What was Tenancy Tribunal case 5423742 about?

The tribunal order states: The Tribunal orders suppression of the parties’ identifying details.

How much money was awarded in case 5423742?

Filing Fee: $28.00 awarded to landlord; Rent Arrears: $1,947.72 awarded to landlord; Water Rates: $87.42 awarded to landlord

What type of tenancy dispute was case 5423742?

The primary dispute was Rent arrears.

Where can I read the official tribunal order for case 5423742?

The official Ministry of Justice published order is available at https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/TTV2/PDF/13341640-Tribunal_Order_Redacted.pdf.

What was Tenancy Tribunal case 5423742 about?

The tribunal order states: The Tribunal orders suppression of the parties’ identifying details.

How much money was awarded in case 5423742?

Filing Fee: $28.00 awarded to landlord; Rent Arrears: $1,947.72 awarded to landlord; Water Rates: $87.42 awarded to landlord

What type of tenancy dispute was case 5423742?

The primary dispute was Rent arrears.

Where can I read the official tribunal order for case 5423742?

The official Ministry of Justice published order is available at https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/TTV2/PDF/13341640-Tribunal_Order_Redacted.pdf.

New Zealand Tenancy Tribunal Case 5423742 — Rent arrears

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Claims & awards

What this tenancy cost at tribunal — claim, category, amount, and party awarded, with reconciled net total.

Claims and awards in Tenancy Tribunal application 5423742 — net $1,727.14 NZD. Amounts reconciled from the published order (claims sum and net total). Verify on MoJ.
Claim	Landlord	Reason
Rent arrears to 26 March 2026	$1,947.72	Rent arrears to 26 March 2026
Water rates to reading 2 December 2025	$87.42	Water rates to reading 2 December 2025
Filing fee reimbursement	$28.00	Filing fee reimbursement
Net award	$1,727.14
Total payable by Tenant to Landlord	$1,727.14

Claims and awards for application 5423742 — net $1,727.14 NZD. Verify on MoJ.

Rent arrears to 26 March 2026

Amount: $1,947.72
Awarded to: Landlord
Reason: Rent arrears to 26 March 2026

Water rates to reading 2 December 2025

Amount: $87.42
Awarded to: Landlord
Reason: Water rates to reading 2 December 2025

Filing fee reimbursement

Amount: $28.00
Awarded to: Landlord
Reason: Filing fee reimbursement

Net award

Landlord $1,727.14

Total payable by Tenant to Landlord

Landlord $1,727.14

Claim types — money lines allowed on this order

Filing Fee Rent arrears Water Rates

Order

The Tribunal orders suppression of the parties’ identifying details.
The tenancy of [The tenant/s] at [Tenancy address suppressed] is terminated, and possession is granted to [The landlord/s], at 11:59pm on Thursday 16 April 2026.
The Bond Centre is to pay the bond of $336.00 ([Bond number suppressed]) to [The landlord/s] immediately. [The tenant/s] must pay [The landlord/s] $1,727.14
immediately, calculated as shown in the table below:

Until termination date, [The tenant/s] must pay the weekly rent of $90.00 on Fridays 27 March 2026, 3 April 2026, and 10 April 2026.
If the tenant fails to pay weekly rent under Order 5 within 2 working days of the due dates, the tenancy at [Tenancy address suppressed] will terminate and the landlord will have immediate possession of the premises.

Reasons

Both parties attended the hearing which was held by teleconference. The tenant attended by phone.
The landlord has applied for termination of the tenancy, rent arrears and refund of the bond.
Rent was at least 21 days in arrears on the date the application was filed. Since then, arrears have increased and amount to 150 days at the date of the hearing.
The landlord is entitled to an Order terminating the tenancy. See section 55(1)(a) Residential Tenancies Act 1986.
The tenant says that the arrears built up during a time when his assessed rent was far beyond what it was reasonable to expect him to pay but he has found it difficult to negotiate with WINZ. The rent summary does however show a lengthy period, when the tenant paid no rent at all.
The Tribunal is required to balance the reasonable interests of the landlord as well as the tenant. The evidence does not provide the basis for me to be confident the tenant will repay the arrears within a reasonable period of time and make sure that there would be no further breaches of his rent payment obligations. That confidence would be required Beci fore I could consider making a conditional rather than final termination Order. 1
The landlord prefers to allow 21 days for the tenant to vacate, so long as the weekly rent is paid in the meantime, so the arrears don’t increase, An Order is made accordingly.
The landlord has provided rent and water rates records which prove the amount owing at the end of the tenancy. 1 S.55(1A) RTA
Because [The applicant/s] has succeeded with the claim I must reimburse the filing fee.

Claims & awards

What this tenancy cost at tribunal — claim, category, amount, and party awarded, with reconciled net total.

Claims and awards in Tenancy Tribunal application 5423742 — net $1,727.14 NZD. Amounts reconciled from the published order (claims sum and net total). Verify on MoJ.
Claim	Landlord	Reason
Rent arrears to 26 March 2026	$1,947.72	Rent arrears to 26 March 2026
Water rates to reading 2 December 2025	$87.42	Water rates to reading 2 December 2025
Filing fee reimbursement	$28.00	Filing fee reimbursement
Net award	$1,727.14
Total payable by Tenant to Landlord	$1,727.14

Claims and awards for application 5423742 — net $1,727.14 NZD. Verify on MoJ.

Rent arrears to 26 March 2026

Amount: $1,947.72
Awarded to: Landlord
Reason: Rent arrears to 26 March 2026

Water rates to reading 2 December 2025

Amount: $87.42
Awarded to: Landlord
Reason: Water rates to reading 2 December 2025

Filing fee reimbursement

Amount: $28.00
Awarded to: Landlord
Reason: Filing fee reimbursement

Net award

Landlord $1,727.14

Total payable by Tenant to Landlord

Landlord $1,727.14

Claim types — money lines allowed on this order

Filing Fee Rent arrears Water Rates

Order

The Tribunal orders suppression of the parties’ identifying details.
The tenancy of [The tenant/s] at [Tenancy address suppressed] is terminated, and possession is granted to [The landlord/s], at 11:59pm on Thursday 16 April 2026.
The Bond Centre is to pay the bond of $336.00 ([Bond number suppressed]) to [The landlord/s] immediately. [The tenant/s] must pay [The landlord/s] $1,727.14
immediately, calculated as shown in the table below:

Until termination date, [The tenant/s] must pay the weekly rent of $90.00 on Fridays 27 March 2026, 3 April 2026, and 10 April 2026.
If the tenant fails to pay weekly rent under Order 5 within 2 working days of the due dates, the tenancy at [Tenancy address suppressed] will terminate and the landlord will have immediate possession of the premises.

Reasons

Both parties attended the hearing which was held by teleconference. The tenant attended by phone.
The landlord has applied for termination of the tenancy, rent arrears and refund of the bond.
Rent was at least 21 days in arrears on the date the application was filed. Since then, arrears have increased and amount to 150 days at the date of the hearing.
The landlord is entitled to an Order terminating the tenancy. See section 55(1)(a) Residential Tenancies Act 1986.
The tenant says that the arrears built up during a time when his assessed rent was far beyond what it was reasonable to expect him to pay but he has found it difficult to negotiate with WINZ. The rent summary does however show a lengthy period, when the tenant paid no rent at all.
The Tribunal is required to balance the reasonable interests of the landlord as well as the tenant. The evidence does not provide the basis for me to be confident the tenant will repay the arrears within a reasonable period of time and make sure that there would be no further breaches of his rent payment obligations. That confidence would be required Beci fore I could consider making a conditional rather than final termination Order. 1
The landlord prefers to allow 21 days for the tenant to vacate, so long as the weekly rent is paid in the meantime, so the arrears don’t increase, An Order is made accordingly.
The landlord has provided rent and water rates records which prove the amount owing at the end of the tenancy. 1 S.55(1A) RTA
Because [The applicant/s] has succeeded with the claim I must reimburse the filing fee.

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