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Receivership

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Receivership

This diagram shows the sequence of events when a secured creditor or creditors appoint a receiver, so they can be repaid by the company in difficulties.

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Source: Insolvency and Trustee Service

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Graeme Hunt, Business failures and corporate fraud – Personal bankruptcy, corporate failure and fraud, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/diagram/22330/receivership (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Graeme Hunt, published 13 January 2010.