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Tenancy Tribunal case 5349181 — Tenancy dispute
Decided 4 Feb 2026 · Published 4 Feb 2026 · Application 5349181
Party names are redacted in the official published order. This page summarises the dispute only — not individual identities.
At a glance
Key facts from the published tribunal order.
Adjudicator
M Brennan
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 all names and identifying details.
- No other orders are made.
Reasons
- [Tenant] applied for a rehearing of the Tribunal order dated 18 November 2025 as he did not receive the telephone call due to a change in number. This was granted.
- He did not dispute the terms of the conditional order that followed but was denied the opportunity to make a submission regarding possible name suppression.
- The opportunity was granted at the rehearing hearing and an oral decision to grant the rehearing and make suppression orders was made at that hearing.
- The terms of the previous order have now been satisfied so any repeat order of those terms is moot.
- Section 95A RTA states regarding suppression orders that the Tribunal must, on the application of a party that has wholly or substantially succeeded in proceedings, order that the party’s name or identifying particulars not be published, unless the Tribunal considers that publication is in the public interest or is justified because of the party’s conduct or any other circumstances of the case.
- Further, the Tribunal may, on the application of any party to proceedings or on its own initiative, having regard to the interests of the parties and to the public interest, order that all or part of the evidence given or the name or any identifying particulars of any witness or party not be published.
- The landlord requested suppression in its application. As it has been wholly successful, suppression is ordered. The tenant is also granted suppression on the basis that his interests here are greater than any public interest in this particular instance.