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Tenancy Tribunal case 5447824 — Rent arrears
Decided 5 May 2026 · Published 5 May 2026 · Application 5447824
- Rent arrears
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
M Allan
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 Tenant’s name and identifying details.
- The application is dismissed.
Reasons
- This was a landlord application seeking termination of the tenancy, rent arrears and payment of the bond.
- The landlord did not attend the hearing at the scheduled time, request an adjournment, or notify the Tribunal the matter has settled. See sections 78(1)(i) and 92(1) Residential Tenancies Act 1986.
- The hearing as held by video conference. The tenant joined the hearing by mobile and was waiting at the scheduled time. She was not sure why the landlord did not appear but said that the property was on the market for sale, that she had been paying off the arrears, and she wondered whether the landlord still wanted to pursue their claim. As the tenant had joined the hearing, I called the landlord’s mobile to see if they were having difficulty joining, but the call went to voicemail.
- As the landlord did not appear the claim is dismissed.
- The tenant is effectively the successful party (as none of the orders sought by the landlord have been made) and so I have made an order suppressing the tenant’s name pursuant to section 95A RTA.