On 3 November 2009 the NZ Herald reported that the publisher of the tabloid newspaper NZ Truth, Truth Publications Ltd, had gone into liquidation owing “unsecured creditors and subordinated lenders $622,074”. A decision had been made to “sell its assets to the company’s masthead owner, Multimedia Solutions, for $70,000.” Truth publications Ltd (In Liq), directed by Dermott Malley, John Andrew Pin and Matthew William Horton, ceased trading on 31 August 2009 and was placed into liquidation on 21 October 2009. The NZ Herald notes: “A related party of Truth Publications called in liquidators Meltzer Mason Heath in September to find out how much the company would be worth.” (See companies diagram here.)
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Truth Publication (In Liq) owes $622,000 – “Outstanding filing obligations”!
The newly updated and reformatted Companies Office website was officially opened at 8 a.m. Monday 28 June 2010. It reveals as at 3 July 2010 that for Truth Publications Ltd (In Liq) – “There are outstanding filing obligations in relation to this companys insolvency”. The company was put into liquidation on 21 October 2009 and the Liquidator’s initial report highlighted that $622,000 was estimated as owed to “unsecured creditors and subordinated lenders”. The Liquidator’s six monthly report due out on 21 May 2010 has yet to be filed. [Read more…]