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Tenancy Tribunal case 5314501 — Tenancy dispute

Decided 7 Aug 2025 · Published 7 Aug 2025 · Application 5314501

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

K Koller

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 5314501 — Tenancy dispute

Decided 7 Aug 2025 · Published 7 Aug 2025 · Application 5314501

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

K Koller

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 names and identifying details.
The Tenancy Tribunal does not have jurisdiction.

Reasons

Both parties attended the hearing.
The parties signed a tenancy agreement using part of a standard form agreement which allowed the occupant to park his bus on a piece of land. The land owner wants the arrangement to end.
There is a preliminary issue whether the Tribunal can hear the claim. Section 77(1) Residential Tenancies Act 1986 (RTA) provides that the Tribunal has jurisdiction to hear claims between landlords and tenants relating to any tenancy to which the Act applies. Section 4 RTA provides that the Act applies to all residential tenancies unless specifically excluded.
Section 5 RTA sets out a variety of circumstances where a tenancy is excluded from the Act. One of these is set out at section 5(1)(t) which states the Act does not apply where the premises comprise bare land (with or without facilities) on which the tenant has the right under the tenancy agreement to place or erect a mobile home, caravan, or other means of shelter.
The owner confirmed this describes the living arrangement because the occupant lives in a bus that the occupant owns. The occupant agreed this is the living arrangement.
The occupant wanted to make further submissions about exactly where the bus was parked but I could not understand his points. Because the location of the land is not relevant to the order about jurisdiction I have not asked the occupant to clarify.
The application is dismissed for want of jurisdiction. This means I cannot decide the claims.
I have made an order for suppression. There has been no breach of the RTA and therefore no public interest in names. See section 95A RTA.

Topics & place

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

NO ADDRESS

Residential Tenancies Act sections

s4, s5, s5(1), s77(1), s95A

Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this Tenancy Tribunal case.

What was Tenancy Tribunal case 5314501 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 5314501?

Verified claim lines are listed on this page.

What type of tenancy dispute was case 5314501?

The dispute type was not classified.

Where can I read the official tribunal order for case 5314501?

The official Ministry of Justice published order is available at https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/TTV2/PDF/12230889-Tribunal_Order_Redacted.pdf.

Order

An application for suppression has been made in this case, and the Tribunal orders suppression of the names and identifying details.
The Tenancy Tribunal does not have jurisdiction.

Reasons

Both parties attended the hearing.
The parties signed a tenancy agreement using part of a standard form agreement which allowed the occupant to park his bus on a piece of land. The land owner wants the arrangement to end.
There is a preliminary issue whether the Tribunal can hear the claim. Section 77(1) Residential Tenancies Act 1986 (RTA) provides that the Tribunal has jurisdiction to hear claims between landlords and tenants relating to any tenancy to which the Act applies. Section 4 RTA provides that the Act applies to all residential tenancies unless specifically excluded.
Section 5 RTA sets out a variety of circumstances where a tenancy is excluded from the Act. One of these is set out at section 5(1)(t) which states the Act does not apply where the premises comprise bare land (with or without facilities) on which the tenant has the right under the tenancy agreement to place or erect a mobile home, caravan, or other means of shelter.
The owner confirmed this describes the living arrangement because the occupant lives in a bus that the occupant owns. The occupant agreed this is the living arrangement.
The occupant wanted to make further submissions about exactly where the bus was parked but I could not understand his points. Because the location of the land is not relevant to the order about jurisdiction I have not asked the occupant to clarify.
The application is dismissed for want of jurisdiction. This means I cannot decide the claims.
I have made an order for suppression. There has been no breach of the RTA and therefore no public interest in names. See section 95A RTA.

Topics & place

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

NO ADDRESS

Residential Tenancies Act sections

s4, s5, s5(1), s77(1), s95A

Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this Tenancy Tribunal case.

What was Tenancy Tribunal case 5314501 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 5314501?

Verified claim lines are listed on this page.

What type of tenancy dispute was case 5314501?

The dispute type was not classified.

Where can I read the official tribunal order for case 5314501?

The official Ministry of Justice published order is available at https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/TTV2/PDF/12230889-Tribunal_Order_Redacted.pdf.