Tenant wins $5000 payout after Kāinga Ora fails to act over machete threats
According to a recently released decision, the woman claimed that during the tenancy, abuse was constantly shouted out…
Tenancy Tribunal rejects bid to evict Christchurch tenant Gregory Deighton over contractor clash
There was also agreement they could tend to a tenant’s garden if it encroached on a community area…
Tenant loses $17k claim after social media tirade over neighbour groomer ‘vibe’
The man, who has name suppression, was issued with three antisocial behaviour notices during his tenancy. Now he’s…
New homes overheating: What has happened two years after problems flagged?
Last January, the Herald reported how some Auckland terraced and apartment homes were overheating, causing distress and potential…
Landlord ordered to pay tenant almost $5000 after child fell through hole in floor
Crystal Realty Limited, trading as Harcourts Mount Roskill, was managing the property on behalf of the owners, NNDS…
Auckland tenant kicked out of apartment after balcony escape and police callouts
Then, on November 7, Palmer hosted a birthday party and within two hours, police arrived and arrested two…
Accessible Properties Tauranga: 11 tenants move out after structural issues found
An affected Accessible Properties tenant, who spoke on the condition she was not named, told the Bay of…
Papakura tenant ordered to pay $73k to landlord for damage he claims was caused by meth-using ‘associates’
He then asked those people to leave, and after that, their “associates” started coming to the property and…
Auckland landlord ordered to pay $5307 after parking row with tenant leads to ‘retaliatory’ eviction notice
The tenant, who has name suppression, then applied to the tribunal with a list of complaints and was…
District Court awards additional rent abatement to Auckland tenant who had ‘hostile’ landlord
While she cross-appealed, she was largely unsuccessful, with the District Court supporting most of the conclusions of the…
Kāinga Ora tenant claimed agency failed him in alleged burglary by other tenant
The police were called and the man was subsequently arrested for assault with a weapon. It was alleged…
Tenancy Tribunal rules landlord’s water rate claim against former tenant unfair
The tenant maintained he shouldn’t be accountable for the water rates bills that were neither presented during the…