PremiumJames PocockEditor - Gisborne Herald·Gisborne Herald·4 Jul, 2026 05:00 PM2 mins to read‌Robert Stubbs shut down his company Stubbs Contractors Ltd in 2023, after 23 years in business. He is pictured here in 2017. At its peak, Stubbs Contractors employed 70 people. Photo / Gisborne Herald The liquidation of a Gisborne forestry contractor has ended with $341,898 recovered from more than $4.5 million reportedly owed to creditors.

Stubbs Contractors Ltd went into liquidation following a special resolution of shareholders in 2023, a period during which several local businesses in the forestry industry collapsed amid difficult economic