Published tribunal order
Tenancy Tribunal case 5464790 — Rent arrears at 59 Te Mawhai Road, Tokanui, RD 5, Te Awamutu 3875
Decided 29 Apr 2026 · Published 29 Apr 2026 · Application 5464790
- Rent arrears
Party names are redacted in the official published order.
Order
- An application for suppression has been made in this case, and the Tribunal orders suppression of the name and identifying details of the landlord’s senior property manager involved with this tenancy.
- The tenancy of Peter Renshaw at 59 Te Mawhai Road, Tokanui, RD 5, Te Awamutu 3875 is terminated, and possession is granted to Land Information New Zealand C/O Colliers New Zealand, at 11:59pm on Sunday 29 March 2026.
- Peter Renshaw must pay Land Information New Zealand C/O Colliers New Zealand $518.00 immediately, calculated as shown in the table below:
- The Bond Centre is to pay the bond of $680.00 ([Bond number suppressed]) to Land Information New Zealand C/O Colliers New Zealand, immediately.
Reasons
- A Senior Property Manager of the landlord, representing the landlord, attended the video conference hearing. The tenant did not join the hearing as per the instructions in the Notice of Hearing so did not attend the hearing. As the tenant was served, the hearing proceeded in his absence.
- The landlord has applied for termination of the tenancy based on breach of the tenant’s obligations, namely a threat to assault, and based on rent arrears, payment of rent arrears, refund of the bond and reimbursement of the filing fee.
Should the tenancy be terminated?
- The landlord said they notified the tenant of a routine property inspection and when they attended the property to carry out the inspection, they were met with a man who identified as renting a room in the property. The property inspection initially proceeded, with this man’s consent, before the man who said he was renting a room in the property swore at the property manager and told him to leave. When the property manager left and was outside the property and was taking a photograph to show he had attended the property for an inspection, the property manager said the man who said he was renting a room apparently ran outside and again swore at the property manager and threatened to “smash your head in”. The property manager left and the police were notified. The property manager involved in this incident is the Senior Property Manager who represented the landlord at the hearing.
- Rent was at least 21 days in arrears on the date the application was filed and at the hearing date. So, the tenancy is terminated. See section 55(1)(a) Residential Tenancies Act 1986.
- As the tenancy is terminated based on rent being at least 21 days in arrears, I do not need to consider the claim of termination of the tenancy based on a threat to assault.
How much rent is owing?
- The landlord advised that a previous Tribunal application 5220493 was made which resulted in a Tribunal order dated 16 June 2025, ordering the tenant to pay rent arrears of $350.00 up to 16 June 2025.
- The landlord has applied for rent arrears and has provided rent records which prove the amount owing to 29 March 2026, which is $1,547.00. I note that a filing fee of $27.00 has been included in the rent records in error and so I deduct $27.00 from the total rent arrears owing of $1,547.00, which then comes to $1,520.00. As there is a previous Tribunal order dated 16 June 2025 in application 5220493 ordering the tenant to pay rent arrears of $350.00 to 16 June 2025, I deduct $350.00 ordered for rent arrears in that earlier Order from $1,520.00, which brings the rent arrears owing by the tenant to the landlord up to 29 March 2026, the end of the tenancy, to $1,170.00. Filing fee
- Because Land Information New Zealand C/O Colliers New Zealand has been successful with the claim I must reimburse the filing fee. Refund of the bond
- The Bond Centre is to pay the bond of $680.00 ([Bond number suppressed]) to Land Information New Zealand C/O Colliers New Zealand, immediately. Suppression
- The landlord has requested name suppression for the name of their Senior Property Manager who has been dealing with this tenancy, given the threat of violence towards this Senior Property Manager at the property inspection. The landlord does not request name suppression for their organisation, only the name of the Senior Property Manager involved with this tenancy and involved in the incident outlined above. I find this request reasonable, given the evidence. The landlord has been successful with the claims. I also find the landlord’s interest in this respect outweighs the public interest in publishing the name of the Senior Property Manager. Therefore, I order that the name and identifying details of the landlord’s Senior Property Manager involved with this tenancy are not to be published. See sections 95A(1) and 95A(4) Residential Tenancies Act 1986.