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Year	Bankruptcies	Liquidations 
1875	450	
1876	549	
1877	1017	
1878	1044	
1879	1836	
1880	1483	
1881	1412	
1882	1333	
1883	1656	
1884	846	
1885	984	
1886	1089	
1887	1036	
1888	881	
1889	724	
1890	652
1891	605
1892	507
1893	484
1894	626
1895	485
1896	412
1897	419
1898	407
1899	389
1900	304
1901	222
1902	205
1903	204
1904	257
1905	304
1906	347
1907	350
1908	406
1909	471
1910	393
1911	344
1912	312
1913	343
1914	391
1915	294
1916	304
1917	265
1918	164
1919	141
1920	145
1921	336
1922	690
1923	674
1924	670
1925	653
1926	752
1927	867
1928	806
1929	687
1930	780
1931	848
1932	661
1933	450
1934	326
1935	257
1936	260
1937	222
1938	267	
1939	267	
1940	213	
1941	165	
1942	82	
1943	45	
1944	51	
1945	45	
1946	52	
1947	74	
1948	148	
1949	179	66
1950	142	70
1951	145	60
1952	168	48
1953	215	55
1954	277	75
1955	304	74
1956	390	99
1957	437	90
1958	495	98
1959	618	155
1960	495	166
1961	425	165
1962	591	162
1963	566	176
1964	507	180
1965	507	174
1966	483	173
1967	602	180
1968	758	172
1969	592	188
1970	535	255
1971	402	209
1972	389	190
1973	254	150
1974	250	160
1975	320	169
1976	309	150
1977	415	207
1978	507	285
1979	498	338
1980	608	367
1981	557	264
1982	569	312
1983	864	375
1984	814	345
1985	869	372
1986	965	418
1987	1229	490
1988	1874	749
1989	1922	992
1990	1883	1033
1991	2562	1052
1992	2624	1044
1993	2480	975
1994	2037	744
1995	2023	736
1996	2393	678
1997	2658	1002
1998	3224	989
1999	3003	942
2000	2746	831
2001	2985	521
2002	2672	403		
					
Source: Statistics New Zealand

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