Bond Refund NZ: How to Get Your Rental Bond Back
How bond refunds work in New Zealand: why Tenancy Services holds your bond, the online Bond Hub process, and what to do if you and your landlord disagree.
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NZ Tenancy
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Ending a Tenancy in New Zealand: Notice Periods and the 2025 Rule Changes
The full notice-period table for ending a tenancy in New Zealand, plus the no-cause 90-day rule for periodic tenancies restored from 30 January 2025.
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Flatmates vs Tenants in New Zealand: Why the Difference Matters
Flatmates are not tenants under New Zealand law. How the Residential Tenancies Act treats flatmates differently, what governs them instead, and where their disputes go.
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Healthy Homes Standards: What Every NZ Rental Must Now Meet
The 5 Healthy Homes Standards now apply to every private rental in New Zealand. What they require, the penalties for breaching them, and a tenant's options.
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Landlord Obligations in New Zealand: A Plain-Language Guide
What New Zealand landlords must do under the Residential Tenancies Act: healthy homes compliance, bond lodgement, maintenance, notice periods, and 2025/2026 rule changes.
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New Zealand Tenancy Law: Renting Rights and Rules
New Zealand tenancy law explained: bonds, the Tenancy Tribunal, Healthy Homes, notice periods, rent increases, pet bonds, and the flatmate rules, with the 2025 reforms.
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Pet Bonds and Pets in Rental Properties in New Zealand
The 1 December 2025 pet bond and pet consent rules for New Zealand rentals: how much a pet bond can be, when a landlord can decline a pet, and what changed.
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Rent Increase Rules in New Zealand: How Often, How Much Notice
How often a landlord can raise rent in New Zealand, the 60-day notice rule, and how a tenant can challenge an increase that is well above market rent.
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Tenant Rights in New Zealand: A Plain-Language Guide
What tenant rights look like under New Zealand's Residential Tenancies Act: healthy homes, quiet enjoyment, your bond, notice periods, and the Tenancy Tribunal.
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The Tenancy Tribunal in New Zealand: Jurisdiction, Cost, and How to Apply
How the Tenancy Tribunal works in New Zealand: its $100,000 jurisdiction, the $29 application fee, how to apply, and what happens at a hearing.
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