: | Law News | Neil Sands | The Gloriavale religious community is an industrial-scale “sweatshop”, designed to exploit the cheap labour and welfare payments of its members, the Court of Appeal has been told. The court is hearing an appeal against a 2023 Employment Court ruling that six former Gloriavale…
: | RNZ | Bill Hickman | Gloriavale members worked to support a communal ethos – eschewing personal possessions or gain, lawyers for the leader of the community have told the Court of Appeal in Wellington Community leader Howard Temple is appealing an Employment Court decision which found workers at the…
: | NZ Herald | Michael Morrah | Listen to Michael Morrah discuss the situation with Social Development and Employment Minister Louise Upston. Authorities are now visiting the isolated West Coast sect multiple times a week.…
: | NZ Herald | Michael Morrah | A senior government minister has not ruled out closing Gloriavale, saying revelations in the Herald about a child disciplinary technique – likened to suffocation – are “horrendous”. It comes as the Herald has discovered authorities are currently visiting Gloriavale “multiple” times a week and a new high-powered…
: | Scoop | Rights Aotearoa | Rights Aotearoa has today written to the Hon Louise Upston asking for an urgent investigation into claims of alleged torture of children at Gloriavale. The letter follows revelations in the New Zealand Herald that parents at the isolated West Coast community were systematically taught…
: | Law News | Neil Sands | Members of the Gloriavale religious community were attempting to recreate the lifestyle of early Christians and did not expect payment for communal work. This meant they were not employees, the Court of Appeal was told on Tuesday. The court is hearing an appeal…
: | RNZ | Gloriavale Christian community says families are no longer taught to break the will of children. Police and Oranga Tamariki have issued formal warnings to two people at Gloriavale, after an investigation into a practice of silencing babies and children by covering their mouths and noses. On Friday, the NZ…
: | NZ Herald | Michael Morrah | While in jail for child sex abuse, Gloriavale founder Hopeful Christian wrote a letter to his flock impressing upon them the importance of eradicating the self-will of babies and children. The letter, which has never been disclosed publicly, has been obtained by the Herald.…
: | RNZ | Police and Oranga Tamariki have issued formal warnings to two people at the Gloriavale Christian community following an investigation into a practice of silencing babies and children by covering their mouths and noses. The joint investigation was a result of concerns raised during the Abuse in Care Royal…
