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When an insurance assessor arrived at a property, he found it "in a severely damaged condition" with debris scattered everywhere, decomposing food on the floor, holes in the walls and "human waste ... on every surface of the house".
There also appeared to have been fires set in the garage, and evidence was later found of methamphetamine having been manufactured at the Papakura property.
Now, tenant Minh Quach has been ordered to pay $73,782 to landlord Aligre Holdings Limited, after the Tenancy Tribunal dismissed an explanation that others had caused the damage "when he was out".
The tenant told the tribunal he allowed people to live in the garage until the landlord told him this was not permitted.
He then asked those pe
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