Published tribunal order
Tenancy Tribunal case 5421684 — Rent arrears
Decided 30 Apr 2026 · Published 30 Apr 2026 · Application 5421684
- Rent arrears
- Property damage
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 Landlord name and identifying details.
- Tafuna Veaila must pay [The landlord/s] $743.25 immediately, calculated as shown in table below.
Reasons
- Only the landlord’s representative attended the hearing held remotely today. The tenant did not attend, and the landlord says phone numbers are no longer valid. I continued the hearing as email notice has been sent to the tenant’s address for service.
- The landlord has applied for compensation for repairs following the end of this lengthy tenancy. The tenant gave notice to end the tenancy as at 10 September 2025.
- The landlord has already received refund of the bond which covered rent owing to the end date.
- This application is for the cost to repair the below damage to walls:- a. torn wallpaper in three bedrooms (looks to be done by children as there is some crayon scribbling), b. one hole in the wall under a window in the bedroom; c. a section of wall in the kitchen painted by the tenant but not to a good standard or matching paint. The landlord thinks the wall was damaged from cooking activities.
- The cost claimed includes repair of one broken window in the garden shed.
- The landlord presented photographs taken at the start of this tenancy which prove the bedroom and kitchen walls were in very good condition. The damage is more than wear and tear. I am satisfied the shed window was broken during this tenancy. The tenant is liable, and the invoice supplied for repair is reasonable and is awarded.
- The landlord explained that the new tenants (after this one) discovered the internet was not working when they moved in. The landlord claims the cost to repair the chorus fibre box. After the hearing, I noted that there was no evidence to show the damage to the fibre box occurred during this tenancy. It was only discovered later so may have happened after this tenancy ended. I dismiss this claim.
- The landlord has substantially succeeded with the claim so is awarded the filing fee and its name is suppressed.