Dart Engineering Ltd was put into liquidation yesterday with staff still in the dark about their future.
The company was owned by Regan Williamson who is now living in Canada, having left the country just before Christmas telling staff he was off on a short break — but he never came back.
His wife, who is Canadian, and three children moved to Canada about the middle of last year.
The liquidation application was granted by Associate Judge Lester. Two liquidators from Auckland, Wendy Somerville and Malcolm Hollis, were appointed.
The court did not provide the exact details of the amount of money owed by the company to the Otago Daily Times, which was not in court in Christchurch.
Inland Revenue had applied to put the company into…