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Tenancy Tribunal case 5486850 — Tenancy dispute
Decided 5 May 2026 · Published 5 May 2026 · Application 5486850
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
J Yi
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 names and identifying details of both parties.
- The term of the fixed-term tenancy of [The tenant/s] at [Tenancy address suppressed] is reduced and now ends at 11:59 pm on Wednesday 13 May 2026.
Reasons
- Both parties attended the hearing via videoconference.
- The tenant has applied for reduction of the fixed-term tenancy due to end on 1 October 2026.
- Since the tenant lodged the application with the Tribunal, the landlord relisted the premises for rental and found a new tenant to start renting form 14 May 2026.
- Therefore, instead of this being a reduction of fixed term tenancy under section 66 of the Residential Tenancies Act 1986, this is a reduction of the fixed term tenancy by agreement.
- Accordingly, I record that the term of the fixed-term tenancy of [The tenant/s] at [Tenancy address suppressed] is reduced and now ends at 11:59 pm on Wednesday 13 May 2026.
- The tenant is liable to pay the landlord rent until then.