Stuff – Gloriavale seeks injunction forcing Westland Dairy to continue collecting its milk

By Amanda Cropp – Stuff – 15/06/2022

The Gloriavale Christian community has sought a High Court injunction forcing Westland Dairy Company to continue collecting milk from its three farms.

The legal action comes less than a week after Westland Dairy Company, announced it would cease taking Gloriavale milk from June 13 following an Employment Court ruling that a number of the Christian community’s businesses were in breach of labour laws through use of child and volunteer labour.

A spokesperson for the dairy company, which trades as Westland Milk Products, said it had been advised of an injunction application seeking to compel it to perform the terms of its collection contracts, and take milk from all three Canaan Farming Dairy Limited properties.

Read more here: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/128944776/gloriavale-seeks-injunction-forcing-westland-dairy-to-continue-collecting-its-milk