: Opinion piece: Liz Gregory. (Thoughts, opinions and views expressed here belong to Liz Gregory and may or may not represent the views of the Gloriavale Leavers’ Support Trust, former or current members of Gloriavale.). On January 19, 2025, Gloriavale delivered an apology following the conclusion of the Royal Commission report…
: Opinion piece: Liz Gregory. (Thoughts, opinions and views expressed here belong to Liz Gregory and may or may not represent the views of all leavers, current members or the Trust). Is Gloriavale Changing? There’s an interesting dynamic that I’ve noticed in the past year or two – where those who…
: Opinion piece: Liz Gregory. (Thoughts, opinions and views expressed here belong to Liz Gregory and may or may not represent the views of all leavers, current members or the Trust). After the Court of Appeal’s decision to allow BNZ to cut ties with Gloriavale earlier this week and close Gloriavale’s…
: Opinion piece: Liz Gregory. (Thoughts, opinions and views expressed here belong to Liz Gregory and may or may not represent the views of all leavers, current members or the Trust). After years of court battles, appeals, and injunctions, the Court of Appeal has given BNZ the green light to close…
: Opinion piece: Liz Gregory. (Thoughts, opinions and views expressed here belong to Liz Gregory and may or may not represent the views of all leavers, current members or the Trust). This week all faith-based institutions were supposed to meet the 2-month deadline requested by the Royal Commission to respond to…
: Opinion piece: Liz Gregory. (Thoughts, opinions and views expressed here belong to Liz Gregory and may or may not represent the views of all leavers, current members or the Trust). It took two months to complete reading and summarising the Royal Commission report. (Click here to read the full summary…
: Opinion piece: Liz Gregory. (Thoughts, opinions and views expressed here belong to Liz Gregory and may or may not represent the views of all leavers, current members or the Trust). I want to highlight one recommendation that the Commission made to Gloriavale. They have requested that within 6 months the…
: Opinion piece: Liz Gregory. (Thoughts, opinions and views expressed here belong to Liz Gregory and may or may not represent the views of all leavers, current members or the Trust). Two weeks ago the Royal Commission report was tabled. Gloriavale was mentioned all through it. They told the Government they…
: Opinion piece: Liz Gregory. (Thoughts, opinions and views expressed here belong to Liz Gregory and may or may not represent the views of all leavers, current members or the Trust). It’s August 2024 and there has been some more success in the Employment court. After a legal battle to-and-fro, it…
: Opinion piece: Liz Gregory. (Thoughts, opinions and views expressed here belong to Liz Gregory and may or may not represent the views of all leavers, current members or the Trust). Part One: The day we spent at Parliament I was in the Parliament gallery on Wednesday 24 July 2024 when…
: Opinion piece: Liz Gregory. (Thoughts, opinions and views expressed here belong to Liz Gregory and may or may not represent the views of all leavers, current members or the Trust). News the past week that the Government quietly “abolished “dissolved” the Modern Day Slavery Taskforce at the end of May…
: Opinion piece: Liz Gregory. (Thoughts, opinions and views expressed here belong to Liz Gregory and may or may not represent the views of all leavers, current members or the Trust). Today Gloriavale was granted permission to appeal the Pilgrim ruling that found the Girls were employees and entitled to minimum…