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Tenancy Tribunal case 5413591 — Tenancy dispute
Decided 18 Mar 2026 · Published 18 Mar 2026 · Application 5413591
Party names are redacted in the official published order. This page summarises the dispute only — not individual identities.
At a glance
Key facts from the published tribunal order.
Adjudicator
A Macpherson
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 landlord/s] must take any of the tenant’s personal documents that have been left at the premises to the nearest Police station and obtain a receipt for them.
- The landlord may dispose of the other goods left at the premises by the tenant as the landlord sees fit.
Reasons
- The landlord attended the hearing. The tenant did not attend.
- The absence of a party does not prevent the matter from being heard and determined.
- The landlord has applied for the disposal of goods the tenant left at the premises at the end of the tenancy.
- The landlord has attempted to contact the tenant on multiple occasions without success. The goods have been left at the premises since the end of the tenancy on 11 July 2025.
- It is not practicable for the landlord to the return the goods to the tenant.
- The landlord has confirmed that any value of the goods is below the cost of storing, transporting and selling them. Therefore the landlord may dispose of the goods. See sections 62(3)(b), 62B(2) and (3) Residential Tenancies Act 1986.