Workers at a closed Whangārei restaurant and late-night venue are likely to lose thousands of dollars in unpaid wages each following its liquidation, according to the liquidator. The company running The Butter Factory, Punjab to NZ Group, was put into liquidation on August 3 after closing on July 14, NZ Herald business reports.

The company owed more than $440,000 to Inland Revenue, according to the liquidator's first report. Directors Harpreet Kaur and Ishjot Singh attributed the business's collapse to a drop in sales after authorities curtailed trading hours from 3 a.m. to 1 a.m. – With NZ Herald business