Hearing on Housing NZ evictions postponed

A Tenancy Tribunal hearing on the eviction of five families with gang connections from their state houses in a Lower Hutt street has been postponed.

The families in Pomare Street have Mongrel Mob links and were served 90-day eviction notices by Housing New Zealand in March.

The deadline passed but the case was handed over to the Tenancy Tribunal after the families' lawyer applied to have the evictions thrown out.

The adjudicator has postponed all hearings set down for today.

The evictions were ordered after tenants complained that they were terrorised by Mongrel Mob members living in the street.

One woman with two small children claimed that she was driven out of her home.

- NZPA