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Renting & Housing LawAotearoa New Zealand · 2026-10-15

New Zealand’s 90-day no-cause rental notice: what actually changed for tenants and landlords?

The restored no-cause termination rule is real, but it applies to periodic tenancies and sits alongside 42-day grounds, 21-day tenant notices and protections against retaliatory eviction.

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