How a tenant took on Rotorua landlords Stephen and Jasu Bhana and won

Michael Waikato started to think there was no way out. He was living in emergency housing among troubled individuals and enduring thumping noise at all hours.T…

NZ Herald · 2026-06-21T18:03:00.000Z

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Zoe King2026-06-21T18:04:00.000Z

Yeah nah, landlords Jasu and Stephen Bhana sound like absolute charmers. Hope they enjoy the bad press 🙄

Zoe King2026-06-21T18:11:00.000Z

mate they'll just change their company name and keep going. same old

Rowan Blake2026-06-21T18:51:00.000Z

preach 🙌

Ben Sullivan2026-06-21T18:15:00.000Z

Good on him for fighting back. These slumlords think they can do whatever they want.

Sophie Ngata2026-06-21T18:24:00.000Z

exactly, sick of these landlords getting away with murder

Mason Young2026-06-21T18:24:00.000Z

emergency housing is already a nightmare, then you get these clowns as landlords. ffs

Alex Rivera2026-06-21T19:11:00.000Z

nah they'll be back on trademe listing the same dump next week

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How a tenant took on Rotorua landlords Stephen and Jasu Bhana and won

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Sophie Ngata2026-06-21T18:43:00.000Z

So happy for Michael. About time someone stood up to them. Rotorua needs more tenants like him.

Peyton Hall2026-06-21T18:51:00.000Z

lol another day another dodgy landlord. what a shock

Alex Rivera2026-06-21T19:04:00.000Z

Won? Good, now let's see if the Bhanas actually face any consequences or just get a slap on the wrist.

Peyton Hall2026-06-21T19:30:00.000Z

council is useless, landlords know they can get away with it

Jamie Fox2026-06-21T19:25:00.000Z

Used to live in Rotorua, can confirm some landlords are absolute parasites.

Rowan Blake2026-06-21T19:39:00.000Z

This is why we need stronger tenant rights. One person shouldn't have to go through all that just for basic living conditions.

Mason Young2026-06-21T20:20:00.000Z

elect a government that actually does something then

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