4 Sep 2025

Calls to protect students against dodgy landlords

From Checkpoint, 5:15 pm on 4 September 2025

Sick, disgusting and harassed, that's how a student's described her months living in North Dunedin flat, constantly monitored by a landlord who owns multiple properties. The student's still fighting to get her bond back and is warning others to check the landlord's background before signing a lease. It's prompted calls for the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, Dunedin City Council, the students association and the University of Otago for better protections against dodgy landlord. Bella Craig reports.