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Gloriavale leader Howard Temple appeals ‘excessive’ jail sentence

February 19, 2026: | RNZ | Keiller MacDuff | The lawyer for convicted sex offender and former Gloriavale leader Howard Temple claims jailing the 85-year-old was excessive. Temple was sentenced to 26 months’ jail…

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Gloriavale leader Howard Temple appeals ‘manifestly excessive’ sentence

February 19, 2026: | NZ Herald | Anna Leask | Disgraced former Gloriavale leader Howard Temple has appealed the jail sentence handed down to him in December after he admitted a raft of…

Articles Legal: Employment Court

TVNZ wins access to Gloriavale judgments

February 18, 2026: | Greymouth Star | TVNZ has been granted access to documents held by the Employment Court relating to suppression orders and judgments involving Gloriavale members. In an interlocutory judgment made…

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Home-grown Gloriavale doco

February 14, 2026: | Greymouth Star | Scout Atkins |Subscription Only Greymouth raised award-winning television producer Dame Julie Christie has been back on the West Coast, working on a new documentary series that…

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Gloriavale assets put at $50.1m

February 10, 2026: | Greymouth Star | Brendon McMahon |Greymouth Star The Gloriavale Christian Community returned a small surplus of $85,201 in the 2024-25 financial year, turning around the $800,000 deficit it reported…

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The Gloriavale Cult: Hell Disguised as Heaven

February 10, 2026: | Timesuck Podcast | In this episode of Timesuck, we’re heading to New Zealand to explore Gloriavale – a so-called “Heaven on Earth” founded by charismatic preacher Neville Cooper, where…

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Richmond principal heads up Gloriavale student learning programme

February 6, 2026: | The Press | Katy Jones | Nelson Mail | The principal of Henley School, John Armstrong, has been seconded to the Ministry of Education to lead its Gloriavale work…

Articles Legal: Criminal Court

Gloriavale man beat children with weapons as they worked, jury finds

January 29, 2026: | The Press | Joanne Naish and Brett Kerr-Laurie | A Gloriavale man assaulted boys with sticks, plastic pipes, broom handles, a shovel and a pitchfork while supervising them at…

Articles Education

Alternative education for Gloriavale ‘not well developed’ — judge

January 29, 2026: | Greymouth Star | Arianna Stewart | The High Court interim decision of the ministry of education’s plan to shut Gloriavale Christian School, shows the ministry did not have any…

Articles Education

High Court makes ‘interim interim’ order preventing cancellation of Gloriavale’s school registration

January 28, 2026: | Law News | Anna Longdill | Application for interim order to prevent cancellation of registration of Gloriavale Christian School pending judicial review of Secretary for Education’s decision – no…

Gloriavale leader Howard Temple appeals ‘excessive’ jail sentence

Gloriavale leader Howard Temple appeals ‘manifestly excessive’ sentence

TVNZ wins access to Gloriavale judgments

Home-grown Gloriavale doco

Gloriavale assets put at $50.1m

The Gloriavale Cult: Hell Disguised as Heaven

Richmond principal heads up Gloriavale student learning programme

Gloriavale man beat children with weapons as they worked, jury finds

Alternative education for Gloriavale ‘not well developed’ — judge

High Court makes ‘interim interim’ order preventing cancellation of Gloriavale’s school registration

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