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Tenantcheck Insights · Case study
Decided 12 Dec 2025 · Published 12 Dec 2025 · Application 5297801
Key facts from the published tribunal order.
Location
New Zealand
Tribunal region
Tenantcheck Insights · Case study
Decided 12 Dec 2025 · Published 12 Dec 2025 · Application 5297801
Key facts from the published tribunal order.
Location
New Zealand
Tribunal region
Adjudicator
B Smallbone
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 | $417.34 | Cleaning | |
| Kitchen cupboard clean | $91.89 | Kitchen cupboard clean | |
| Curtain replacement | $119.21 | Curtain replacement | |
| Net award | $324.44 | ||
| Total payable by Tenant to Landlord | $324.44 |
Claims and awards for application 5297801 — net $324.44 NZD. Verify on MoJ.
Cleaning
Kitchen cupboard clean
Curtain replacement
Net award
Landlord $324.44
Total payable by Tenant to Landlord
Landlord $324.44
Claim types — money lines allowed on this order
Topics are dispute themes across the order (not the same as claim-type money lines).
Common questions about this Tenancy Tribunal case.
The tribunal order states: Applications for suppression have been made in this case, and the Tribunal
Cleaning: $417.34 awarded to landlord; Cleaning: $91.89 awarded to landlord; Property Damage: $119.21 awarded to landlord
The primary dispute was Cleanliness. Related themes: Property damage.
The official Ministry of Justice published order is available at https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/TTV2/PDF/12866587-Tribunal_Order_Redacted.pdf.
Adjudicator
B Smallbone
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 | $417.34 | Cleaning | |
| Kitchen cupboard clean | $91.89 | Kitchen cupboard clean | |
| Curtain replacement | $119.21 | Curtain replacement | |
| Net award | $324.44 | ||
| Total payable by Tenant to Landlord | $324.44 |
Claims and awards for application 5297801 — net $324.44 NZD. Verify on MoJ.
Cleaning
Kitchen cupboard clean
Curtain replacement
Net award
Landlord $324.44
Total payable by Tenant to Landlord
Landlord $324.44
Claim types — money lines allowed on this order
Topics are dispute themes across the order (not the same as claim-type money lines).
Common questions about this Tenancy Tribunal case.
The tribunal order states: Applications for suppression have been made in this case, and the Tribunal
Cleaning: $417.34 awarded to landlord; Cleaning: $91.89 awarded to landlord; Property Damage: $119.21 awarded to landlord
The primary dispute was Cleanliness. Related themes: Property damage.
The official Ministry of Justice published order is available at https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/TTV2/PDF/12866587-Tribunal_Order_Redacted.pdf.
