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THE EVIDENCE - All Evidence Summary

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THE EVIDENCE

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DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE SUPPORTING THE CASE

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This document consolidates all evidence: company records, court cases,

timelines, addresses, and official documents proving the scheme.

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SECTION 1: COMPANY RECORDS

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JENSSEN FISHING COMPANIES - COMPLETE LIST

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SOURCE: CompanyHub NZ Directors & Shareholders Search

DATE: 29 December 2025

"JENS RYDER JENSSEN" COMPANIES (7 total):

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  • GANNET DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED
- Director: Historic from 23/4/1987

- Status: Removed

- SIGNIFICANCE: FIRST APPEARANCE of "Jens Ryder Jenssen"

- Same year Deep Sea II vessel was lost

  • R E BLACK LIMITED
- Director: Historic from 4/5/1990

- Status: Removed

- SIGNIFICANCE: 1990 - same year Barclays took over Delrane Jenssen Holdings

  • FEDERATED TRAWLERS LIMITED
- Company Number: 162968

- Director: Historic from 25/5/1990

- Status: REMOVED

- Date Registered: August 1, 1969

- Address: 1 Charles Street, Westshore, Napier (fishing port)

- Other Director: John William JENSSEN (appointed May 24, 1990)

- SIGNIFICANCE: Major fishing company, both Jenssens appointed same week

  • SEA VENTURES LIMITED
- Director: Historic 11/12/1991 to 20/6/2000

- Shareholder: Historic

- Address: Gardiner Reaney (= Oldershaw)

- SIGNIFICANCE: Created same year as court case (1991)

- Lawrence Willis is 20% shareholder

  • BRENDA KAY FISHING LIMITED
- Director: Historic from 14/9/2010

- Shareholder: Historic

- Address: Oldershaw & Co
  • ANAURA FISHING NAPIER LIMITED
- Director: Historic from 14/9/2010

- Shareholder: Historic

- Address: Oldershaw & Co

  • JENSSEN FISH SUPPLY (2010) LIMITED
- Director: Active from 9/2/2010

- Shareholder: Active (50 shares)

- Address: Oldershaw & Co

- SIGNIFICANCE: Only company still ACTIVE

"JENS RHYDER JENSSEN" COMPANY (1 total):

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  • JENSSENS FISH SUPPLY LIMITED (2006)
- Status: REMOVED from register

- SIGNIFICANCE: "RHYDER" spelling used for FAILED company

- Absorbed liabilities, then removed

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SEA VENTURES LIMITED - DETAILED SHAREHOLDING

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SOURCE: CompanyHub NZ

DATE: 1991 formation

SHAREHOLDERS:

  • "Jens Ryder Jenssen" - fabricated identity
  • Lawrence William Willis - 20% (THE LAWYER)
  • David Jens Jenssen
  • Richard Jens Jenssen

REGISTERED ADDRESS: Gardiner Reaney (= Oldershaw & Co)

SIGNIFICANCE:

  • Created same year as court case (1991)
  • Lawyer who wound up original company took equity stake
  • All administered by same accounting firm

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DEEP SEA FISHERIES LIMITED - THE ORIGINAL COMPANY

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Company Name: DEEP SEA FISHERIES LIMITED

Address: 3 Milton Road, Napier

Owner: Jens Jenssen (real person)

Business: Orange roughy fishing

Status: WOUND UP 1988

WINDING UP:

  • Petitioner: Charles Ashton Limited (shell company)
  • Local Agents: Willis Toomey Robinson
  • Wellington Lawyers: Bell Gully
  • Wellington Accountants: Price Waterhouse

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CHARLES ASHTON LIMITED - THE SHELL COMPANY

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Company Name: CRAIG MOSTYN CHARLES ASHTON NZ 1982 LIMITED

Registered: 1982

Dissolved: November 22, 1989

Location: Wellington

CONNECTION:

  • Craig Mostyn = Australian seafood company
  • Existed only 7 years (1982-1989)
  • Used to wind up Deep Sea Fisheries (1988)
  • Dissolved one year after mission accomplished

SIGNIFICANCE:

Shell company created to acquire Jenssen assets, then dissolved.

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LAWRENCE WILLIAM WILLIS - COMPANY PROFILE

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SOURCE: CompanyHub NZ

TOTAL COMPANIES: 113

KEY COMPANIES:

  • Sea Ventures Limited (shareholder)
  • Jenssens Fish Supply Limited (shareholder)
  • NZ Premium Seafoods Limited (shareholder)
  • NZ National Aquarium Limited (director)
  • Willis Toomey Robinson Solicitors Nominee (director)

SIGNIFICANCE:

Lawyer who wound up original company became shareholder in successor.

This is documented conflict of interest.

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NAPIER INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES - SHELL NETWORK

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SOURCE: CompanyHub NZ

ADDRESS: 66 West Quay, Ahuriri (Langley Twigg)

TOTAL COMPANIES: 90+

COMPANY LIST (partial):

  • Napier Independent Trustees Limited (parent)
  • NIT McKay No. 1 Limited
  • NIT McKay No. 2 Limited
  • NIT McKay No. 3 Limited
  • ... through ...
  • NIT McKay No. 40+ Limited

DIRECTORS:

  • Peter Despard Twigg (80+ directorships)
  • Kerry Twigg

SIGNIFICANCE:

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AQUILINE HOLDINGS LIMITED

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Company Number: 647774

Status: COLLAPSED 2010

Loss: $12.5 million to ANZ Bank

SHAREHOLDERS:

  • Napier Independent Trustees: 19.24% (largest)
  • David Blair Oldershaw: shareholder
  • Ashley Oldershaw: shareholder
  • Lindsay Oldershaw: shareholder
  • Jim Scott: founder
  • Judith Langley: shareholder
  • Patrick Dennehy: 1.91% (gaming fraud)
  • Rodney Green: 1.24% (gaming fraud)

DIRECTORS:

  • Ronald James "Jim" Scott
  • David Blair Oldershaw
  • Graham Cowley

SIGNIFICANCE:

Central nexus where legal, accounting, investment, and criminal elements converge.

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SECTION 2: COURT CASES

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JENSSEN v. DIRECTOR-GENERAL CA 313/91

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CASE: Jenssen v. Director-General

CITATION: CA 313/91

YEAR: 1991

COURT: Court of Appeal

RESULT: JENSSEN WON

STATUS: UNREPORTED

SIGNIFICANCE:

  • Court awarded fishing quota to "Mr. Jenssen"
  • Case is "unreported" - details hidden
  • Same year Sea Ventures Limited created
  • Quota captured by fabricated identity structure

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GERALD McKAY CONVICTION

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DEFENDANT: Gerald McKay

FIRM: McKay Hill & Co

CONVICTION: 2016

SENTENCE: 4.5 years imprisonment

CHARGES:

  • 5 counts theft
  • 5 counts using document for pecuniary advantage
  • 1 count criminal breach of trust

AMOUNT: $1.581 million charged ($556K convicted)

SIGNIFICANCE:

  • Proves lawyers in this network steal from clients
  • Same professional services environment as Jenssen case
  • McKay Hill appeared on same Gazette page as Deep Sea Fisheries

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RICHARD HILL - STRUCK OFF

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NAME: Richard Hill

FIRM: McKay Hill & Co (partner)

ACTION: Struck off the roll

YEAR: 2017

REASON: Trust account offenses

SIGNIFICANCE:

Both partners at McKay Hill faced professional discipline.

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INFINITY FOUNDATION - GAMING FRAUD

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ENTITY: Infinity Foundation

LOCATION: Hastings

CHARGES: DIA Gambling Compliance 2024

DEFENDANTS/CONNECTED:

  • Rodney Green (fraud defendant, Aquiline shareholder)
  • Patrick Dennehy (trustee, Aquiline shareholder)

SIGNIFICANCE:

Links gaming fraud to investment network - same people.

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SECTION 3: MASTER TIMELINE

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1950s-1960s: ESTABLISHMENT

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1952: Jenssen family establishes fishing operation in Napier

1967: Gerald McKay starts legal career at Dowling & Co

1967: Tony Johnston marries Brenda Orbell

1969: Federated Trawlers Limited registered

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1980s: POSITIONING AND EXTRACTION

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1982: Craig Mostyn Charles Ashton NZ 1982 Limited registered (shell company)

1983: Jenssen company enters distress (first winding up attempt)

1985: McKay Hill & Co founded (one year before QMS)

1986: QMS (Quota Management System) introduced

- Fishing quota becomes valuable tradeable asset

- Anne McAllister joins McKay Hill

1987: "Jens Ryder Jenssen" FIRST APPEARS (Gannet Distributors)

- Deep Sea II vessel lost

- Identity created BEFORE court case

1988: Deep Sea Fisheries Limited WOUND UP

- Petitioner: Charles Ashton Limited

- Local agents: Willis Toomey Robinson

- McKay Hill on same Gazette page

1989: Craig Mostyn Charles Ashton dissolved (mission accomplished)

- Roy C. Evans Limited registered

- Orange roughy harvest peaks at 54,000 tonnes

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1990s: CAPTURE AND CONSOLIDATION

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1990: Jens Ryder Jenssen joins R E Black Limited

- Jens Ryder Jenssen joins Federated Trawlers

- John William Jenssen also joins Federated Trawlers

- Both appointed same week (May 24-25, 1990)

- Barclays takes over Delrane Jenssen Holdings

1991: COURT CASE - Jenssen v. Director-General CA 313/91

- Jenssen WINS

- Court awards quota

- Sea Ventures Limited created SAME YEAR

- Lawrence Willis takes 20% equity

- Quota captured by fabricated identity

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2000s: EXPANSION AND COVER

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2004: McKay becomes President of NZ Trustees Association

- "Known as god"

- Perfect cover for ongoing extraction

2005: McKay charged theft period begins

2006: Jenssens Fish Supply Limited created ("RHYDER" spelling)

- Richard Hill leaves McKay Hill partnership

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2010s: COLLAPSE AND CONVICTION

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2010: Aquiline Holdings COLLAPSES ($12.5M loss to ANZ)

- McKay fraud discovered

- Law Society audit triggered

- McKay's practising certificate suspended

- Jenssen Fish Supply (2010) Limited created ("RYDER" spelling)

- Roy Evans suffers stroke

2014: McKay struck off the roll

2016: McKay CONVICTED (April)

- 4.5 years imprisonment

- Papa Winikerei application filed (Section 45)

2017: Richard Hill struck off

- Brenda Johnston dies

2018: McKay granted parole

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2020s: ONGOING

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2023: Tony Johnston dies (October)

- Richard Orbell dies (September)

2024: Roy Evans dies (February)

- DIA Gambling Compliance charges (Infinity Foundation)

- Papa Winikerei application still outstanding (8 years)

- Dr. Sohnge appointed PAMT trustee

2025: This investigation

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SECTION 4: ADDRESS EVIDENCE

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KEY ADDRESSES

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36 BRIDGE STREET, AHURIRI, NAPIER

  • Oldershaw & Co (accountants)
  • PAMT registered address
  • Jenssen Fish Supply (2010) registered address
  • Multiple network entities

66 WEST QUAY, AHURIRI, NAPIER

  • Langley Twigg (lawyers)
  • Napier Independent Trustees registered address
  • NIT McKay series registered address

BYRON & BROWNING STREET, NAPIER

  • Gardiner Reaney (= Oldershaw)
  • Sea Ventures (1991) registered address
  • Anaura Fishing registered address

1 CHARLES STREET, WESTSHORE, NAPIER

  • Federated Trawlers Limited
  • Fishing port area

3 MILTON ROAD, NAPIER

  • Deep Sea Fisheries Limited (original Jenssen company)

GEORGE STREET, NAPIER

  • 8 George Street: Jim Scott (Aquiline founder)
  • 12 George Street: Judith Langley (Langley Twigg)
  • Geographic clustering of network members

STATION STREET, NAPIER (NZ GUARDIAN TRUST BUILDING)

  • McKay Hill & Co

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ADDRESS ANALYSIS

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THE OLDERSHAW/GARDINER REANEY TRICK:

  • 36 Bridge Street = Oldershaw & Co
  • Byron & Browning Street = Gardiner Reaney
  • SAME FIRM, different addresses, different names
  • Creates illusion of independence

THE GEORGE STREET NEXUS:

  • Multiple Aquiline founders lived on same street
  • Social network underlying professional network
  • Neighbors became business partners

THE WESTSHORE CONNECTION:

  • Federated Trawlers at fishing port
  • Legitimate fishing operation captured
  • Jenssen cousins installed as directors

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SECTION 5: OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS

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NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE NOTICES

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DEEP SEA FISHERIES LIMITED - WINDING UP:

  • Gazette notice 1988
  • Same page as McKay Hill notice
  • Petitioner: Charles Ashton Limited

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CHARITIES REGISTER

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PRINCESS ALEXANDRA MEDICAL TRUST (PAMT):

  • Charity Number: CC24243
  • Address: 36 Bridge Street (Oldershaw)
  • 2022 Annual Return shows $717,126 "Other Expenses"

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COMPANIES OFFICE RECORDS

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All company information sourced from:

  • CompanyHub NZ
  • New Zealand Companies Office
  • NZBN Register

Records confirm:

  • Lawrence Willis in 113 companies
  • Peter Twigg in 80+ companies
  • NIT network of 90+ companies
  • "Jens Ryder Jenssen" in 7 companies
  • "Jens Rhyder Jenssen" in 1 company (failed)

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MÄ€ORI LAND COURT RECORDS

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PAPA WINIKEREI APPLICATION:

  • Case: CJ 2016/26
  • Application Number: AP-20230000019638 / A20160004266
  • Section: 45/93
  • Applicant: Louisana Pukuhuia Leaf-Hetaraka
  • Trust: Whangape Queenie Whanau Trust
  • Target: Succession orders at 30 Mercer MB 141 (31/1/1947)
  • Status: Outstanding 8+ years

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COURT OF APPEAL RECORDS

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JENSSEN v. DIRECTOR-GENERAL:

  • Citation: CA 313/91
  • Status: UNREPORTED
  • Result: Jenssen won
  • Note: Full details not publicly available

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SECTION 6: WITNESS TESTIMONY

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MATTHEW PAUL JENSSEN (INVESTIGATOR)

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RELATIONSHIP TO CASE:

  • Member of Jenssen family
  • Investigating theft of family fishing company and quota

KEY TESTIMONY:

  • Real Jens Jenssen lives in Bayview (Napier area)
  • Real Jens is retired with nothing
  • David Jenssen (Jens's son) works as crew for Sanfords
  • Matthew attended David's wedding at real Jens's house
  • Family "got fuck all" from the court victory
  • Cousins on "other side" of family

SIGNIFICANCE:

  • Confirms real Jens Jenssen exists and has nothing
  • Confirms "Jens Ryder Jenssen" in company records is not the real person
  • Confirms family did not benefit from court victory
  • Confirms David works as employee, not owner

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SECTION 7: EVIDENCE SUMMARY

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WHAT THE EVIDENCE PROVES

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  • IDENTITY FABRICATION:
- "Jens Ryder Jenssen" first appears 1987

- Real Jens Jenssen lives in Bayview with nothing

- Fabricated identity holds equity in 7 companies

- All companies controlled by Oldershaw

  • LAWYER CONFLICT OF INTEREST:
- Lawrence Willis in 113 companies

- Willis Toomey Robinson wound up Deep Sea Fisheries

- Lawrence Willis became 20% shareholder in Sea Ventures

- Same lawyer destroyed one company, profited from replacement

  • SAME FIRM, TWO NAMES:
- Oldershaw & Co = Gardiner Reaney

- Different addresses, same firm

- Creates illusion of independence

  • DELIBERATE SPELLING VARIATION:
- "RYDER" = successful companies (7)

- "RHYDER" = failed company (1)

- Assets separated from liabilities deliberately

  • TIMING PROVES PREMEDITATION:
- 1987: Identity created

- 1988: Original company destroyed

- 1991: Court case won

- 1991: Capture vehicle created

- Identity created BEFORE court case

  • NETWORK CONNECTIONS:
- Same professionals across multiple targets

- Gaming fraud defendants are Aquiline shareholders

- NIT controls 90+ shell companies

- All roads lead to same network

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END OF THE EVIDENCE

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