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Former Mainzeal Group chairman Dame Jenny Shipley points finger at shareholder over construction arm collapse

The independent directors of Mainzeal Group – who also sat as directors on Mainzeal Property and Construction – issued their own formal statement yesterday on the receivership of the subsidiary company stressing the holding company was not in receivership. The statement is worth quoting in verbatim. The  independent Chair of MGL, Dame Jenny Shipley confirmed that, as of midday February 5th …

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Leaky buildings, Chinese supply botch fell Mainzeal over just $20M

One of New Zealand’s best-known commercial construction firms, Mainzeal, placed its operating business in receivership as a combination of leaky homes suits and a botched supply chain from China combined to take the company down. sms spy android In a dramatic afternoon on New Zealand’s national day, Waitangi Day, Mainzeal Property and Construction (MPC) was placed in the hands of …

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Richard Yan’s Mainzeal construction firm in receivership; Dame Jenny Shipley and other directors resign all Mainzeal positions

The country’s third largest construction company collapsed and was placed in receivership today after the Mainzeal Group’s major shareholder, Richina (NZ) LP, refused to commit more capital and the bank pulled its funding. Mainzeal’s sole remaining director Richard Yan – who also heads Richina – said that after  “a series of events that had adversely affected the company’s financial position” …

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