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Tenancy Tribunal case 5313763 — Tenancy dispute

Decided 26 Aug 2025 · Published 26 Aug 2025 · Application 5313763

Party names are redacted in the official published order. This page summarises the dispute only — not individual identities.

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At a glance

Key facts from the published tribunal order.

Location

New Zealand

Tribunal region

Adjudicator

S Steele

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.

Tenantcheck Insights · Case study

Tenancy Tribunal case 5313763 — Tenancy dispute

Decided 26 Aug 2025 · Published 26 Aug 2025 · Application 5313763

Party names are redacted in the official published order. This page summarises the dispute only — not individual identities.

View official order on MoJ →Explore similar cases

At a glance

Key facts from the published tribunal order.

Location

New Zealand

Tribunal region

Adjudicator

S Steele

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

An application for suppression has been made in this case, and the Tribunal orders suppression of the parties’ names and identifying details.
The application is struck out for lack of jurisdiction.

Reasons

Both parties attended the video hearing the purpose of which was to determine if this Tribunal has jurisdiction to hear the applicant’s claim and the respondent’s cross application.

Does the Tribunal have jurisdiction to hear the claim?

The Tribunal only has jurisdiction to hear disputes between landlords and tenants (or between a landlord and a guarantor of a tenant's obligations) provided the dispute is in relation to a residential tenancy which comes within the Residential Tenancies At 1986 (the Act).
An agreement was provided to the Tribunal headed “Housemate Agreement for [address]”. This agreement referred to the parties as “head tenant’ and “housemate”.
In the final paragraph of this agreement the parties acknowledged that any dispute would be reviewed and settled by the Disputes Tribunal.
Both parties agreed during the video hearing that the arrangement was one of flatmates and acknowledged that their contract reflected this and that the Disputes Tribunal was the appropriate forum to resolve any disputes between them.
I am satisfied, on the evidence before me, that the arrangement between the parties is not a relationship between landlord and tenant for the purposes of the Act.
The necessary conclusion is that the Tribunal does not have jurisdiction to hear and determine the application and the application is struck out.
The applicant requested suppression in her application form, and I am satisfied that suppression is appropriate here for both parties.

Topics & place

Topics are dispute themes across the order (not the same as claim-type money lines).

NO ADDRESS

Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this Tenancy Tribunal case.

What was Tenancy Tribunal case 5313763 about?

The tribunal order states: An application for suppression has been made in this case, and the Tribunal

How much money was awarded in case 5313763?

Verified claim lines are listed on this page.

What type of tenancy dispute was case 5313763?

The dispute type was not classified.

Where can I read the official tribunal order for case 5313763?

The official Ministry of Justice published order is available at https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/TTV2/PDF/12318740-Tribunal_Order_Redacted.pdf.

Order

An application for suppression has been made in this case, and the Tribunal orders suppression of the parties’ names and identifying details.
The application is struck out for lack of jurisdiction.

Reasons

Both parties attended the video hearing the purpose of which was to determine if this Tribunal has jurisdiction to hear the applicant’s claim and the respondent’s cross application.

Does the Tribunal have jurisdiction to hear the claim?

The Tribunal only has jurisdiction to hear disputes between landlords and tenants (or between a landlord and a guarantor of a tenant's obligations) provided the dispute is in relation to a residential tenancy which comes within the Residential Tenancies At 1986 (the Act).
An agreement was provided to the Tribunal headed “Housemate Agreement for [address]”. This agreement referred to the parties as “head tenant’ and “housemate”.
In the final paragraph of this agreement the parties acknowledged that any dispute would be reviewed and settled by the Disputes Tribunal.
Both parties agreed during the video hearing that the arrangement was one of flatmates and acknowledged that their contract reflected this and that the Disputes Tribunal was the appropriate forum to resolve any disputes between them.
I am satisfied, on the evidence before me, that the arrangement between the parties is not a relationship between landlord and tenant for the purposes of the Act.
The necessary conclusion is that the Tribunal does not have jurisdiction to hear and determine the application and the application is struck out.
The applicant requested suppression in her application form, and I am satisfied that suppression is appropriate here for both parties.

Topics & place

Topics are dispute themes across the order (not the same as claim-type money lines).

NO ADDRESS

Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this Tenancy Tribunal case.

What was Tenancy Tribunal case 5313763 about?

The tribunal order states: An application for suppression has been made in this case, and the Tribunal

How much money was awarded in case 5313763?

Verified claim lines are listed on this page.

What type of tenancy dispute was case 5313763?

The dispute type was not classified.

Where can I read the official tribunal order for case 5313763?

The official Ministry of Justice published order is available at https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/TTV2/PDF/12318740-Tribunal_Order_Redacted.pdf.