Anthony Corin

The story the media won't tell you.

I built businesses in New Zealand for over 30 years. When the property market crashed 35%, I made two workers redundant — legitimately, after 12 months of warnings during status meetings they attended every day. They took me to the Employment Relations Authority, told lies, and won. The media ran with it. No one asked to see the 20,000 pages of meeting minutes. No one mentioned the $5,000 in stolen tools. No one reported that liquidators investigated three of my companies for 10 months and found no wrongdoing. This site exists because the media refused to tell my side. Here it is.

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What They Published

The Headlines They Ran

Three articles. One source for two of them. Zero attempt to verify my side.

BusinessDesk
3 March 2025 · Maria Slade

"Property owners homeless after joint ventures gone wrong"

  • Blamed me for failed JVs — didn't mention the landowners never invested a dollar with me. They developed on their own land, retained ownership, and were the developers.
  • Didn't report I put $700,000 of my own money into Triangle Rd trying to save it
  • Didn't report I offered to personally underwrite all JV partners' land from my future profits
  • No mention that 5 of 6 JV partners called to thank me for that offer
BusinessDesk
7 March 2025 · Maria Slade

"Controversial developer says he will offer a new style of high-returning investment"

  • Painted the Beachcroft dispute as my fault — left out that I discovered a leaky building and demanded it be fixed
  • Quoted Roger Coulson extensively — failed to mention his business partner Simon Turnbull was convicted of $33M mortgage fraud (paroled after one year)
  • Omitted that Beachcroft trespassed all my staff and refused to pay $1.1M in invoices
  • Didn't report I won the adjudication and obtained a judgment against Beachcroft
NZ Herald
7 March 2026 · Brianna McIlraith

"High Court liquidation threat looms as ex-staff chase unpaid six-figure awards"

  • Repeated the "unjustified dismissal" framing — didn't mention 12 months of daily status meetings where staff were told redundancy was coming
  • Didn't report that ERA refused to admit 20,000 pages of meeting minutes as evidence
  • No mention that one employee allegedly stole $5,000 worth of tools — the ERA didn't consider it
  • Implied I could pay — didn't report my net financial position of –$570,306
What Actually Happened

The Timeline

Not the version that fits a headline. The documented sequence of events.

February 2018
Longevity Construction Founded
I incorporated Longevity Construction Ltd as sole director. Over the next 6 years, we completed 200+ projects across Auckland — renovations, new builds, a 6-level building on Dunn Rd, Panmure.
2022 – 2023
Joint Ventures Formed
I was approached by property owners who wanted to become developers themselves — to profit from building on their own land rather than just selling it. They didn't invest money with me. They didn't hand over funds. They contributed their properties as equity, retained ownership of their land, and were effectively the developers. I was a joint venture partner contributing expertise, management, and funding connections — with a transparent validation system giving every party and their lawyers real-time visibility into every dollar spent. No corruption. No hidden margins. Just a shared project on their own property, where everyone could see exactly where the money went.
Throughout 2023
NZ Property Market Crashes 30–35%
The market downturn hit construction hard. I held daily status meetings with all staff — every employee, including van Heerden and Williams, was informed of the deteriorating financial position and the growing risk of redundancies. This continued for 12 months. They knew.
March 2024
Redundancies Made
With the renovation side of the business closed due to market conditions, Diederik van Heerden and Robert Williams were made redundant. This was not sudden — it followed a year of daily briefings where all staff were told this was coming. The company could no longer sustain the positions.
August 2024
Beachcroft Repudiates Contracts
At the Beachcroft Apartments site in Onehunga, I discovered water tightness testing failures — a potential leaky building. I told developer Roger Coulson it needed fixing. His response: "We aren't going to be here in 2 years so what does it matter." He then trespassed all Shorcom and Longevity staff from the site and refused to pay $1.1M in outstanding invoices. This single event destroyed Longevity's cash flow.
Late 2024
Adjudication Won — But Too Late
We pursued urgent adjudication against Beachcroft for $900K+. The adjudicator awarded approximately $550K plus costs — but the adjudication itself cost $155K in fees and $290,000 in legal costs. The net recovery was consumed. Beachcroft then applied for judicial review to avoid payment, forcing Longevity to incur even more legal costs it couldn't afford.
April 2025
ERA Rules Against Longevity
The Employment Relations Authority awarded van Heerden $206K and Williams $68K. The ERA refused to admit the 20,000 pages of meeting minutes as evidence — saying there was "too much evidence." They accepted the employees' claim that they "never knew" about looming redundancies, despite daily briefings for a year. The $5,000 tool theft allegation was not considered.
June 2025
Creditors Compromise Proposed
To avoid liquidation, I proposed a creditors compromise — all creditors to be paid 100c in the dollar from the Warren Ave development proceeds. All creditors approved except van Heerden and Williams. The compromise would have paid everyone in full.
December 2025
Employment Court Conditional Stay
Longevity challenged the ERA determinations in the Employment Court. The Court declined to strike out the challenge but imposed a conditional stay: pay the awarded sums into court within 28 days. By this point, Warren Apartments and Beachcroft receiverships had destroyed any remaining ability to fund the challenge. The challenge was discontinued due to lack of funds, not lack of merit.
March – June 2026
Media Coverage & Liquidator Findings
NZ Herald and BusinessDesk published articles repeating the employees' narrative without investigating the evidence. Meanwhile, liquidators completed a 10-month investigation across 3 entities and found no wrongdoing. I disclosed my full financial position: net worth –$570,306. No real estate. No cryptocurrency. $2.3M of my own funds lost in joint ventures.
The Evidence

What the ERA & Media Ignored

Each claim examined against the documentary record.

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Redundancy Was a Surprise

"They never knew anything about it."

✓ 12 months of daily status meetings. Every employee, including van Heerden and Williams, was present. Minutes documented the deteriorating financial position and redundancy risk. 20,000 pages of meeting minutes exist. The ERA refused to admit them because there was "too much evidence."

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Tool Theft Allegation

Never raised or dismissed.

✓ $5,000 worth of tools were allegedly stolen by one of the employees who later brought the ERA claim. This was raised but not taken into account by the Authority.

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Liquidators Found Nothing

"Developer at centre of failed projects."

✓ Independent liquidators investigated 3 entities over 10 months. Finding: no wrongdoing. The failures were caused by market conditions, caveats blocking funding, and Beachcroft's repudiation — not misconduct.

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I Took Their Money

"Corin took a management fee."

✓ They never gave me a dollar. Not one. Each landowner developed on their own property — they retained ownership, they were the developer. I contributed management, systems, and funding connections. Management fees were as per the signed joint venture agreements — standard industry practice, fully disclosed on a platform every partner and their lawyer could access in real time. Meanwhile, I lost $2.3M of my own money across these projects. My net position today is negative. I own no real estate. No cryptocurrency. Every dollar my companies earned was reinvested into the projects. The media narrative — that people "invested with me" and I lost their money — is simply false.

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The Caveats Blocked Funding

"The projects failed because of Corin."

✓ These were the landowners' own properties — they were the developers, not passive investors. They contributed land, I contributed everything else. But in both Yates Rd and Triangle Rd, the landowners placed caveats on their own titles — in breach of the joint venture agreements. Funders require the right to sell as security. A caveat makes funding impossible. I have months of emails pleading with the JV partners to remove the caveats. They were advised by their lawyers to place them. That decision — not my management — killed the funding. They didn't lose money they gave me. They blocked the funding on their own development, on their own land.

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I Refused to Cover Up a Leaky Building

"Corin demanded insurance as a tactic."

✓ I discovered water tightness failures at Beachcroft Apartments. I told the developer it needed rectification. His response: "We aren't going to be here in 2 years so what does it matter." I demanded he get a 10-year building warranty to protect future purchasers. For this, I was trespassed from the site and my companies' invoices went unpaid. The purchasers at Beachcroft now have no warranty. I'm the one who tried to protect them.

What Really Killed the Company

The Beachcroft Story

Not the redundancies. Not the ERA. This is what destroyed Longevity Construction.

In June 2023, my company Shorcom was brought in as construction manager for the Beachcroft Apartments development at 96–100 Beachcroft Avenue, Onehunga — an 85-unit complex. Longevity Construction held 5 major contracts on site: painting, insulation, Korok intertenancy walls, carpentry, and structural works.

For over a year, the project ran smoothly. Invoices were paid promptly. We managed 15+ subcontractors. The development went from a troubled, half-finished site to near completion. The scope grew from $31.5M to $42M — all documented through 135 architectural directions.

"We aren't going to be here in 2 years so what does it matter."

— Roger Coulson, Director of Beachcroft Apartments, when told the building had water tightness failures

In August 2024, I discovered the building was failing water tightness tests — a potential leaky building. I told Roger Coulson. His response is above. When I insisted on rectification and proper insurance to protect future purchasers, Coulson trespassed every Shorcom and Longevity staff member from the site and refused to pay two months of outstanding invoices — totalling approximately $1.1 million.

We pursued urgent adjudication under the Construction Contracts Act. The adjudicator awarded approximately $550,000 — but the process itself cost $155,000 in fees and $290,000 in legal costs. Beachcroft then applied for judicial review to delay payment further. Longevity — already struggling from the market downturn — could not survive a client of this size refusing to pay.

Roger Coulson's business partner on this development is Simon Turnbull. Turnbull was convicted of a $33 million mortgage fraud — one of the largest in New Zealand history. He pleaded guilty and was paroled after serving one year. Maria Slade at BusinessDesk, who wrote two articles attacking me, quoted Coulson extensively without mentioning his convicted fraudster business partner. She gave Coulson a platform while painting me — the person who discovered a leaky building and tried to get it fixed — as the villain.

$1.1M
Invoices Beachcroft refused to pay
$550K
Adjudication award (net consumed by fees)
85
Units now with no 10-year warranty
$33M
Coulson's partner's fraud conviction
Who I Am

My Track Record

30 years of building businesses in New Zealand. The media reduced this to "controversial developer."

1981 – 1986

Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical & Materials)

Auckland University. Qualified engineer with a technical foundation that shaped my approach to business and construction.

1992 – 2006

Procom Limited — CEO

Bought and turned around several distressed businesses. The model: purchase a failing operation, analyse and improve processes, trade to validate, then sell for a profit. Built a career on fixing what others couldn't.

2014 – 2018

Onestop Projects Limited — CEO

Managed $80M in developments. Built a 3-level apartment block in Panmure. Renovations and construction work across Auckland.

2018 – 2024

Longevity Construction Limited — CEO

Built a construction company from scratch. Completed 200+ projects across Auckland — from small renovations to a 6-level building. Joint venture developments. Employed dozens of people. All projects delivered to standard.

2019 – Present

Shorcom Limited — CEO

Construction project management. Developed a transparent validation system giving stakeholders real-time visibility into every dollar spent. Managed complex multi-contractor sites. The system worked — until a developer refused to pay.

2024

Guest Lecturer — Otago University MBA

Invited to lecture final-year MBA students on construction project management systems and transparent validation methodology.

Today

$2.3M Lost — Fighting for What's Right

I put my own money into every project I believed in. When the market crashed, I lost it. When I discovered a leaky building, I reported it — and was destroyed for it. I stand by every decision I made. The liquidators agree.

What It Cost

What It Cost Me

$2.3 million of my own money. Gone. I fought until there was nothing left to fight with.

I invested over $2.3 million of my own money into these projects — trying to make them work, trying to protect people's investments, trying to do the right thing. When the property market crashed, when Beachcroft refused to pay, when the ERA handed down awards I couldn't challenge because the funds were gone — I had nothing left.

My financial position today is not good. I ran out of money fighting these battles. I do not own real estate. I do not hold cryptocurrency. Every dollar I had went into trying to resolve these situations. When I proposed a creditors compromise that would have paid everyone 100 cents in the dollar, I meant it — but by then, the funds simply weren't there.

I'm not hiding from this. I'm just out of runway.

The Media Won't Print This

I tried to do the right thing at every turn. I warned my staff for a year that redundancies were coming. I discovered a leaky building and refused to cover it up. I put $2.3 million of my own money into joint ventures trying to make them work. When they failed — because landowners breached their agreements and placed caveats that blocked funding — I lost everything.

The media reduced this to "controversial developer." They printed the employees' narrative without checking the evidence. They quoted a man whose business partner is a convicted $50M fraudster, and painted me as the villain for refusing to let a leaky building go to market without a warranty.

Liquidators investigated my companies for 10 months. They found no wrongdoing. My financial position is public. I have nothing left to hide and nothing left to lose by telling the truth.

This site will remain here as the permanent record the media refused to create.

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