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Tenancy Tribunal case 5422052 — 14-day notice at 7 Tweed Road, Papakowhai, Porirua 5024
Published 9 February 2026 · Application 5422052
- 14-day notice
At a glance
Key facts from the published tribunal order.
Outcome
Landlord favoured
From published order
Location
Porirua
Tribunal region
Adjudicator
K Henry
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 tenancy of Te Whetumarama-Ote-Ao Katarina Riria Tamia Nuku at 7 Tweed Road, Papakowhai, Porirua 5024 is terminated, and possession is granted to Mills Gibbon And Co Limited T/A Collective First National As Agent For Edward Soung, at 11:59pm on Monday, 09 February 2026.
- The tenant must pay the landlord $28.00, being the filing fee for the application, immediately.
Reasons
- A representative of the landlord’s agent attended the hearing for the landlord. Two attempts were made to contact the tenant by telephone. However, both calls went to answerphone. The tenant’s case worker joined the call. However, the case worker did not have authority to represent the tenant at the hearing.
- The landlord has applied for termination of the tenancy for breach of the tenant’s obligations.
Should the tenancy be terminated?
- The Tribunal may terminate a tenancy for breach where, due to the nature or extent of the breach, it would be inequitable to refuse to terminate. (See section 56(1) of the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 (RTA).)
- Where the breach is capable of remedy the landlord must first serve a notice on the tenant requiring them to remedy the breach within at least 14 days and establish that the tenant has failed to do so.
- Subsection 41(1)(c) of the RTA provides that the tenant “... shall keep the premises reasonably clean and tidy”.
- On 18 December 2025, the landlord served a 14-day notice on the tenant for failing to keep the premises reasonably clean and tidy and the tenant did not remedy the breach within the required period.
- The landlord has provided photographs of the premises from before the tenancy started, from the 18 December 2025 inspection and from a further inspection on 05 January 2026 showing that the tenant had not remedied the breach.
- The photographs show the premises to be extremely unclean and untidy, with belongings scattered across the premises, marks on the carpet, food on the kitchen bench and rubbish bags piling up in a shed.
- Due to the extent of the breach, I consider it is inequitable to refuse to terminate the tenancy.
- The tenancy is terminated in accordance with section 56(1) of the RTA. Filing fee:
- The landlord has wholly succeeded with the claim. For this reason, I must order reimbursement of the filing fee.
Topics & place
Topics are dispute themes across the order (not the same as claim-type money lines).
Residential Tenancies Act sections
s41(1), s56(1)
Key findings
- Dispute theme: termination 14day
- Dispute theme: filing fee
Property management
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this Tenancy Tribunal case.
What was the outcome of Tenancy Tribunal case 5422052?
The tribunal order states: The tenancy of Te Whetumarama-Ote-Ao Katarina Riria Tamia Nuku at 7
How much money was awarded in case 5422052?
Verified claim lines are listed on this page.
What type of tenancy dispute was case 5422052?
The primary dispute was 14-day notice.
Where can I read the official tribunal order for case 5422052?
The official Ministry of Justice published order is available at https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/TTV2/PDF/13092412-Tenancy_Tribunal_Order.pdf.