A Wairarapa veterinary practice has won the right to stay in business after avoiding liquidation this week.
An application to put Masterton's Vet Care Ltd into liquidation was heard by Associate Judge D I Gendall at the High Court in Wellington on Monday.
A High Court spokeswoman said a paymentplan had been arranged with Inland Revenue at the hearing, with the matter adjourned until December 12 for a progress report.
She said at that stage, depending on progress, it was likely the liquidation application would be withdrawn.
Vet Care, which has surgeries in Masterton and Greytown, is owned by Heidi Ward-McGrath and her husband, Mark McGrath, of Masterton.
On Tuesday, Mrs Ward-McGrath told the Times-Age the ruling meant it was "business as usual" for the company.
Mrs Ward-McGrath was the Ernst & Young New Zealand Young Entrepreneur in 2003 and, since then, has been a motivational speaker at several business conferences.
Originally an application to put Vet Care Ltd into liquidation was filed at the High Court in Masterton by the Commissioner of Inland Revenue on August 31.
