A Canterbury civil engineering and construction company is in liquidation owing creditors more than $1.8 million. In the first liquidators’ report, their total estimated shortfall follows Inland Revenue filing a preferential claim of just over $807,000 and nine unsecured creditors owed nearly $1.08m. Civil Land Construction registered as a company in 2007 with a website showing it was based in Amberley. They had been advised the company became insolvent because of previous disputes about the purchase of the business and associated legal costs. Sole shareholder and director Jacobus Brand had responded to a request to provide company books and records, they said.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 19, 2026 15:41 UTC