News
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Health and safety
14 June 2021
Support available for Canterbury flooding
The Temporary Accommodation Service has been activated today following the flooding in Canterbury. Find out what to do if your rental property has been damaged.
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Rent, bond and bills
25 May 2021
Multiple bonds can now be lodged using direct debit
With cheques being phased out, direct debit is now available as a payment method for multiple bond lodgements.
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Policy and legislation
28 April 2021
Request and response templates available for landlords and tenants
Recent changes to tenancy law give tenants more flexibility to make changes to the rental property or tenancy.
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Policy and legislation
6 April 2021
New pathway to help landlords address anti-social behaviour
Changes to the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 give landlords a new pathway for responding to anti-social behaviour of tenants.
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Tenancy Tribunal
30 March 2021
Impacted services: RealMe login outage
The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) is upgrading its RealMe services from 9pm on Friday 9 April to 9pm Sunday 11 April 2021.
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Tenancy
26 March 2021
Changes to how tenancies can end
Changes to the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 affect how tenancies can be ended. The changes have been made to give tenants more security in their homes.
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Policy and legislation
23 March 2021
Government housing package revealed
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced details of the Government housing package that proposes new measures for the housing market.
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Policy and legislation
11 February 2021
Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2020 - further changes now in force
Further changes to the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 take effect today. Find out what this means for you as a tenant or landlord.
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Tenancy Tribunal
3 February 2021
Huntly boarding house operator ordered to pay $8,956.28 for failing to lodge bonds
A Huntly boarding house operator has been ordered to pay $8,956.28 following evidence brought forward by MBIE’s TCIT at the Tenancy Tribunal.
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Tenancy
21 December 2020
Our hours this holiday period
Tenancy Services will be closed over the holiday period and will reopen in the New Year.
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Market Rent
9 December 2020
Refreshed market rent data
We have refreshed reporting of the bond data to give you a more accurate representation of market rent information.
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Healthy homes
16 November 2020
Landlords reminded healthy homes standards compliance deadline is approaching
All landlords of boarding houses must comply with the healthy homes standards from 1 July 2021.
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Healthy homes
12 November 2020
Healthy homes standards compliance statement required from 1 December 2020
From 1 December 2020 landlords must include a separately signed healthy homes standards compliance statement in most new or renewed tenancy agreements.
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Tenancy
3 November 2020
Tenancy dispute statistics now available
Statistics about our mediation and Tenancy Tribunal services are now available on our website.
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Tenancy
28 October 2020
New guidance to help landlords and tenants talk about tenancy problems
The Settling disputes through self-resolution guide is now available on our website to help you work together to sort out and prevent disputes.
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Tenancy
25 September 2020
Rent increase freeze ending
From 26 September 2020 the rent increase freeze will no longer be in effect.
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Health and safety
12 August 2020
Prime Minister announces alert level changes
From midday on 12 August 2020, the Auckland region will move to Alert Level 3 and the rest of New Zealand will move to Alert Level 2.
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Policy and legislation
12 August 2020
Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2020 now in force
The Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2020 comes into force today.
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Tenancy Tribunal
6 August 2020
Christchurch landlord ordered to pay following failure to maintain property and provide insulation statements
Christchurch landlord Krishna Rani Saha has been ordered to pay a total of $8,515.84 by the Tenancy Tribunal as a result of 36 applications brought forward.
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Policy and legislation
6 August 2020
Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2020 passed
Major changes to tenancy legislation were passed by Parliament on 5 August 2020.
