How much money was awarded in case 5431869?

Filing Fee: $28.00 awarded to landlord; Rent Arrears: $1,995.00 awarded to landlord

What type of tenancy dispute was case 5431869?

The primary dispute was Rent arrears.

Where can I read the official tribunal order for case 5431869?

The official Ministry of Justice published order is available at https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/TTV2/PDF/13057119-Tribunal_Order_Redacted.pdf.

How much money was awarded in case 5431869?

Filing Fee: $28.00 awarded to landlord; Rent Arrears: $1,995.00 awarded to landlord

What type of tenancy dispute was case 5431869?

The primary dispute was Rent arrears.

Where can I read the official tribunal order for case 5431869?

The official Ministry of Justice published order is available at https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/TTV2/PDF/13057119-Tribunal_Order_Redacted.pdf.

New Zealand Tenancy Tribunal Case 5431869 — Rent arrears

Q: What was Tenancy Tribunal case 5431869 about?

The tribunal order states: An application for suppression has been made in this case, and the Tribunal

Order

Claims and awards in Tenancy Tribunal application 5431869 — net $2,023.00 NZD. Amounts reconciled from the published order (claims sum and net total). Verify on MoJ.
Claim	Landlord	Reason
Rent arrears to 4 February 2026	$1,995.00	Rent arrears to 4 February 2026
Filing fee reimbursement	$28.00	Filing fee reimbursement
Net award	$2,023.00
Total payable by Tenant to Landlord	$2,023.00

An application for suppression has been made in this case, and the Tribunal orders suppression of the Landlord’s name and identifying details.

The tenancy of Aminda Hewawasam at [Tenancy address suppressed] is terminated, and possession is granted to [The landlord], at 11:59pm on Monday 2 February 2026.

Aminda Hewawasam must pay [The landlord] $2,023.00 immediately, calculated as shown in the table below:

Reasons

The landlord attended the hearing. The tenant did not.

I am satisfied that the tenant had received proper notice of the hearing time, date and place and chose not to attend.

The landlord has applied for termination of the tenancy for breach of the tenant’s obligations and reimbursement of the filing fee.

Should the tenancy be terminated?

The Tribunal may terminate a tenancy for breach where, due to the nature or extent of the breach, it would be inequitable to refuse to terminate. See section 56(1) Residential Tenancies Act 1986.

Where the breach is capable of remedy the landlord must first serve a notice on the tenant requiring them to remedy the breach within at least 14 days and establish that the tenant has failed to do so.

The tenant has breached their obligations by recidivist rent breaches over a protracted period. There have been five 14-day notices issued to the tenant since July 2025, 3 where he paid the rent arrears within the required timeframe and 1 where he paid the rent arrears 7 days after the required period. The latest notice required the tenant to pay the rent arrears by 29 January 2026. The rent arrears were not paid within the 14 days in the notice and have still not been paid. The tenant is currently in $1,995.00 rent arrears.

Because of the recidivist nature of the rent breaches, it would be inequitable to refuse to terminate the tenancy because the landlord relies on regularly rent payment to meet its financial commitments and the tenant has a demonstrated a pattern of paying rent when he feels likes it rather than in full and on time. The tenant has shown no willingness to meet his rent payment obligations under the RTA and the tenancy agreement and the landlord has lost confidence that going forward he will ever pay his rent consistently in full and on time.

The tenancy will end on Thursday 4 February 2026 because the landlord cannot, pursuant to section 138(1)(a) of the District Court Act 2016, enforce the eviction order for 48 hours, and is unlikely to be able to take possession of the premise until the morning of Thursday 4 February 2026. This gives the tenant time to move any belongings out of the premise that he wants to retain, to clean it and return the keys to landlord’s offices on Friday morning . Reimbursement of filing fee

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

The landlord applies for non-publication of its name and identifying details.

The Tribunal must, on the application of a party that has wholly or substantially succeeded in proceedings, order that the party’s name or identifying particulars not be published, unless the Tribunal considers that publication is in the public interest or is justified because of the party’s conduct or any other circumstances of the case.

The landlord has substantially succeeded in its proceedings. I do not consider publication is in the public interest or justified because of the landlord’s conduct or any other circumstances of the case.

Non-publication is ordered.

Claims and awards in Tenancy Tribunal application 5431869 — net $2,023.00 NZD. Amounts reconciled from the published order (claims sum and net total). Verify on MoJ.
Claim	Landlord	Reason
Rent arrears to 4 February 2026	$1,995.00	Rent arrears to 4 February 2026
Filing fee reimbursement	$28.00	Filing fee reimbursement
Net award	$2,023.00
Total payable by Tenant to Landlord	$2,023.00

Order

An application for suppression has been made in this case, and the Tribunal orders suppression of the Landlord’s name and identifying details.
The tenancy of Aminda Hewawasam at [Tenancy address suppressed] is terminated, and possession is granted to [The landlord], at 11:59pm on Monday 2 February 2026.
Aminda Hewawasam must pay [The landlord] $2,023.00 immediately, calculated as shown in the table below:

Reasons

The landlord attended the hearing. The tenant did not.
I am satisfied that the tenant had received proper notice of the hearing time, date and place and chose not to attend.
The landlord has applied for termination of the tenancy for breach of the tenant’s obligations and reimbursement of the filing fee.

Should the tenancy be terminated?

The Tribunal may terminate a tenancy for breach where, due to the nature or extent of the breach, it would be inequitable to refuse to terminate. See section 56(1) Residential Tenancies Act 1986.
Where the breach is capable of remedy the landlord must first serve a notice on the tenant requiring them to remedy the breach within at least 14 days and establish that the tenant has failed to do so.
The tenant has breached their obligations by recidivist rent breaches over a protracted period. There have been five 14-day notices issued to the tenant since July 2025, 3 where he paid the rent arrears within the required timeframe and 1 where he paid the rent arrears 7 days after the required period. The latest notice required the tenant to pay the rent arrears by 29 January 2026. The rent arrears were not paid within the 14 days in the notice and have still not been paid. The tenant is currently in $1,995.00 rent arrears.
Because of the recidivist nature of the rent breaches, it would be inequitable to refuse to terminate the tenancy because the landlord relies on regularly rent payment to meet its financial commitments and the tenant has a demonstrated a pattern of paying rent when he feels likes it rather than in full and on time. The tenant has shown no willingness to meet his rent payment obligations under the RTA and the tenancy agreement and the landlord has lost confidence that going forward he will ever pay his rent consistently in full and on time.
The tenancy will end on Thursday 4 February 2026 because the landlord cannot, pursuant to section 138(1)(a) of the District Court Act 2016, enforce the eviction order for 48 hours, and is unlikely to be able to take possession of the premise until the morning of Thursday 4 February 2026. This gives the tenant time to move any belongings out of the premise that he wants to retain, to clean it and return the keys to landlord’s offices on Friday morning . Reimbursement of filing fee
Because [The applicant] has wholly succeeded with the claim I must reimburse the filing fee. Name suppression
The landlord applies for non-publication of its name and identifying details.
The Tribunal must, on the application of a party that has wholly or substantially succeeded in proceedings, order that the party’s name or identifying particulars not be published, unless the Tribunal considers that publication is in the public interest or is justified because of the party’s conduct or any other circumstances of the case.
The landlord has substantially succeeded in its proceedings. I do not consider publication is in the public interest or justified because of the landlord’s conduct or any other circumstances of the case.
Non-publication is ordered.

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