: By Joanne Naish – Stuff – 21/02/2022 A former Gloriavale member has told a court he was beaten with a shovel and starved for not working fast enough when he was a child in the community. Hosea Courage is one of a group of former Gloriavale members fighting against the…
: By Michael Morrah – Newshub – 21/02/2022 A former member of Gloriavale on the West Coast says he was hit with a shovel handle and denied food for not working fast enough as a six-year-old. The testimony was revealed as part of an employment court case examining whether those at…
: By Ryan Boswell – 1 News – 21/02/2022 The Employment Court is considering whether those living at the West Coast commune of Gloriavale are workers or volunteers. Three former residents are challenging a Labour Inspectorate ruling that found they are volunteers and were, therefore, not entitled to pay or employment…
: By Anna Leask – NZ Herald – 21/02/2022 A group of ex-Gloriavale members have taken the secretive Christian community to court in a bid to determine their employment status while they lived there and ascertain whether they were wrongly exploited as workers. Leavers Hosea Courage, Daniel Pilgrim and Levi Courage…
: By Rachael Comer – Stuff – 19/02/2022 A couple who featured prominently in television documentaries depicting life in Gloriavale have left the secretive religious community. Now members of the public are rallying to support Paul and Pearl Valor as they adjust to life on the outside, settling in South Canterbury,…
: Opinion Piece by Liz Gregory Gloriavale and the Govt and some ex-members of Gloriavale will be heading to the Employment Court later this month, to establish whether 3 young men were employees or volunteers. Lots of leavers have been ringing in discussing the case and the concepts that will likely…
: By Tom Hunt – Stuff – 15/02/2022 The Government is being called on to join most other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries in making driver licence testing an essential service. The call is being led by The Driving Change Network, which aims to make driving education and…
: RNZ Checkpoint – By Nick Truebridge – 15/02/2022 Recent Gloriavale escapees are among the many New Zealanders banned from practical driving tests because they haven’t been vaccinated. It comes as the government continues to face pressure on classing practical driving tests an essential service. It’s so far refused to budge…
: NZ Stuff on TikTok – How Gloriavale started: Part 1 ( Lets Talk About Sects Sarah Steel 13/04/2021) Listen / Watch here: https://www.tiktok.com/foryou?_d=secCgwIARCbDRjEFSADKAESPgo8liTnvXFDlKZaebni%2FPjqp1SyXT%2BOc3tscADDQmeovW4A0WCUXXc74LZzfNTy5k%2BSkegO%2BC5SQgdpFNdcGgA%3D&_r=1&is_from_webapp=v1&item_id=7060396586865560833&language=en&preview_pb=0&sec_user_id=MS4wLjABAAAAvZAQu-6_4Ufzaub41bQ9WlEBMUonhsOOSy6JvbhEucM4byR2AbmOMxReHalfc3Ru&share_app_id=1233&share_item_id=7060396586865560833&share_link_id=897173dc-8137-41fb-a45b-2d806f0291a5&source=h5_m×tamp=1644006243&u_code=deeh9d8909343l&user_id=6873338291514033157&utm_campaign=client_share&utm_medium=android&utm_source=messenger#/@nzstuff/video/7060396586865560833 Or search for Podcast – Sarah Steel – Lets Talk About Sects – Gloriavale Part 1 and 2 …
: By RNZ (Radio New Zealand) – 08/02/2022 One of New Zealand’s most remote and isolated communities has now reached 90 percent of its population over 12 getting at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. Lake Brunner, on the West Coast, is home to Gloriavale Christian Community and was once…
