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Tenancy Tribunal case 5302265 — 14-day notice at 34B Station Road, Otahuhu, Auckland 1062
Decided 16 Sept 2025 · Published 16 Sept 2025 · Application 5302265
- 14-day notice
At a glance
Key facts from the published tribunal order.
Location
Auckland
Tribunal region
Adjudicator
S Young
Claims & awards
What this tenancy cost at tribunal — claim, category, amount, and party awarded, with reconciled net total.
No individual claim amounts were reconciled for this order. View the official Ministry of Justice PDF for full detail.
Order
- The tenant must rehouse the dog currently living at the premises by 5.00 pm on Tuesday 7 October 2025.
- If the tenant fails to comply with order 1 above, then the tenancy at 34B Station Road, Otahuhu, Auckland is terminated and possession is granted to the landlord at 5.00 pm on Tuesday 14 October 2025.
Reasons
- Both parties attended the remote hearing on 15 September 2025.
- The landlord has applied for termination of the tenancy for breach of the tenant’s obligations. The tenancy agreement does not allow for the tenant to keep a pet without first obtaining the approval of the landlord. No such approval has been given.
- The Tribunal may terminate a tenancy for breach where, due to the nature or extent of the breach, it would be inequitable to refuse to terminate. See section 56(1) Residential Tenancies Act 1986.
- Where a breach is capable of remedy, the landlord must first serve a notice on the tenant requiring them to remedy the breach within at least 14 days and established that the tenant has failed to do so.
- The tenant has breached her obligation by keeping a dog at the premises. The dog is a medium sized Staffordshire breed called “Mellow Puff Twinkle Toes.”
- The landlord served a 14 day breach notice on the tenant on 29 May 2025, and the tenant did not remedy the breach within the required period. The landlord provided evidence that the dog remained at the premises as recently as Friday 12 September 2025. The tenant did not dispute that the dog was still living at the premises.
- It would be inequitable to refuse to terminate the tenancy because of the tenant’s longstanding failure to comply with the tenancy agreement by having a dog. The issue was initially raised with the tenant by the landlord in November 2024.
- The landlord says that the premises are not suitable for a dog. The premises are one of four units in a complex. There is no green space or fencing at the complex. The neighbours have complained about the presence of the dog.
- I have no doubt that the dog is loved and well cared for by the tenant. The tenant has made extensive efforts to try and rehome the dog. Unfortunately, those efforts have not been successful.
- The tenant is given until 5pm on Tuesday 7 October 2025 to rehome the dog. If the tenant fails to rehome the dog by that time, then the tenancy will be terminated at 5.00 pm on Tuesday 14 October 2025 and possession returned to the landlord.
- The tenant applied for name suppression. The tenant has not been wholly or substantially successful in this hearing and the application for name suppression is dismissed.
Topics & place
Topics are dispute themes across the order (not the same as claim-type money lines).
Residential Tenancies Act sections
s56(1)
Key findings
- Dispute theme: termination 14day
Property management
- Kāinga Ora–Homes and Communities (applicant)
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this Tenancy Tribunal case.
What was Tenancy Tribunal case 5302265 about?
The tribunal order states: The tenant must rehouse the dog currently living at the premises by 5.00 pm on
How much money was awarded in case 5302265?
Verified claim lines are listed on this page.
What type of tenancy dispute was case 5302265?
The primary dispute was 14-day notice.
Where can I read the official tribunal order for case 5302265?
The official Ministry of Justice published order is available at https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/TTV2/PDF/12414590-Tenancy_Tribunal_Order.pdf.
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