Rio Beverages founder David Thexton’s second juice venture, Hunua Rd Manufacturing, put into liquidation owing $1.12m

The High Court appointed liquidators Lynda Smart and Derek Ah Sam to Hunua Rd Manufacturing on December 16, 2025, after an application by creditor Doehler NZ. In their first liquidators’ report released on Wednesday, Smart and Ah Sam said the company directors blamed the decline in the economy and environmental issues at its manufacturing plant…