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Tenancy Tribunal case 5424313 — Boarding House at 3 Repo Lane, Poike, Tauranga 3112

Decided 14 May 2026 · Published 14 May 2026 · Application 5424313

Boarding House

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At a glance

Key facts from the published tribunal order.

Location

Tauranga

Tribunal region

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.

Tenantcheck Insights · Case study

Tenancy Tribunal case 5424313 — Boarding House at 3 Repo Lane, Poike, Tauranga 3112

Decided 14 May 2026 · Published 14 May 2026 · Application 5424313

Boarding House

View official order on MoJ →Explore similar cases

At a glance

Key facts from the published tribunal order.

Location

Tauranga

Tribunal region

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

This application is struck out.

Reasons

This application was scheduled to be heard by video conference. The respondent did not connect to the Teams link provided to him and nor did he ring in to the hearing as directed in the Notice of Hearing sent to him. The hearing proceeded in his absence.
The applicant has made a claim against the respondent in the Tenancy Tribunal, seeking among other things, payment of the bond.
The Tenancy Tribunal has jurisdiction to hear claims between landlords and tenants. Section 5 (n) of the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 specifically excludes the Tribunal from hearing claims where the premises, not being a boarding house, continue to be used during the tenancy principally as a place of residence by the landlord.
The parties here are flatmates, not tenants, and have been described as such in the rent summary. The landlord lives at the premises.
Further to this, it is not a boarding house as defined in s 66B of the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 – premises containing 1 or more boarding rooms along with facilities for communal use and occupied, or intended to be occupied, by at least 6 tenants at any one time.
The Tenancy Tribunal therefore does not have the jurisdiction to hear this claim and so it is struck out. C ter Haar 14 May 2026

Topics & place

Topics are dispute themes across the order (not the same as claim-type money lines).

Boarding House Tauranga

Residential Tenancies Act sections

s5, s66B

Key findings

Dispute theme: boarding house

Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this Tenancy Tribunal case.

What was Tenancy Tribunal case 5424313 about?

The tribunal order states: This application is struck out.

How much money was awarded in case 5424313?

Verified claim lines are listed on this page.

What type of tenancy dispute was case 5424313?

The primary dispute was Boarding House.

Where can I read the official tribunal order for case 5424313?

The official Ministry of Justice published order is available at https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/TTV2/PDF/13596308-Tenancy_Tribunal_Order.pdf.

Order

This application is struck out.

Reasons

This application was scheduled to be heard by video conference. The respondent did not connect to the Teams link provided to him and nor did he ring in to the hearing as directed in the Notice of Hearing sent to him. The hearing proceeded in his absence.
The applicant has made a claim against the respondent in the Tenancy Tribunal, seeking among other things, payment of the bond.
The Tenancy Tribunal has jurisdiction to hear claims between landlords and tenants. Section 5 (n) of the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 specifically excludes the Tribunal from hearing claims where the premises, not being a boarding house, continue to be used during the tenancy principally as a place of residence by the landlord.
The parties here are flatmates, not tenants, and have been described as such in the rent summary. The landlord lives at the premises.
Further to this, it is not a boarding house as defined in s 66B of the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 – premises containing 1 or more boarding rooms along with facilities for communal use and occupied, or intended to be occupied, by at least 6 tenants at any one time.
The Tenancy Tribunal therefore does not have the jurisdiction to hear this claim and so it is struck out. C ter Haar 14 May 2026

Topics & place

Topics are dispute themes across the order (not the same as claim-type money lines).

Boarding House Tauranga

Residential Tenancies Act sections

s5, s66B

Key findings

Dispute theme: boarding house

Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this Tenancy Tribunal case.

What was Tenancy Tribunal case 5424313 about?

The tribunal order states: This application is struck out.

How much money was awarded in case 5424313?

Verified claim lines are listed on this page.

What type of tenancy dispute was case 5424313?

The primary dispute was Boarding House.

Where can I read the official tribunal order for case 5424313?

The official Ministry of Justice published order is available at https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/TTV2/PDF/13596308-Tenancy_Tribunal_Order.pdf.