Property manager Haven Living in liquidation

Haven Living owes the body corporate of student accommodation block Unicentre. (Image: Supplied)

Fri, 14 Mar 2025

Auckland property management company Haven Living Management has been put into liquidation owing several bodies corporate and the Inland Revenue Department more than $850,000.The business and three other Haven group companies staved off a liquidation bid by the IRD in December over a $1.5 million tax bill.However, the bodies corporate of central city student accommodation block Unicentre and the nearby Forte Apartments filed a fresh application to have Haven Living wound up.They had been chasing the debt for more than a year, and together were...

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