How much money was awarded in case 5398070?

Compensation: Landlord giving second…: $1,500.00 awarded to tenant; Filing Fee: $28.00 awarded to tenant

What type of tenancy dispute was case 5398070?

The dispute type was not classified.

Where can I read the official tribunal order for case 5398070?

The official Ministry of Justice published order is available at https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/TTV2/PDF/12878444-Tenancy_Tribunal_Order.pdf.

How much money was awarded in case 5398070?

Compensation: Landlord giving second…: $1,500.00 awarded to tenant; Filing Fee: $28.00 awarded to tenant

What type of tenancy dispute was case 5398070?

The dispute type was not classified.

Where can I read the official tribunal order for case 5398070?

The official Ministry of Justice published order is available at https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/TTV2/PDF/12878444-Tenancy_Tribunal_Order.pdf.

1467 Old Taupo Road, Lichfield, RD 2, Putaruru 3482 Tenancy Tribunal Case 5398070 — Tenancy dispute

Q: What was Tenancy Tribunal case 5398070 about?

The tribunal order states: The 5-day verbal termination notice issued on 25 November 2025 is invalid and

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Order

Claims and awards in Tenancy Tribunal application 5398070 — net $1,528.00 NZD. Amounts reconciled from the published order (claims sum and net total). Verify on MoJ.
Claim	Tenant	Reason
Compensation: Landlord giving second unenforceable termination notice	$1,500.00	Landlord giving second unenforceable termination notice
Filing fee reimbursement	$28.00	Filing fee reimbursement
Net award	$1,528.00
Total payable by Landlord to Tenant	$1,528.00

The 5-day verbal termination notice issued on 25 November 2025 is invalid and not enforceable.

[The landlord/s] must pay [The party] and [The party] $1,528.00 immediately, calculated as set out in the table below.

The tenants have leave from the Tribunal to bring its additional claims against the landlord in a separate application.

Reasons

The tenants attended the hearing on 15 December 2025. The landlord did not.

I am satisfied that the landlord had received proper notice of the hearing time, date and place and chose not to attend.

The tenants have applied to have the verbal termination notice they received on 25 November 2025 declared invalid and unenforceable. Additionally, they have applied for compensation, exemplary damages and reimbursement of their filing fee.

During the hearing the tenants sought to raise additional claims for compensation and exemplary damages for: a. A breach of healthy homes standards, specifically the premise had no functioning bathroom extract fans; b. Breach of smoke alarm regulations, specifically the premise had no smoke alarms; c. The landlord’s interference with the water supply and allowing his sharemilkers to interfere with the water supply and threatening to interfere with the water supply again if the tenants did not move out by 30 November 2025, after they were given unenforceable verbal notice on 25 November 2025.

I was unable to hear the tenants’ new claims and as the landlord did not appear at the hearing, I was unable to seek his consent to hear these claims during the 15 December 2025 hearing.

The tenants have leave from the Tribunal to bring these claims to it in a separate application.

TENANTS CLAIMS

Did the landlord attempt to terminate the tenancy without grounds?

The tenants claim that the landlord has breached his obligations under section 60AA.

Under Section 60AA a landlord must not give a notice to terminate the tenancy or apply to the Tribunal for such an order, knowing they are not entitled to do so.

Breaching any of these obligations without a reasonable excuse is an unlawful act for which exemplary damages may be awarded up to a maximum of $6500.00. See section 60AA and Schedule 1A Residential Tenancies Act 1986.

The landlord issued an unenforceable notice to the tenants on 3 September 2025, which the Tribunal held to be invalid and unenforceable in its 25 August 2025 Order. In that Order the Tribunal notes at paragraphs [8] and [9]: [8] The law now permits 90 day notice to be issued (without providing any reason). [9] Re issuing the 90-day notice (which is a minimum timeframe) without reasons, therefore remains an option for the landlord to take

On 25 November 2025, the landlord called the tenants and told them: a. He was giving them notice that they had to have moved out of the house by Sunday 30 November 2025 as he needed it for another sharemilker; b. He had fixed the water that had been deliberately cut off by Simon, his sharemilker, to intimidate the tenants and in an attempt to force them to move; and c. If Simon didn’t, he would cut the water off again if they had not moved out by 30 November 2025 as instructed.

The tenants noted that the sharemilkers had cut off their water supply on at least four other occasions and that Simon and the landlord had engaged in other such intimidating tactics with the tenants and their son such as asking them why they are still in the house, telling them they should have moved out by now and using abusive language and scaring the tenants’ son when his parents were not home. The tenant say this conduct was in addition to threatening interference with services, such as water being interfered with if they didn’t move out.

The 5-day verbal termination notice issued by the landlord on 25 November 2025 is invalid and not enforceable as it was not in writing and did not meet any of the statutory requirements for an enforceable termination notice (Refer to s51(1) and 51(3) of the RTA). Although the landlord has not breached his s60AA of the RTA obligations, as he no longer needs to give reasons to terminate the tenancy, he is required to comply with his s51 of the RTA obligations when exercising his right to end the tenancy, by the giving of 90 days written and signed notice.

Given that this is the second invalid and unenforceable termination of tenancy notice issued by the landlord, and the landlord’s blatant disregard of his s51 of the RTA obligations, I award the tenants a compensatory sum of $1,500.00 for the stress and inconvenience caused by the landlord that has led them to be forced out of their home of over 6 years. They confirmed that the intimidation and stress of them and their son has had led them to move out of the premise on 15 December 2025 at great cost, stress and inconvenience to them. Reimbursement of filing fee

Because [The party], [The party] has substantially succeeded with the claim I have reimbursed the filing fee.

Order

Claims and awards in Tenancy Tribunal application 5398070 — net $1,528.00 NZD. Amounts reconciled from the published order (claims sum and net total). Verify on MoJ.
Claim	Tenant	Reason
Compensation: Landlord giving second unenforceable termination notice	$1,500.00	Landlord giving second unenforceable termination notice
Filing fee reimbursement	$28.00	Filing fee reimbursement
Net award	$1,528.00
Total payable by Landlord to Tenant	$1,528.00

The 5-day verbal termination notice issued on 25 November 2025 is invalid and not enforceable.

[The landlord/s] must pay [The party] and [The party] $1,528.00 immediately, calculated as set out in the table below.

The tenants have leave from the Tribunal to bring its additional claims against the landlord in a separate application.

Reasons

The tenants attended the hearing on 15 December 2025. The landlord did not.

I am satisfied that the landlord had received proper notice of the hearing time, date and place and chose not to attend.

I was unable to hear the tenants’ new claims and as the landlord did not appear at the hearing, I was unable to seek his consent to hear these claims during the 15 December 2025 hearing.

The tenants have leave from the Tribunal to bring these claims to it in a separate application.

TENANTS CLAIMS

Did the landlord attempt to terminate the tenancy without grounds?

The tenants claim that the landlord has breached his obligations under section 60AA.

Under Section 60AA a landlord must not give a notice to terminate the tenancy or apply to the Tribunal for such an order, knowing they are not entitled to do so.

Because [The party], [The party] has substantially succeeded with the claim I have reimbursed the filing fee.

Tenancy Tribunal case 5398070 — Tenancy dispute at 1467 Old Taupo Road, Lichfield, RD 2, Putaruru 3482

At a glance

Tenancy Tribunal case 5398070 — Tenancy dispute at 1467 Old Taupo Road, Lichfield, RD 2, Putaruru 3482

At a glance

Award balance

Claims & awards

Order

Reasons

TENANTS CLAIMS

Did the landlord attempt to terminate the tenancy without grounds?

Topics & place

Residential Tenancies Act sections

Key findings

Frequently asked questions

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Award balance

Claims & awards

Order

Reasons

TENANTS CLAIMS

Did the landlord attempt to terminate the tenancy without grounds?

Topics & place

Residential Tenancies Act sections

Key findings

Frequently asked questions

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