Allan Crafar doesn't think May Wang's bankruptcy this week will stop receivers trying to evict him from his home.

He is living on his family farm under virtual house arrest after receivers Korda Mentha attempt to evict him and his wife.

Allan Crafar believes he has a better chance of retaining his farm in a duel than he does of winning the argument for it in a court battle.

Allan, who has been denied legal aid and is representing himself, tried to get the receiver's case struck out this week, but it will now go to a hearing.

'We tried to get it struck out, but the judge didn't see it that way, so it has to go on to another hearing,” says Allan.

'The last date we have got is a telephone conference in April 23 next year.

'They don't want to admit defeat, that's their problem. They don't like being defeated those Auckland boys.

'All their money comes out of producers to pay for their flash houses and their flash offices.

'I don't know why we muck around with them. They're parasites really.”

May Wang was bankrupted by the Westpac Bank. She told the court during her hearing that the deal between Hong Kong listed company Natural Dairy and New Zealand based UBNZ to buy the former Crafar dairy farming empire would fail if she was bankrupted.

Allan doesn't know where that leaves him.

'I spoke to her the other day because I wanted her to confirm that she didn't require us out of the houses under her agreement,” says Allan.

'So I don't know why they (receivers Korda Mentha) are wanting to evict us unless they think that deal is not happening.

'Every financier's being told, ‘you are wasting your time trying to help the Crafars because we have already sold the farms effectively to the Chinese – except for the fact it's got to go through OIC.

'But under the Chinese agreement, we are not required to leave the houses.

'So they have got two different stories. One they are saying they want to evict us because they need vacant possession to sell the farms, and then when anyone talks to them about refinancing us, they say: ‘Oh no, you are wasting your time because we have sold them,' – and under that sale agreement we are not required to give vacant possession. They are just being a bit vindictive I think.”

He tried to tell the judge in the eviction hearing in Rotorua this week, but he says the judge didn't want to know.

'He never wanted to hear anything I wanted to say,” says Allan.

'I suppose most times all this is decided in somebody's chambers before it goes public or gets to his courtroom. It's an old boys club. It's not our natural environment.

'I would rather have a bloody duel or something – 10 paces turn and fire.

'If it's going to be a last man standing fight we are going to win it, but the legal system works in strange ways.

'We will keep hanging in there. We are not going to walk away from the farm. They might as well shoot us if they chuck us out of here. This is what we have done all out lives.

'It took a long time to get this far, it's legalised theft, that's what I call it. Receivers are legalised thieves, and we are a pain in the arse to them.”

Under the Insolvency Act, the Official Assignee takes control of all assets and property owned by a person from the date of bankruptcy. UBNZ bought four Crafar farms earlier this year for about $47.5 million and some of those farms have started producing income.

UBNZ is planning to buy the remaining 16 farms on behalf of Natural Dairy, which will then buy the farms from the group.
The Serious Fraud Office is investigating the agreements between the two companies. No charges have been filed.