Timaru plumbing company Nexus Services in liquidation

Tuesday, 29 July 2025

Nexus Services Ltd was put into liquidation in the High Court at Christchurch on Thursday.

Timaru plumbing company Nexus Services has been put into liquidation at the request of an Auckland-based financial services provider.

Steven Khov and Kieran Jones, of Khov Jones, were appointed joint and several liquidators of Nexus Services Ltd in the High Court at Christchurch, on Thursday, following an application from Buffer Premium Ltd.

Nexus Services is now owned by sole director and shareholder Murray Bartlett.

The company, which was registered in September 2017, changed hands earlier this year.

Company records, updated on March 14, show original director and shareholder Callum Bartlett and parent company Some Amigos Ltd (which is solely owned by Callum Bartlett) were removed, with Murray Bartlett acquiring a 100% shareholding.

Steve Parker advertised his woes with former tenant Nexus Services by installing signage on his property at 197 Evans St earlier this year.

Murray Bartlett was previously a director of the company for just over two weeks from August 1-16, 2022.

In March, landlord Steve Parker confirmed the company had been asked to vacate its former premises at 197 Evans St as it had not met rent obligations.

At the time, Parker said he had “hounded and hounded him [Callum Bartlett] and chased him all around town and there was a bit of a push-around as well”.

“I got tired of chasing him for rent, so I asked him to vacate the place,” Parker said, adding he was owed about $6500 at the time.

Parker’s claims were put to Bartlett at the time but he did not respond.

Contractors work to removed the containers from the property on the corner of Eversley St and Evans St/SH1 on April 17.

The same month, the Timaru District Council confirmed it was investigating a complaint about large signage the company had installed on a corner on the side of State Highway 1 through Timaru.

At the time, council spokesperson Stephen Doran said a complaint had been received about the signage on containers placed on the corner of Eversley St and Evans St/SH1.

The matter had also been raised with NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi, with a spokesperson for the agency saying representatives had discussed the matter with council representatives and they were “monitoring the situation”.

At the time, the spokesperson said the logo-painted containers did not breach any NZTA guidelines.

The agency did, however, “acknowledge it is large and in the direct line of sight as you approach the curve on the highway”, the spokesperson said.

A month later, the containers were removed from the site.

The liquidators have asked any creditors to file a claim by August 21. Inquiries should be directed to admin@khovjones.co.nz.