Mother and son Donna Miers and Nick Hoogwerf were ordered to pay more than $30,000 after illegally subletting a rental three years ago. The Chapel St, Greymouth, property that was owned and operated by Donna Miers and Nick Hoogwerf. Annie Binstead also took Hoogwerf and Miers to the tribunal after the pair did not return her bond following her tenancy. She met Hoogwerf in 2024 through Miers, her previous landlord, when he arranged a tenancy for her on Miers’ behalf, which Hoogwerf went on to manage aspects of. “Where they don’t, there are already enforcement mechanisms in place, including Tenancy Tribunal action and investigations by MBIE.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 05, 2026 03:32 UTC