29 January 2025
Brendon Mils
[FYI request #33373 email] Dear Mr Mil s
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) request of 23 December 2025 to Kainga
Ora – Homes and Communities, seeking the following information:
how many KO tenancies were terminated due to al egations that were later found to be
false, and how do you stop false and frivolous allegations leading to tenancy terminations.
Kāinga Ora does not record data on whether a tenancy termination was found to be based on a
false allegation. Therefore, I am refusing your request under section 18(g) of the Act as ‘the
information is not held.’
However, I can provide you with some information on the process we follow when deciding to end
a tenancy. When complaints about a tenant are made, we engage with the complainant, our
tenant, and any other relevant parties to understand what happened and work towards a
resolution. We gather and assess available evidence to thoroughly review the situation and make
an informed decision.
Kainga Ora adheres to the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 (RTA) and we only consider terminating
a tenancy when there has been a breach of the tenancy agreement under the Act.
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If the situation warrants a termination, there is an internal review process to ensure this action is
appropriate. If that review process identifies that there is a lack of evidence, we will not terminate a
tenancy.
Terminations under section 55, 55A or 56 of the RTA require us to apply to the Tenancy Tribunal to
end a tenancy. The tenant has the opportunity to seek independent advice and to challenge our
application to terminate at the Tenancy Tribunal. If a termination order is granted by the Tenancy
Tribunal, we adhere to it.
Terminations under section 55AA and 51(1) of the RTA allows us to end a tenancy by notice
without applying to the Tenancy Tribunal. As stated previously, we only issue these notices after we
have reviewed the available evidence and heard from the parties involved (where appropriate). If,
during the notice period, we learn that an allegation was false, we may decide to withdraw the
notice, however this has not yet happened.

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. There
is information about how to make a complaint at
https://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or by
freephone on
0800 802 602. Yours sincerely
Rachel Kelly
Manager Ministerial Services