As of last week, the Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill came into effect, allowing landlords to end a periodic tenancy without needing to give a specific reason, changing legislation introduced by the previous Labour government in 2020.

The government says the bill, which passed its third reading in December, is aimed at enticing more rental properties to be in the market.

However, this move has raised concerns from those renting, due to concerns such as retaliatory evictions from landlords.

On Friday, News and Editorial Director, and Monday Wire Host, Joel, spoke to the President of Renters United; an advocacy group of renters, Zac Thomas, about the Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill coming into effect.

They started off by asking how the organisation is feeling about this amendment as a whole.