Published tribunal order
Tenancy Tribunal case 5300472 — Rent arrears
Decided 4 Sept 2025 · Published 4 Sept 2025 · Application 5300472
- Rent arrears
- 14-day notice
Party names are redacted in the official published order.
Order
- An application for suppression has been made in this case, and the Tribunal orders suppression of the tenants’ names and identifying details.
- [The tenant/s] owe Kāinga Ora–Homes and Communities $1,250.00 (“the debt”), being rent arears to 13 August 2025.
- [The tenant/s] must pay rent and the debt as follows: a. By weekly payments of $350.00, being $250.00 for rent and $100.00 for the debt. b. Payments will be every Thursday, with the first payment starting on Thursday 21 August 2025 and continuing until the debt is paid in full.
- Payments will be allocated in the following order: rent and rent arrears.
- If the tenant 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 teleconference hearing, with Mr Temu representing the landlord and [the tenant/s] attending for the tenants.
- The landlord has applied for termination of the tenancy and rent arrears. Rent records have been provided, and the landlord has confirmed that the records are correct. The tenant accepts the amount due, as recorded in the landlord’s rent summary. The tenant wants to repay the debt to avoid immediate termination.
Should a conditional termination order be made?
- 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) of the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 (the RTA).
- At the request of the landlord, I have granted a conditional termination order. The landlord wishes to work with the tenant. The tenant agrees that he will pay the debt in accordance with the order, and is unlikely to commit any further relevant breach.
- 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) of the RTA. Filing fee and name suppression
- While successful, the landlord does not seek the filing fee.
- The tenant seeks name suppression, which is granted. In granting suppression for the tenant, the Tribunal has had regard to the interests of the parties, the public interest, and notes the landlord supports the tenant’s request