Huka lodge sale next act in van Heeren-Kidd dispute

Huka lodge sale next act in van Heeren-Kidd dispute
Victoria Young
By Victoria Young Aug. 2 (BusinessDesk) - The Court of Appeal has appointed receivers to enable the sale of Taupo's exclusive Huka Lodge so that it can be sold as part of a dispute between two businessmen.  The appeal court said there are no funding or management issues at the luxury retreat, but made the orders as part of the decades-long litigation between Michael Kidd and Alexander van Heeren, a former honorary consul for the Netherlands in New Zealand.  Van Heeren had tried to stop the appointment of receivers to the shares of the...

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