Tenancy Tribunal
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October 2026
- Tribunal orders compensation after tenant given six hours to vacate
- Mission Property Management unlawfully evicted Auckland tenant after sex-work claims
- Man charged with concealing body of 21-year-old Braydon Hepworth
- Porirua landlord ordered to pay tenants over $3000 after tribunal dispute
- Wellington landlord ordered to pay $7700 after MBIE tenancy investigation
- Former tenant ordered to pay $100,000 for Auckland meth lab contamination
- Auckland landlord fined for renting unweathertight North Shore property
September 2026
- Christchurch property firm fined for multiple tenancy law breaches+1
- 'I'm going to have your job b......' - the messages which ended a tenancy
August 2026
November 2025
- Tenancy Tribunal rulings highlight landlord restrictions in New Zealand rental market
- Lyttelton landlord ordered to pay $33,000 for tenancy law breaches+1
October 2025
- Auckland businessman ordered to pay $9,000 over crowded boarding house
- Auckland boarding house operator fined for unsafe and unhealthy conditions
September 2025
- Kāinga Ora eviction bid for Cambridge tenant dismissed by tribunal
- Auckland landlord faces debt after tenant leaves property damaged
- Queenstown landlord fined for operating unlawful boarding houses
- Dunedin student fights for bond after living in filthy rental
- Dunedin students say Tenancy Tribunal is not fit for purpose
August 2025
- Landlord ordered to pay tenant $3400 for Timaru rental issues
- Landlord's widow ordered to pay ex-tenant $6500 for unlawful eviction
- Students battle to leave Kelburn flat after sewage leaks from ceiling
June 2025
- Northland landlord ordered to pay $5900 for renting uninhabitable property
- Wellington landlord charged with strangulation and other offences
- Dunedin man loses Salvation Army flat after threatening neighbours
May 2025
- Dunedin students report mould and frequent landlord entries
- Tenancy Tribunal rules landlord cannot evict tenant over brothel allegations
- West Auckland tenant ordered to pay for fire damage
March 2025
- Man charged after allegedly threatening to blow up Christchurch home
- Christchurch landlord ordered to pay for unlawful rental conditions+2
- Tenancy tribunal rehearing denied in Auckland rental dispute
- Auckland landlords ordered to pay compensation after unlawful evictions
- Tenancy Tribunal orders Kāinga Ora tenant to repay rent arrears
February 2025
- Real estate agent fined for operating illegal Takapuna boarding house
- Tenant ordered to pay landlord $10,356 for rental property damage
- Elderly Whangapāraoa tenant awarded $4000 for eviction breach
- Landlords face Tenancy Tribunal issues due to legal misunderstandings
- Kāinga Ora tenant evicted following noise complaints in Whangārei