News - Updates between 20/03/2025 and 20/04/2025 » Tenancy Services

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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

10 April 2025

Healthy homes standards final deadline: 1 July 2025

From 1 July 2025 all rental homes must comply with the healthy homes standards. Is your property compliant?
Tenancy Tribunal

2 April 2025

Auckland landlords ordered to pay more than $20,000 in exemplary damages for boarding house breaches

Auckland landlords who claimed their properties were exempt from the Act have been ordered to pay exemplary damages for boarding house breaches
Policy and legislation

20 March 2025

Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2024: technical changes now in force

Further changes to the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 (the Act) came into force on 20 March 2025.