Jade Lake contractor Triple Connection in liquidation

The ground-breaking for Jade Lake Queenstown was attended by the Chinese Embassy’s commercial counsellor Huang Yuefeng and a director from Beijing Construction Engineering Group International New Zealand. (Image: Facebook)

John Anthony

Mon, 17 Feb 2025

Project management company Triple Connection has been placed in liquidation after failing to pay subcontractors for work carried out on a high-end accommodation development in Queenstown.Landscaping company Top Garden applied to place Triple Connection in liquidation in the Invercargill High Court in mid-November after it didn’t respond to a statutory demand. Triple Connection owes Top Garden and fellow contractor Concept Builders more than $200,000 for work on Jade Lake, a housing and visitor accommodation development in Fernhill, Q...

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