A notice published in the New Zealand Herald said administrators Benjamin Francis and Garry Whimp of Blacklock Rose Limited were appointed by a resolution of the company’s directors, and a first meeting of creditors was scheduled for September 2.
Companies Office records list the two companies as having the same sole director, Garth Petricevich, of Kaitaia.
Images online promoting RMT, which provides shuttle services to Mt Ruapehu ski fields and alpine attractions, show vehicles carrying Dune Rider and Sand Safaris branding.
In 2023, Sand Safaris was sentenced after the death of South Korean tourist Jin Chang Oh at Te Paki Sand Dunes in 2019. The company was ordered to pay more than $183,000 in reparation to Oh’s family and fined…