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                    [0] => This series consists of the case files of bankruptcy proceedings that were heard in the Hawera Magistrate's/District Court. These files documented the management of the estate of a person who could not pay his or her debts in the Hawera area.
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            [id] => 26828
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            [name] => Hawera Bankruptcy Case Files
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		This series consists of the case files of bankruptcy proceedings that were heard in the Hawera Magistrate's/District Court.
	The files documented the process whereby the estate of a person who could not pay his/her debts was managed for the benefit of creditors and debtors. The files contain documentation from the case, consisting of applications, reports, affidavits, statement of accounts and other associated legal paperwork.
	

		Until the mid 1880s, responsibility for managing bankrupt estates rested with creditors, trustees or the Court registrar of the High Court (known as the Supreme Court until 1980) or the District Court (created under the District Court Act 1858). The Bankruptcy Act 1883 established government appointed Official Assignees. Thereafter there were two types of bankruptcy records; those created by the Supreme/High Court or District Court, and those created by the Official Assignee.
	For every Official Assignee file, there was a corresponding Court file with the same number. The matter was instigated in the Court with the filing of a petition (or declaration prior to 1884) and these file numbers are assigned from the Court registers. Cases not proceeded with, struck out or settled before bankruptcy was adjudged had a Court file but did not generate an Official Assignee file. A case might be filed in the Court then assigned to a deputy Official Assignee according to the location of the bankrupt.
	

		This series was superseded by the introduction of the Court's Case Management System (CMS) in late 2003.


	 
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            [ricClassificationDescription] => Each file is assigned a running number.
            [seriesAccessContacts] => 

	Permission to access restricted records should be sought from the Hawera District Court  Please check the Ministry of Justice’s website for the most up to date contact details at:

	https://www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/utilities/contact/courts

	Note: All requests for permission to access restricted records should provide information about the reason for the research. The more information provided, the easier it is to consider the request.
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	Bankruptcy case files are restricted for 60 years from the last date on the file.
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