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Tenancy Tribunal case 5500221 — Tenancy dispute
Decided 30 Jun 2026 · Published 30 Jun 2026 · Application 5500221
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 Edison
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
- [The landlord/s] is granted possession of the premises at [Tenancy address suppressed] immediately.
- Leave is granted to enforce the possession order immediately pursuant to section 138(1)(b) of the District Court Act 2016 and section 106(2) of the Residential Tenancies Act 1986.
- The application for rehearing is dismissed.
Reasons
- The landlord attended the hearing by video conference today. The tenant did not appear and did not answer telephone calls.
- On 13 May 2026 the Tribunal made an order for possession of the property following service of a notice from the landlord that the fixed term tenancy would not be renewed.
- On 25 May 2026 the tenant applied for a rehearing. The tenant said she was not aware of the hearing because she had lost her phone.
- The landlord says that the tenant was informed on 24 March 2026 that the tenancy would not extend beyond expiry of the fixed term on 3 May 2026. This is the date of the landlord’s notice.
- The landlord also says that a copy of the Tribunal’s order of 13 May 2026 was personally served on the tenant on 18 May 2026.
- I note that my order of 1 June 2026 made it clear that the tenant would need to explain why a possession order should not have been made.
- The tenant having failed to attend a second hearing, despite telephone calls which were answered by her voicemail, and without an explanation why the application for rehearing was made out of time, or why the order of 13 May 2026 was incorrect, I dismiss the rehearing application.
- The possession order is reinstated and can be enforced immediately.