What was Tenancy Tribunal case 5422988 about?

The tribunal order states: The tenancy of [The tenant/s] at [Tenancy address suppressed] is terminated,

How much money was awarded in case 5422988?

Filing Fee: $28.00 awarded to landlord; Rent Arrears: $383.00 awarded to landlord

What type of tenancy dispute was case 5422988?

The primary dispute was Rent arrears.

Where can I read the official tribunal order for case 5422988?

The official Ministry of Justice published order is available at https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/TTV2/PDF/12994731-Tribunal_Order_Redacted.pdf.

What was Tenancy Tribunal case 5422988 about?

The tribunal order states: The tenancy of [The tenant/s] at [Tenancy address suppressed] is terminated,

How much money was awarded in case 5422988?

Filing Fee: $28.00 awarded to landlord; Rent Arrears: $383.00 awarded to landlord

What type of tenancy dispute was case 5422988?

The primary dispute was Rent arrears.

Where can I read the official tribunal order for case 5422988?

The official Ministry of Justice published order is available at https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/TTV2/PDF/12994731-Tribunal_Order_Redacted.pdf.

New Zealand Tenancy Tribunal Case 5422988 — Rent arrears

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Order

Claims and awards in Tenancy Tribunal application 5422988 — net $69.00 NZD. Amounts reconciled from the published order (claims sum and net total). Verify on MoJ.
Claim	Landlord	Reason
Rent arrears up to 20 January 2025	$383.00	Rent arrears up to 20 January 2025
Filing Fee	$28.00	Filing Fee
Net award	$69.00
Total payable by Tenant to Landlord	$69.00

The tenancy of [The tenant/s] at [Tenancy address suppressed] is terminated, and possession is granted to [The landlord/s], at 5pm today Tuesday 20 th January 2026.

[The tenant/s] must pay [The landlord/s] $41.00 immediately, being rent arrears to 20 January 2026.

The Bond Centre is to pay the bond of $342.00 ([Bond number suppressed]) to [The landlord/s] immediately.

00 Total award$411.00 Bond$342.00 Total payable by Tenant to Landlord$69.00

Reasons

This case was set down as a teleconference today and the tenant failed to make himself available. Two attempts were made to contact him on the phone number provided.

This was a periodic tenancy that commenced on the 18 th July 2012.

The landlord has applied to the Tribunal for an order terminating the tenancy on the grounds of anti-social behaviour from the tenant.

This is a situation where the Tenant has had involvement with the Mental Health services and clearly the situation has deteriorated at this time for the Tenant.

There have been times where the Landlord was advised that the property was not secure and people were coming and going and on those occasions when the Landlord visited the property, they found the house to be in complete “chaos”. The photos supplied shows the state of uncleanliness and drug paraphernalia present. There had also been a significant ‘flood’ although from what source is unknown, however the property needs an extensive clean. I am told there is a significant stench coming from the property.

The photo evidence is extremely concerning. The complaint from neighbours of threatening behaviour, a terrible odour coming from the property, banging on walls and windows late at night, and loud music being played has resulted in police involvement on occasions has led to the Landlord issuing notices for such behaviour and ultimately the application before me today.

The Landlord states that the anti-social behaviour includes the threats made to neighbour, burning a fire outside of the property and the noise coming from the property to cause such disturbances.

A seven day notice to terminate was given following the last of the three notices for anti-social behaviour, this expired on the 14 th January 2026. Prior to this, a 90 day notice to terminate was issued on the 9 December 2025. However, I am satisfied that the landlord has not acted in a retaliatory way in issuing such notices.

Subject to certain considerations, the Tribunal must make an order terminating the tenancy if it is satisfied: a. on 3 separate occasions within a 90-day period the tenant, or a person in the premises with the tenant’s permission, engaged in anti-social behaviour in connection with the tenancy; and b. on each occasion the landlord gave the tenant written notice— i. describing clearly which specific behaviour was considered to be anti-social and (if known to the landlord) who engaged in it; and ii. advising the tenant of the date, approximate time, and location of the behaviour; and iii. stating how many other notices (if any) the landlord has given the tenant under this paragraph in connection with the same tenancy and the same 90-day period; and iv. advising the tenant of the tenant’s right to make an application to the Tribunal challenging the notice and; c. the landlord’s application to the Tribunal was made within 28 days after the landlord gave the third notice.

The Act confirms that antisocial behaviour includes harassment or any act (whether intentional or not) that reasonably causes alarm, distress or nuisance that is more than minor.

I have taken into account the evidence presented by the parties as set out above.

I have determined that the landlord has established that anti-social behaviour has occurred on the premises by the tenant or a person on the tenancy with the tenant’s permission. The landlord has served notices on the tenant as required in the Residential Tenancies Act 1986, and the application to the Tribunal was made within 28 days of the date of the third notice.

I consider it would not be unfair to terminate the tenancy taking into account the circumstances in which the behaviour arose and the notices were given. I cannot see that the landlord has acted in any retaliatory way in bringing this application.

I cannot consider the impact on the tenant, in making an order for termination of the tenancy. However, given that the tenancy had been in place since 2012 and that the behaviour leading to this application over recent months has seen the involved of the Mental Health services, I am exercising my initiative under Section 95A (4) of the Residential Tenancies Act having regard to the interests of the parties and to the public interest order that the parties name and address of this tenancy is suppressed.

The landlord has applied for rent arrears and has provided rent records which prove the amount owing.

Because [The applicant/s] has wholly succeeded with the claim I must reimburse the filing fee.

Order

Claims and awards in Tenancy Tribunal application 5422988 — net $69.00 NZD. Amounts reconciled from the published order (claims sum and net total). Verify on MoJ.
Claim	Landlord	Reason
Rent arrears up to 20 January 2025	$383.00	Rent arrears up to 20 January 2025
Filing Fee	$28.00	Filing Fee
Net award	$69.00
Total payable by Tenant to Landlord	$69.00