Published tribunal order
Tenancy Tribunal case 5365021 — Rent arrears
Decided 31 Oct 2025 · Published 31 Oct 2025 · Application 5365021
- Rent arrears
Party names are redacted in the official published order.
Order
- The tenant’s name and identifying details, including the tenancy address must not be published.
- [The tenant] owes Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities $3,188.84 for rent arrears to the end of 30 October 2025.
- [The tenant] must pay rent and the debt as follows: a. By 70 weekly payments of $488.00, being $443.00 for rent and $45.00 for the debt. b. A final payment of $481.84, being $443.00 for rent and $38.84 for the debt. c. Payments will be every Saturday, with the first payment on 15/11/2025 and continuing until 20/03/2027.
- Payments will be allocated in the following order: rent, and then rent arrears.
- If the tenant fails to pay rent and rent arrears within working days of the due dates: a. The tenancy at [street address], Te Kamo, Whangarei 0112 will terminate, and the landlord will be entitled to immediate possession of the premises. b. The balance of the debt will be payable immediately.
Reasons
- The hearing was conducted on Microsoft Teams by telephone.
- Stephanie Smith attended the hearing for the landlord.
- The tenant attended for herself.
- The landlord had originally applied for rent arrears and termination. However, during the hearing the parties agreed to a conditional termination order in the terms set out above.
- The conditional termination order will lapse if it is fully complied with. If the tenant breaches the order, the possession order may be enforced for 90 days from the first breach under s 64(4)(b) of the Residential Tenancies Act 1986.
- This order is not to be published because the decision falls into a category of decisions that are of limited public value under s 115B(4)(a) of the Residential Tenancies Act 1986.
- Also, settlement without adjudication is to be encouraged. Non-publication is a desirable incentive to the parties to settle matters and non-publication facilitates open discussion during mediation. Such an outcome has negligible public interest value. Therefore, non-publication is in the public interest, and is also ordered pursuant to s 95A(4) of the Act.