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CRITICAL DISCOVERY: THREE JENSSEN COMPANIES IN NEW ZEALAND

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Date: 29 December 2025

Source: CompanyHub NZ Companies Search

THREE JENSSEN COMPANIES FOUND:

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  • DELRANE JENSSEN HOLDINGS LIMITED
- Registered: March 18, 1958

- Company No: 181245

- NZBN: 9429040136523

- Status: ACTIVE (still registered after 66 years!)

CRITICAL: This is the OLDEST company - registered in 1958

This predates QMS (1986) by 28 years

This could be the ORIGINAL Jenssen family holding company

  • JENSSENS FISH SUPPLY LIMITED
- Registered: February 23, 2006

- Company No: 1772065

- NZBN: 9429034288276

- Status: REMOVED

This is the company we found earlier at 188 Quay Street, Auckland

Directors: David Jens JENSSEN

Shareholders: David Jens JENSSEN, Jens Rhyder JENSSEN, Richard Jens JENSSEN

Went into insolvency 2014-2015

  • JENSSEN FISH SUPPLY (2010) LIMITED
- Registered: February 9, 2010

- Company No: 2401868

- NZBN: 9429031669368

- Status: ACTIVE (appears to still be registered)

This was registered AFTER the first Jenssens Fish Supply

Possibly a restructure after the original company had issues?

ANALYSIS:

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THE 1958 COMPANY IS KEY:

  • "DELRANE JENSSEN HOLDINGS LIMITED" was registered in 1958
  • This is the SAME YEAR the Jenco vessels were built in Norway
  • This is likely the ORIGINAL family holding company
  • "DELRANE" could be a family name or combination of names

TIMELINE:

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1958 - Delrane Jenssen Holdings registered (same year as Jenco vessels built)

1958 - Jenco fleet arrives from Norway

1967 - McKay starts at Dowling & Co

1982 - Charles Ashton registered

1983 - Deep Sea Fisheries first winding up

1986 - QMS introduced

1987 - Deep Sea II lost

1988 - Deep Sea Fisheries wound up

1991 - Jenssen v Director-General court case

2006 - Jenssens Fish Supply Limited registered

2010 - Jenssen Fish Supply (2010) Limited registered

2014-2015 - Jenssens Fish Supply insolvency

QUESTIONS:

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  • Who are the directors/shareholders of Delrane Jenssen Holdings?
  • Is Delrane Jenssen Holdings connected to the 1991 court case winner?
  • Did assets flow from the original family to Delrane?
  • What is the relationship between the three companies?
  • Why is the 1958 company still active but the 2006 company was removed?

NEXT STEPS:

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  • Get full details on Delrane Jenssen Holdings Limited
  • Find the directors and shareholders
  • Trace the ownership chain
  • Determine if this is the entity that received the quota