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Moss opened the first Original California Burrito Company store in Auckland in 2011. The business grew rapidly into a 10-store chain in New Zealand and expanded to Australia and the Netherlands.

But the Aussie stores and all apart from one in this country closed down after bank funding for the business dried up and rents went unpaid. The Manukau Original California Burrito outlet, which was run by a franchisee, is still operating, as is the Netherlands store, Moss said.

Last year Moss blamed the collapse on a legal battle he was having with his former wife, Lisa Krukziener, who was also a shareholder and director of a raft of companies that operated the burrito chain. He claimed the legal issues had caused his bank to withdraw funding.