Renters are dismissing what they call a "predictable" push-back from property investors over a suite of changes meant to make renting fairer and more secure.
Under current law, landlords can kick out renters on open-ended tenancies without having to provide any reason as long as they give 90 days' notice.
Under the Government's proposed changes, landlords wanting to evict a tenant for bad behaviour, will first have to apply to the Tenancy Tribunal with proof of three examples over three months.
Property investors say that will make it far harder to move on disruptive and intimidating tenants - and ultimately communities will suffer.
But Robert Whitaker - from the lobby group Renters United - told RNZ's deputy political editor Craig McCulloch that tenants are the ones struggling.
