrears.
- 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 tenant has already commenced repaying the debt at a rate of $70 a fortnight. She is clear that she will be able to maintain these payments until the debt is paid off.
- Accordingly, I have granted a conditional termination order by consent.
- The conditional termination order will lapse if it is fully complied with. If the tenant 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.
- As this order is a consent order, it is appropriate that the tenant’s identifying details are suppressed from the published order. As the landlord administers public monies, it is not appropriate that their details are suppressed. See section 95A of the Residential Tenancies Act 1986.