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Upgrades to the tenancy bond service

We are upgrading the tenancy bond service and changing how we deliver our services. Tenancy bonds must now be lodged online. Other changes to bond services are to come.

Find out more about the tenancy bond service changes

Policy and legislation

21 October 2016

New tenancy investigators target Dunedin student flats

Tenancy investigators from a new government team have begun inspecting New Zealand’s rental homes.
Policy and legislation

9 July 2016

New quality standards for renting

The Government wants to change the law so everyone renting in New Zealand can live in safer, warmer and healthier homes.
Policy and legislation

1 July 2016

Law changes to the Residential Tenancies Act now in force

Law changes to the Residential Tenancies Act are now in force. Key information about some of the new changes: