55,000 businesses have closed over the year.
Statistics New Zealand says this is the first time since 2001 that business closures have exceeded business start-ups.
There were 44,000 new businesses, down 20 per cent on the previous year.
The largest number of business to close their doors were in the
Over 50,000 NZ businesses shut in 2010
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