I need a lawyer that knows about tenancy law in new Zealand? No no one yet. Just my own research within tenecy tribunal,

Ok it's a bit of a long one Chris but basically we live in a rental in Hamilton for nearly 2 years, sometime ago the house was sold and the new owners wanted to keep us on, they managed the property themselves until December last year when they started using a property manager, the PM showed up announced early to mid December and found 2 small almost dead marijuana plants my wife was attempting to grow as she has mental health issues (which the owners are aware of) and went through a phase of attempting to grow to use marijuana to help with anxiety etc I know I shouldn't have allowed it to happen but at the time it was helping her, so on the unannounced inspection the PM found them, photographed them and said that because of the plants he was going to conduct a meth test and if it came back positive he would use the plants against us, fast forward to last Thursday where I received an email saying it was positive and he wanted to avoid the tenancy tribunal so asked us to vacate in 21 days. I did not respond to his email but text the owner and apologized profusely for our mistake (btw I destroyed the plants the day they were found) and promised him there is no weed or meth being used in this house in anyway what so ever. I left it at that then got an email today (Tuesday) basically saying again to avoid the tenancy tribunal we need to get the house decontaminated so hopefully you have somewhere to stay for the duration BUT all of your furniture you bought into the house can not come back in to the house! So he is saying that a) we have to pay for our own accommodation while cleaning and b) we have to get rid of all our furniture as it will contaminate the cleaned house? Also there was no further mention of the marijuana? He also said once cleaned and new furniture they can re tenant us?

No I haven't I am a being cautious before replying to his email but I think 2 of the questions would be a) please forward me the apparent email regarding the first visit and b) the test results. Now if he can not produce said email I guess that proves he did show up unannounced therefore is it true that anything found during that visit would be inadmissible at court/tenancy tribunal? Also about the furniture? What about my daughter's toys or the clothes on our backs?

I know the test was done by a legitimate outfit but even they said not to worry about the results and if it comes back positive and they want to decontaminate the property they actually have to pay to relocate you etc does that sound right by law to you Chris?

I guess that would be hard to prove, basically all I can give them is my word, I wonder if they tested furniture we bought into the house and compared levels which would be zero to like the walls and ceilings etc?

I know that there will not be anything on our table and chairs, fridge etc as they were brand new when we moved in and there has been no meth or any drugs for that matter used in or around this house, definitely an option

Thank you Chris much appreciated.