Mauri Ora

The Tenancy Tribunal notes despite promoting itself as charitable, Mauri Ora is a commercial company that “clearly targets beneficiaries”.

The tribunal also found that Mauri Ora failed to lodge bonds on 16 occasions. All the rooms the inspectors could access were poorly lit and unventilated. In a third decision, relating to a property on St Leonards Rd in Kelston, Mauri Ora was ordered to pay the tenant $500 for unlawful entry, $2500 for failure to maintain the property and $750 for failure to lodge the bond. Mauri Ora was also ordered to refund the tenant’s bond of $2800, resulting in a total payment to the tenant of $6550. At another property on Sainsbury Rd in Mount Albert, Mauri Ora was again ordered to pay exemplary damages to the tenant of $1000 to failure to lodge their bond. In one, which involved a tenant at a Lynn Rd property in Bayview, the company was told to refund the tenants $7930, including $3780 in refunded rent, and $1250 in exemplary damages for failing to lodge the tenant’s bond. The company was ordered to refund $5400 in bonds to three tenants, and lodge $22,380 worth of bonds with MBIE’s Bond Centre for 14 tenants. The tribunal adjudicator ordered a full refund of the rent they had paid, and the property was found not to comply with fire safety requirements, Fire and Emergency New Zealand ound. At the property, tenants and their children were living on the floor in a communal thoroughfare after Mauri Ora failed to repair a burst pipe in their unit. After a two-day hearing in early August, the tribunal ordered Mauri Ora to pay $187,750 in exemplary damages and $13,813 in compensation. The most suitable actions would depend on factors such as the level of co-operation from Mauri Ora and the property owner, Ji Shen, who was also named in the tribunal orders, Wilson said. Despite Mauri Ora appealing two of the tribunal decisions, Wilson said there was no stay on the tribunal orders, and they remained enforceable.