The tax department is having a company linked to the operations of Destiny Church liquidated and has applied to have another of the church’s trusts shut down.
New Zealand Gazette filings show the Inland Revenue Department filed an application to have the registered company Te Hahi O Nga Matamua liquidated on August 19. The application was heard and approved at the High Court at Auckland on November 7 and the company is now in liquidation.
Its sole shareholder is Destiny Church NZ Trust and its sole director is Jennifer Marshall, assistant to controversial church leader Brian Tamaki.
On September 25, IRD lodged an application to liquidate Whakamana International Trust, which in August changed its name from Destiny…