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Stuff – Gloriavale company director says policing payment of honey factory workers is not his responsibility
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Stuff – Gloriavale company director says policing payment of honey factory workers is not his responsibility

May 30, 2021: By Amanda Cropp – Stuff – 30/05/2021 A West Coast businessman running a honey company owned by the Gloriavale​ Christian Community says payment of honey factory workers is none of his business. But moves to enact anti-slavery legislation to prevent forced labour and worker exploitation could mean companies, especially if…
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NZ Herald – A Moment In Crime: Gloriavale – smocks, secrecy and sex offenders
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NZ Herald – A Moment In Crime: Gloriavale – smocks, secrecy and sex offenders

May 25, 2021: By Anna Leask – NZ Herald – 25/05/2021 In the late 1960s, an Australian preacher made his way to New Zealand. He had a vision to set up a Christian community where everyone shared everything and cared for everyone – where they shunned the “ungodliness” of the modern world and…
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Stuff – Gloriavale leavers ‘incensed’ by leaders’ claims about freedoms at religious community
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Stuff – Gloriavale leavers ‘incensed’ by leaders’ claims about freedoms at religious community

May 20, 2021: By Joanne Naish – Stuff – 20/05/2021 [Video can be viewed in article link] Former Gloriavale members say claims made by leaders in documents just released by the High Court do not reflect their experience of life inside the secluded West Coast community. Some former Gloriavale members have asked the…
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TVNZ 1 News – Statement of claim made public for first time as civil case taken against Gloriavale
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TVNZ 1 News – Statement of claim made public for first time as civil case taken against Gloriavale

May 19, 2021: By Ryan Boswell – 1News – 19/05/2021 A document at the heart of the secretive community of Gloriavale is now at the centre of a legal stoush. Former Gloriavale member John Ready and another plaintiff, whose named is suppressed, have filed civil proceedings at the High Court in Greymouth. The…
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RNZ / Newshub – Former Gloriavale members push for community’s leaders to be removed and replaced
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RNZ / Newshub – Former Gloriavale members push for community’s leaders to be removed and replaced

May 19, 2021: By Tim Brown – RNZ 19/05/2021 Former Gloriavale members want the church’s leadership removed and the Public Trust appointed in its place. John Ready and other unnamed plaintiffs are taking a civil suit against The Christian Church Community Trust, commonly known as Gloriavale, as well as trustees and shareholders associated…
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RNZ – Gloriavale documents give insight into community life
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RNZ – Gloriavale documents give insight into community life

May 19, 2021: By Tim Brown – RNZ (Radio New Zealand) – 19/05/2021 Recently released court documents provide a candid insight into life and religious beliefs at Gloriavale. John Ready and other unnamed plaintiffs are taking a civil suit against The Christian Church Community Trust, commonly known as Gloriavale, as well as trustees…
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Stuff – The court battle between Gloriavale leavers and leaders revealed
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Stuff – The court battle between Gloriavale leavers and leaders revealed

May 19, 2021: By Liz McDonald and Joanne Naish – Stuff – 19/05/2021 Gloriavale leaders are defending claims they have breached their duties to members of the Gloriavale community as they fight a landmark civil action taken out by former members. The plaintiffs have asked the High Court to give control of the…
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NZ Herald – Gloriavale: Leadership denies breaching its duties to members, reveals remarkable insights into community
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NZ Herald – Gloriavale: Leadership denies breaching its duties to members, reveals remarkable insights into community

May 19, 2021: By Kurt Bayer – NZ Herald – 19/05/2021 The infamous Gloriavale document where newcomers sign their lives over to the secretive religious sect has been revealed as a key part of a potentially-landmark legal action against the Christian community’s leadership. The original document, “A Declaration of Commitment to Jesus Christ…
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Stuff – YouTuber’s weekend in Gloriavale surpassed his ‘wildest imagination’
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Stuff – YouTuber’s weekend in Gloriavale surpassed his ‘wildest imagination’

May 18, 2021: By Joanne Naish – Stuff – 18/05/2021 [Video can be viewed in article] A YouTuber who spent a weekend at the isolated West Coast religious community of Gloriavale says the experience surpassed his “wildest imagination”. Caleb Jack, an online “content creator” and camera operator, said he was intrigued by the…
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Stuff – Former Gloriavale man pleads guilty to indecent assault of boys
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Stuff – Former Gloriavale man pleads guilty to indecent assault of boys

May 12, 2021: By Joanne Naish – Stuff – 12/05/2021 A 21-year-old man has pleaded guilty to doing an indecent act on three boys at the Gloriavale Christian Community. A police inquiry into allegations of child sexual abuse at the West Coast community has been under way since July. Police, supported by Oranga…
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Gloriavale site visit planned for Chief Employment Court Judge during next phase of ‘servitude’ trial between leavers and Christian community

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