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Tenancy Tribunal case 5353281 — Rent arrears at [Suppressed]
Decided 6 Nov 2025 · Published 6 Nov 2025 · Application 5353281
- Rent arrears
At a glance
Key facts from the published tribunal order.
Location
Ohope
Tribunal region
Adjudicator
M Steens
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 [Landlord] name and identifying details.
- [The tenant/s] must pay [The landlord/s] $0.00 immediately, being rent arrears to October 2025, and unpaid power bills.
- [The landlord/s] must take any personal documents belonging to the Tenant, that have been left at the premises, to the nearest Police station and obtain a receipt for them.
- The Landlord shall dispose of the other goods left at the premises by the Tenant by: a. selling all goods with a saleable value by public auction or by private contract at a reasonable market price, and b. disposing of all goods with no saleable value as the landlord sees fit.
- [The landlord/s] must pay the proceeds of any sale, less the amount owing, to the Bond Centre together with a copy of this order.
Reasons
- Both parties attended the hearing.
- The Landlord has applied for rent arrears and unpaid power and has provided rent records and a summary of unpaid, metred, power charges which prove the amount owing by the Tenant.
- The Landlord has applied for the disposal of goods that the tenant left at the premises at the end of the tenancy.
- The Landlord is unable to contact the tenant.
- It is not practicable for the Landlord to the return the goods to the tenant, because the Tenant is not communicating with the Landlord and cannot be located. Some of the goods have a value above the cost of storing, transporting and selling them. The Landlord must sell these goods at a reasonable market price.
- The Landlord may deduct any amount owing from the sale proceeds, and must pay the balance to the Bond Centre. See sections 62(3)(b), 62B(2),(3) and (4), 62C(1)(b),(2) and (3) Residential Tenancies Act 1986).
- The Landlord may dispose of any goods that have no saleable value.
- Because the Landlord has wholly succeeded with their application, I have granted their request for name suppression.
Topics & place
Topics are dispute themes across the order (not the same as claim-type money lines).
Residential Tenancies Act sections
s06, s62(3)
Key findings
- Dispute theme: rent arrears
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this Tenancy Tribunal case.
What was Tenancy Tribunal case 5353281 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 5353281?
Verified claim lines are listed on this page.
What type of tenancy dispute was case 5353281?
The primary dispute was Rent arrears.
Where can I read the official tribunal order for case 5353281?
The official Ministry of Justice published order is available at https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/TTV2/PDF/12676211-Tribunal_Order_Redacted.pdf.
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