Published tribunal order
Tenancy Tribunal case 5384908 — Tenancy dispute at 20 Sidney Wallingford Way, Hobsonville, Auckland 0616
Decided 22 Dec 2025 · Published 22 Dec 2025 · Application 5384908
Party names are redacted in the official published order.
Order
- An application for suppression has been made in this case, and the Tribunal orders suppression of the parties’ names and identifying details.
- The Bond Centre is to divide the bond of $2,080.00 immediately apportioned as follows: a. The landlord $1,040.00. b. The tenant $1,040.00.
- This order constitutes a full and final settlement of any disputes between the parties relating to this tenancy.
Reasons
- Both parties attended the hearing remotely.
- Having explained their situations, they agreed that they would settle their claims by dividing the bond equally between the parties so that the landlord receives half of the bond and the tenant receives the other half of the bond.
- The parties agreed on the terms of this order during the hearing. The parties could have been referred to mediation so that their agreement could be recorded in a mediated order. In that event, the order and the parties’ names would not have been published. Referral to mediation would have postponed the resolution of this dispute and would have involved both parties in the cost of further time spent at a mediation conference.
- The Tribunal is satisfied that the parties have been able to come to this agreement of their own free will, that it is fair on the evidence which it has heard and that it is a satisfactory outcome for both parties.
- As the parties reached agreement by consent at the hearing and there are no matters of public interest in this order, it is appropriate that the parties’ names are suppressed.