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                    [0] => Applications for insolvency i.e. bankruptcy in the case of individuals and liquidation in the case of an incorporation, were administered by the Official Assignee and were granted by High Court order.
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The files in series 7606 are arranged by running number.  However, while the files in the predecessor series 7604 were classified according to a running bankruptcy number, this series follows the changes introduced in 1954 by the (then) Napier Supreme Court, who applied a running “Office Number” prefixed by ‘OA’.  This number was recorded on each file, with the bankruptcy number written immediately below.
Applications for insolvency i.e. bankruptcy in the case of individuals and liquidation in the case of an incorporation, are administered by the Official Assignee and are granted by High Court order.
Until 1972, the Official Assignee worked within the (then) Supreme Court.  With the establishment of the Department of Justice Commercial Affairs Division in 1972, administration of insolvency was transferred to this agency, although they were still granted by court order.
W5008, W5098 & W5414
The files in accession W5008, ranging from 1954 to c.1973, were created by the Napier Supreme Court.  Later files, including many of those in accession W5098, were created by the Commercial Affairs Division of the Department of Justice, who maintained the same classification system (office number with court bankruptcy number underneath).
In 1995 this function was moved to the Ministry of Commerce, later re-named the Ministry of Economic Development, and they took over the records, maintaining the same classification system.
Therefore, from 1973, there are two records of every insolvency - the Commercial Affairs case file and a separate court file.  The court files contain only the formal legal documents and are not held by Archives New Zealand.
Researchers should note that as well as a running office number, bankruptcy and liquidation files carry part numbers, i.e. MAIN for first part of the file, and then A, B, C, D as required.  The separate files deal with particular aspects of the case and were occasionally identified by acronym; for example, proof of debt (POD), statement of affairs (SOA), disposal of assets (DOA), documents and advertising (DOCS), property (PROP), accounts (ACCTS), legal file (LEG).
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	All requests for access to restricted files and lists should be addressed to:

	Manager, Information Capability

	Information and Data, ICT

	Corporate, Governance and Information

	Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

	PO Box 1473

	Wellington 6140

	New Zealand

	Email:  records.services@mbie.govt.nz

	 
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	Insolvency files fall into two categories - bankruptcy, in the case of an individual, and liquidation, in the case of an incorporation (for example a company).

	

	This series of records contains both bankruptcy and liquidation files, but whereas bankruptcy files are restricted (see below), liquidation files are not restricted.

	

	In most cases bankruptcy files can be distinguished from liquidation files by their file title on the list. For example 'SMITH, Ann' is a bankruptcy file whereas 'The A1 Motor Company' is a liquidation file.

	

	Bankruptcy files and lists are restricted for 70 years from date of closure. All files in series 7606 W5008 are restricted for 70 years from date of file closure. Series 7606 in accessions  W5098, and W5619 contains both bankruptcies and liquidation files, all files have either a (B) or an (L) appended after the file title. Series 7606 accession W5414 also contains both bankruptcies and liquidation files, however there are no annotations as to whether the files are bankruptcies or liquidations.
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