Personal debt

Understand your financial position
Ways to avoid insolvency
How insolvency affects you
Personal insolvency options
Life after insolvency

Business debt

Determining your type of debt
Company insolvency options
The liquidation process
The effect of liquidation on a company
The effect of bankruptcy on a business

Owed money?

Types of creditor
The claims process
Filing and withdrawing a claim
Requesting liquidation or bankruptcy
Creditors' meetings

What's new

Insolvency relief and support for businesses and individuals impacted by COVID-19

19 May 2020

On this page Insolvency relief for business Support for individuals Insolvency relief for businessKeeping businesses viable and New Zealander’s employed are our Government’s main priorities during these uncertain times.

Fraudulent roofing contractor Sam Oliver Spence imprisoned for breaches of company and insolvency laws

6 May 2020

On 5 May 2020, Sam Oliver Spence, a roofing contractor, was sentenced in the Auckland District Court.

New measures to help with the financial impact of COVID-19

21 April 2020

New details on insolvency relief for businesses and the Insolvency Practitioners Regulation Act (2019).