What was Tenancy Tribunal case 5480929 about?

The tribunal order states: [The tenant/s] owes Utrust Property Management Limited $3,136.00 (“the

How much money was awarded in case 5480929?

Filing Fee: $28.00 awarded to landlord; Previous Order Application 5419330 D…: $1,828.00 awarded to landlord; Rent Arrears: $2,300.00 awarded to landlord

What type of tenancy dispute was case 5480929?

The primary dispute was Rent arrears.

Where can I read the official tribunal order for case 5480929?

The official Ministry of Justice published order is available at https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/TTV2/PDF/13740844-Tenancy_Tribunal_Order.pdf.

What was Tenancy Tribunal case 5480929 about?

The tribunal order states: [The tenant/s] owes Utrust Property Management Limited $3,136.00 (“the

How much money was awarded in case 5480929?

Filing Fee: $28.00 awarded to landlord; Previous Order Application 5419330 D…: $1,828.00 awarded to landlord; Rent Arrears: $2,300.00 awarded to landlord

What type of tenancy dispute was case 5480929?

The primary dispute was Rent arrears.

Where can I read the official tribunal order for case 5480929?

The official Ministry of Justice published order is available at https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/TTV2/PDF/13740844-Tenancy_Tribunal_Order.pdf.

10 Crawshaw Drive, Nawton, Hamilton 3200 Tenancy Tribunal Case 5480929 — Rent arrears

Claims and awards in Tenancy Tribunal application 5480929 — net $3,136.00 NZD. Amounts reconciled from the published order (claims sum and net total). Verify on MoJ.
Claim	Landlord	Reason
Previous order application 5419330 dated 19/02/2026	$1,828.00	Previous order application 5419330 dated 19/02/2026
Rent arrears	$2,300.00	Rent arrears
Filing fee reimbursement	$28.00	Filing fee reimbursement
Net award	$3,136.00
Total payable by Tenant to Landlord	$3,136.00

Order

[The tenant/s] owes Utrust Property Management Limited $3,136.00 (“the debt”).
[The tenant/s] must pay rent and the debt as follows: a. By 44 weekly payments of $600.00, being $530.00 for rent and $70.00 for the debt. b. A final payment of $586.00, being $530.00 for rent and $56.00 for the debt. c. Payments will be every Tuesday, with the first payment on 16/06/2026 and continuing until 20/04/2027.
Payments will be allocated in the following order: rent, rent arrears, and the filing fee.
If the tenant fails to pay rent and rent arrears within 2 working days of the due dates: a. The tenancy at 10 Crawshaw Drive, Nawton, Hamilton 3200 will terminate and the landlord will have immediate possession of the premises. b. The balance of the debt will be payable immediately.
If the tenant fails to pay the filing fee within 2 working days of the due date, the filing fee will be payable immediately.
The Bond Centre is to pay the bond of $1,020.00 (BN-15200469) to Utrust Property Management Limited immediately.

Reasons

Both parties attended the hearing.
This is a rehearing of application 5419330.
The landlord filed a further application 5480929 for termination of the tenancy, rent arrears and refund of the bond, this matter was also heard.
The tenant wants to repay the debt to avoid immediate termination. Was the correct name used for service of documents.
The tenant disputed that the notices issued by the landlord were addressed to her because they were addressed to [The tenant/s], not [The tenant/s]. She believed that this did not identify her as the correct recipient.
The tenant said that this was a breach of the Residential Tenancies Act 1986,RTA, and Postal Act but could not identify any section of either act that was breached.
The tenant said that the name [The tenant/s] is a truncated version of her name and she does not recognise it. She only recognises her full name which includes her middle name of May. On this basis she has ignored and returned posted communications from the landlord. This has caused issues because the tenant has no email and no phone number and post is the only method of communication the landlord has available to them.
The tenant has also refused to recognise applications to the Tribunal under [The tenant/s] as she said that it could be another person and her tenancy agreement records her as [The tenant/s] ,the tenant.
Tenancy application 5419330 recorded the tenants name as [The tenant/s], and application 5480929 recorded the tenants name as [The tenant/s].
The RTA requires a tenant to be formally identified for the purposes of the tenancy agreement and this includes the tenants full name as known to the landlord. See section 13A RTA. This is so the tenant is clearly identified.
Notices served under the RTA must be done so using the method stated in section 136. Under this section the use of the tenant’s middle name is not a legal requirement.
This is a long tenancy beginning in 2014. There were no other tenants at the premises with that name or similar as she was the only named tenant for the period of the tenancy. Notices had been received and acknowledged earlier in the tenancy by the tenant when addressed to [The tenant/s].
The issue is whether any notice clearly identifies the tenant and the tenancy. The tenant is identifiable despite the omission of the middle name and there is no confusion about who the notice is for. The tenant also agreed that she received the notices.
I find that the failure to use the tenants middle name does not invalidate the notices issued by the landlord or notices from the Tenancy Tribunal. The tenant was able to be identified by the first and last name and the tenancy address. I find that there was no confusion or ambiguity and notices issued by the landlord to the tenancy address and both applications to the Tenancy Tribunal are valid.
The tenant has recently given the landlord her phone number and the landlord has recorded that for future communications the tenants full name, including her middle name, will be used.
The tenant was also concerned that there was different bond numbers recorded, however this was due to the updating of the bond lodgement system and the landlord has no responsibility for this.
As part of the file summary sent to the tenant for application 5480929, RTA section references were listed which included section 50A.The tenant believed that the application was erroneously made against a deceased tenant. This was incorrect. The section references were a guidance of what sections are used in the RTA to terminate tenancies.

Should a conditional termination order be made?

Where rent is at least 21 days in arrears on the date the application was filed, the Tribunal must make either a final or a conditional termination order. See section 55(1)(a) and (1A) Residential Tenancies Act 1986. The landlord established that the rent was owed and the tenant has already been paying extra rent to remedy the rent arrears.
I am satisfied the tenant will pay the debt within the period specified in the order and is unlikely to commit any further relevant breach. I have granted a conditional termination order.
The conditional termination order will lapse if it is fully complied with. If the tenant breaches the order, the possession order may be enforced for 90 days from the first breach. See section 64(4)(b) Residential Tenancies Act 1986.
Because Utrust Property Management Limited has wholly succeeded with the claim I must reimburse the filing fee.

Claims and awards in Tenancy Tribunal application 5480929 — net $3,136.00 NZD. Amounts reconciled from the published order (claims sum and net total). Verify on MoJ.
Claim	Landlord	Reason
Previous order application 5419330 dated 19/02/2026	$1,828.00	Previous order application 5419330 dated 19/02/2026
Rent arrears	$2,300.00	Rent arrears
Filing fee reimbursement	$28.00	Filing fee reimbursement
Net award	$3,136.00
Total payable by Tenant to Landlord	$3,136.00

Order

[The tenant/s] owes Utrust Property Management Limited $3,136.00 (“the debt”).
[The tenant/s] must pay rent and the debt as follows: a. By 44 weekly payments of $600.00, being $530.00 for rent and $70.00 for the debt. b. A final payment of $586.00, being $530.00 for rent and $56.00 for the debt. c. Payments will be every Tuesday, with the first payment on 16/06/2026 and continuing until 20/04/2027.
Payments will be allocated in the following order: rent, rent arrears, and the filing fee.
If the tenant fails to pay rent and rent arrears within 2 working days of the due dates: a. The tenancy at 10 Crawshaw Drive, Nawton, Hamilton 3200 will terminate and the landlord will have immediate possession of the premises. b. The balance of the debt will be payable immediately.
If the tenant fails to pay the filing fee within 2 working days of the due date, the filing fee will be payable immediately.
The Bond Centre is to pay the bond of $1,020.00 (BN-15200469) to Utrust Property Management Limited immediately.

Reasons

Both parties attended the hearing.
This is a rehearing of application 5419330.
The landlord filed a further application 5480929 for termination of the tenancy, rent arrears and refund of the bond, this matter was also heard.
The tenant wants to repay the debt to avoid immediate termination. Was the correct name used for service of documents.
The tenant disputed that the notices issued by the landlord were addressed to her because they were addressed to [The tenant/s], not [The tenant/s]. She believed that this did not identify her as the correct recipient.
The tenant said that this was a breach of the Residential Tenancies Act 1986,RTA, and Postal Act but could not identify any section of either act that was breached.
The tenant said that the name [The tenant/s] is a truncated version of her name and she does not recognise it. She only recognises her full name which includes her middle name of May. On this basis she has ignored and returned posted communications from the landlord. This has caused issues because the tenant has no email and no phone number and post is the only method of communication the landlord has available to them.
The tenant has also refused to recognise applications to the Tribunal under [The tenant/s] as she said that it could be another person and her tenancy agreement records her as [The tenant/s] ,the tenant.
Tenancy application 5419330 recorded the tenants name as [The tenant/s], and application 5480929 recorded the tenants name as [The tenant/s].
The RTA requires a tenant to be formally identified for the purposes of the tenancy agreement and this includes the tenants full name as known to the landlord. See section 13A RTA. This is so the tenant is clearly identified.
Notices served under the RTA must be done so using the method stated in section 136. Under this section the use of the tenant’s middle name is not a legal requirement.
This is a long tenancy beginning in 2014. There were no other tenants at the premises with that name or similar as she was the only named tenant for the period of the tenancy. Notices had been received and acknowledged earlier in the tenancy by the tenant when addressed to [The tenant/s].
The issue is whether any notice clearly identifies the tenant and the tenancy. The tenant is identifiable despite the omission of the middle name and there is no confusion about who the notice is for. The tenant also agreed that she received the notices.
I find that the failure to use the tenants middle name does not invalidate the notices issued by the landlord or notices from the Tenancy Tribunal. The tenant was able to be identified by the first and last name and the tenancy address. I find that there was no confusion or ambiguity and notices issued by the landlord to the tenancy address and both applications to the Tenancy Tribunal are valid.
The tenant has recently given the landlord her phone number and the landlord has recorded that for future communications the tenants full name, including her middle name, will be used.
The tenant was also concerned that there was different bond numbers recorded, however this was due to the updating of the bond lodgement system and the landlord has no responsibility for this.
As part of the file summary sent to the tenant for application 5480929, RTA section references were listed which included section 50A.The tenant believed that the application was erroneously made against a deceased tenant. This was incorrect. The section references were a guidance of what sections are used in the RTA to terminate tenancies.

Should a conditional termination order be made?

Where rent is at least 21 days in arrears on the date the application was filed, the Tribunal must make either a final or a conditional termination order. See section 55(1)(a) and (1A) Residential Tenancies Act 1986. The landlord established that the rent was owed and the tenant has already been paying extra rent to remedy the rent arrears.
I am satisfied the tenant will pay the debt within the period specified in the order and is unlikely to commit any further relevant breach. I have granted a conditional termination order.
The conditional termination order will lapse if it is fully complied with. If the tenant breaches the order, the possession order may be enforced for 90 days from the first breach. See section 64(4)(b) Residential Tenancies Act 1986.
Because Utrust Property Management Limited has wholly succeeded with the claim I must reimburse the filing fee.

Tenancy Tribunal case 5480929 — Rent arrears at 10 Crawshaw Drive, Nawton, Hamilton 3200

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Tenancy Tribunal case 5480929 — Rent arrears at 10 Crawshaw Drive, Nawton, Hamilton 3200

At a glance

Award balance

Claims & awards

Order

Reasons

Should a conditional termination order be made?

Topics & place

Residential Tenancies Act sections

Key findings

Property management

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Award balance

Claims & awards

Order

Reasons

Should a conditional termination order be made?

Topics & place

Residential Tenancies Act sections

Key findings

Property management

Frequently asked questions