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Gloriavale spends just over $20 a week per person on food – expert witness
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Gloriavale spends just over $20 a week per person on food – expert witness

September 30, 2022: By Kaysha Brownlie | Newshub | [Video link available ] An expert witness has calculated that Gloriavale spends just over $20 a week on food for each person. The community’s finances were unravelled at an Employment Court hearing in Christchurch on Friday. Millions of dollars of its income each year…
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RNZ: Gloriavale received nearly $5 million in government money in 2021, the court heard
Articles, Legal: Girls' Employment Case

RNZ: Gloriavale received nearly $5 million in government money in 2021, the court heard

September 30, 2022: By Jean Edwards | RNZ | Gloriavale Christian community received almost $5 million in government money in the 2021 financial year, while its church trust held more than $4m in cash, a court has heard. Financial statements show senior Gloriavale men Faithful Pilgrim, Stephen Standfast and Peter Righteous control the…
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Gloriavale leader’s granddaughter denies claims of unwanted attention
Articles, Legal: Girls' Employment Case

Gloriavale leader’s granddaughter denies claims of unwanted attention

September 29, 2022: Ryan Boswell | 1 News | Gloriavale’s leader Howard Temple is being defended by his own granddaughter over claims he gave girls unwanted attention. Joanna Courage is giving evidence at the Employment Court, which is considering whether six women were employees or volunteers at the West Coast commune. The court…
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Gloriavale farm lawyer apologises for ‘inadvertently misleading’ Judge at Westland Dairy injunction hearing
Articles, Legal: High Court

Gloriavale farm lawyer apologises for ‘inadvertently misleading’ Judge at Westland Dairy injunction hearing

September 28, 2022: By Jake Kenny | Stuff | A Gloriavale lawyer has apologised for telling a High Court no children worked on farms at the Christian community since 2017, after further evidence came to light. The community sought a High Court injunction forcing Westland Dairy Company to continue collecting milk from its…
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Gloriavale women ‘not downtrodden and subjugated’, member says
Articles, Legal: Girls' Employment Case

Gloriavale women ‘not downtrodden and subjugated’, member says

September 27, 2022: by Jean Edwards | RNZ | Gloriavale’s leaders did not know about sexual abuse at the Christian community, which has become an “entertainment show” for the country’s media, a member says. Mother-of-13 Purity Valor has told an Employment Court hearing Gloriavale was constantly being slandered, leaving members a target for…
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RNZ: Gloriavale court case: School principal says leaders didn’t control their lives
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RNZ: Gloriavale court case: School principal says leaders didn’t control their lives

September 23, 2022: By Niva Chittock | RNZ | The Gloriavale school principal says the Christian community and her way of life are being attacked by those who have chosen to leave. Gloriavale’s leaders began their defence today in Employment Court in Christchurch, where six former members are seeking the ruling they were…
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1 News: Gloriavale women deny claims they are brainwashed and ignorant
Articles, Legal: Girls' Employment Case

1 News: Gloriavale women deny claims they are brainwashed and ignorant

September 23, 2022: By Ryan Boswell | 1 News | Gloriavale woman are suffering “immense trauma and hurt” over claims they are brainwashed and ignorant, according to the commune’s school principal. Rachel Steadfast is giving evidence at the Employment Court, which is deciding whether six women who worked at Gloriavale were employees or…
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Newshub: Gloriavale member rejects claims women are forced to work, says life in community is like Māori culture
Daily Vale

Newshub: Gloriavale member rejects claims women are forced to work, says life in community is like Māori culture

September 23, 2022: By Juliet Speedy [Video link available] A senior female member of Gloriavale said life in the sect is much like Māori culture so she can’t understand why her community is constantly attacked when life on a marae is accepted. It was Gloriavale’s turn to fight back in court on Friday…
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Former Gloriavale resident details expulsion from commune
Articles, Legal: Girls' Employment Case

Former Gloriavale resident details expulsion from commune

September 22, 2022: By Ryan Boswell | 1 News | A former Gloriavale resident has detailed his expulsion from the West Coast commune, after he challenged the leadership and their reading of the Bible. John Ready was born into the community in 1978, but said he was forced out by the overseeing shepherd…
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RNZ: Gloriavale leaver given one week off work for the birth of her child
Articles, Legal: Girls' Employment Case

RNZ: Gloriavale leaver given one week off work for the birth of her child

September 21, 2022: By Niva Chittock | RNZ | A former Gloriavale member says she returned to work a week after her baby was born. Crystal Loyal is one of six former Gloriavale women seeking a ruling they were employees, not volunteers, during their time in the Christian community. Gloriavale’s leaders maintain the…
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