Published tribunal order
Tenancy Tribunal case 5392883 — Tenancy dispute at 118 College Street, Awapuni, Palmerston North 4412
Decided 24 Mar 2026 · Published 24 Mar 2026 · Application 5392883
Party names are redacted in the official published order.
Order
- The Tribunal orders suppression of the parties’ names and identifying details.
- The Bond Centre is to refund $640.00 of the bond to the applicant by crediting his account 03 0626 0006172 000.
- The landlord is to pay the tenant $28.00 immediately being reimbursement of the filing fee.
- This payment is full and final settlement of any disputes relating to this tenancy.
- The balance of the bond of $2,640.00 is to remain at the Bond Centre.
Reasons
- Both parties attended the hearing.
- Having discussed the law in relation to the tenant’s claims and the facts of the tenancy, 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.
- The landlord agreed to reimburse the tenant the $28.00 filing fee.