Bladder bag emptying on neighbour’s lawn sees state house tenant kicked out

Saturday, 11 July 2026

A Kāinga Ora tenant has been evicted after a man at the address repeatedly emptied a catheter bladder bag onto a neighbour's front lawn and on other occasions left her too frightened to leave their home because of intimidating gang-style behaviour.

The Tenancy Tribunal terminated Lila Ann Castle's tenancy at a Kāinga Ora property in Huntington after finding that anti-social behaviour had occurred on three separate occasions within a 90-day period, meeting the threshold for eviction under the Residential Tenancies Act.

The first incident occurred about 2.20am on February 12 and was captured on video.

The tribunal heard a frequent male visitor to the property was filmed emptying his bladder bag onto the neighbouring property's front lawn.

The neighbour told the hearing she was 'disgusted' by the behaviour.

Less than five weeks later, on March 18, another neighbour recorded the same man pacing shirtless near the roadside for up to 50 minutes.

Although the video had no sound, the neighbour told the tribunal the man was stomping around, grunting, muttering and making 'Mongrel Mob' barking noises while clenching his fists and shadow boxing.

She said he kicked a letterbox and she felt too unsafe to put her rubbish bin out because she would have had to walk past him.

The neighbour said she had previously seen him confront pedestrians, chase and stare at passing vehicles and display gang signs at motorists, leaving her uncertain how he might react.

The third incident came on April 19 when the same neighbour again witnessed the man emptying his catheter bag onto her front lawn.

The tribunal found the incidents amounted to anti-social behaviour because they caused alarm, distress and nuisance well beyond a minor level.

Adjudicator S Young said Kāinga Ora had correctly issued three anti-social behaviour notices within the required timeframe before applying to terminate the tenancy.

'The notices have not been challenged by the tenant,' Young said.

Young also found there was nothing unfair about terminating the tenancy and said the tribunal could not consider the impact the eviction would have on the tenant.

The tenant did not attend the hearing despite being notified. The tribunal said a phone call made at the time of the remote hearing went to voicemail before the matter proceeded in her absence.

The tenancy at the Huntington property was terminated and possession granted to Kāinga Ora.