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Tenancy Tribunal case 5447348 — Tenancy dispute
Decided 18 Mar 2026 · Published 18 Mar 2026 · Application 5447348
Party names are redacted in the official published order. This page summarises the dispute only — not individual identities.
At a glance
Key facts from the published tribunal order.
Adjudicator
K Henry
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
- An application for suppression has been made in this case, and the Tribunal orders suppression of the landlord’s name and identifying details.
- [The landlord/s] is granted possession of the premises at [Tenancy address suppressed] immediately.
- Cymry Te Aroha Pinker -Thompson must pay [The landlord/s] $28.00 immediately, being reimbursement of the filing fee.
Reasons
- The hearing was conducted by telephone. A representative of the landlord’s agent attended the hearing for the landlord. Two attempts were made to contact the tenant by telephone, but they went to answerphone. The tenant has not communicated with the Tribunal as to why she would not attend the hearing. The hearing proceeded in the tenant’s absence.
- The landlord has applied for possession of the premises following the termination of the tenancy and suppression.
- On 17 November 2025, the landlord served a notice on the tenant terminating the tenancy on 90 days’ notice in accordance with section 51(1) of the Residential Tenancies Act 1986. The notice stipulated that the tenancy would terminate on 15 February 2026.
- The landlord’s agent said at the hearing that the tenant has not vacated the premises.
- The termination date of 15 February 2026 is less than 90 days ago. The requirements of section 64(1) of the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 are satisfied. The landlord’s application for a possession order is granted.
- The landlord has wholly succeeded with the claim. For this reason, I grant the application for suppression and order reimbursement of the filing fee.