: By Ryan Boswell | 1News | The Ministry of Education is meeting with staff at Gloriavale Christian School on Friday, in an attempt to get children back in the classroom. The private school has been temporarily closed after the principal and several teachers stood aside while a police investigation is…
: The Gloriavale Ex-Members Girls’ Employment case against Gloriavale (and the Govt inaction), has taken another surprising twist. This past month, Gloriavale defendants requested that Chief Judge Christina Inglis NOT be the judge for the upcoming case, because she was the judge for the Boys’ Employment case earlier this year. They…
: By Steven Walton | Stuff | Gloriavale Christian School has temporarily closed amid a staffing shortage, reportedly caused by allegations of abuse. Nancy Bell, leader of Te Tai Runga (South) at the Ministry of Education confirmed the school’s closure and said it was addressing a staffing shortage. The ministry was…
: By Ric Stevens – Open Justice – NZ Herald 04/08/2022 The Chief Judge of the Employment Court has rejected a bid by Gloriavale’s leaders to have her stand aside from another case involving the employment status of members of the exclusive Christian community. Six former Gloriavale members have brought a…
: By Ryan Boswell | 1News | Gloriavale Christian School has been temporarily closed pending an investigation into allegations of abuse. The West Coast commune has been at the centre of accusations of sexual and physical abuse for decades, with police and Oranga Tamariki carrying out multiple investigations and laying several…
: By Emma Clifton – Capsule – 03/08/2022 A new documentary, Gloriavale, follows a family from the secretive religious community: siblings John and Virginia, who have both left Gloriavale, and their mother Sharon, who remains. It covers the serious allegations against the Gloriavale leaders, which include sexual abuse, neglect and slavery.…
: Employment Court of New Zealand 03/08/2022 [2022] NZEmpC 138 EMPC 85/2022 INTERLOCUTORY JUDGMENT (NO 5) OF CHIEF JUDGE CHRISTINA INGLIS (Application for recusal) [1] The second defendants (who I will refer to as the Gloriavale defendants) seek orders that I recuse myself from these proceedings. The application is…
: Newshub – The Project – 01/08/2022 Gloriavale is a community shrouded in controversy and mystery. Now a new documentary aims to peel back the curtain. Director Fergus Grady joins us at the desk to talk more. View here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_2S0vzneTg…
: Newshub | The Project NZ | Video Link: Inside Gloriavale | The Project NZ Gloriavale is a community shrouded in controversy and mystery. Now a new documentary aims to peel back the curtain. Director Fergus Grady joins us at the desk to talk more…