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    Wind event cleanup to last until mid-2026

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    Six months to complete liquidation

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    Dunedin building firm owes $850K

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    Legal action against building firm owing $850K

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    100 years of taking pride in being accountants

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    The former Nugget Point Hotel, a modern resort when it opened in the late ’80s, is about to start a new life as the five star-plus Coronet Ridge Resort.
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