: | The Press | Sinead Gill | A West Coast honey producer owes over $1 million after weaker than anticipated sales and failing to find trained staff. Forest Gold Honey is insolvent and has voluntarily entered liquidation, according to a report published by Christchurch liquidator Brenton Hunt on December 3.…
: | RNZ | Morning Report | The Employment Court has ordered Gloriavale’s leader to pay six former members more than $274,000 in legal costs. Barrister Brian Henry spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Listen at the above link.…
: | RNZ | Jean Edwards | Gloriavale’s Overseeing Shepherd has been ordered to pay six former members who were found to have been Christian community employees more than $274,000 in legal costs. In July 2023, the Employment Court’s chief judge found the women worked extremely hard under punishing conditions for years preparing…
: | Business Desk | Gregor Thompson |Subscription Only A mānuka honey manufacturer operated by the Gloriavale Christian Community has entered liquidation. Insolvency Matters’ Brenton Hunt was appointed as liquidator of a company called Forest Gold Honey on Nov 27. He told BusinessDesk he understood Forest Gold was operated by Gloriavale…
: | Kapitales | Highlights: Manufacturer’s Liquidation Forest Gold Honey, a mānuka honey producer linked to the Gloriavale Christian Community, has entered liquidation. On November 27, Brenton Hunt of Insolvency Matters was appointed as the liquidator. According to Hunt, the company was operated by members of the Gloriavale community. Ownership StructureForest…
: | The Press | Joanne Naish | Former Gloriavale leavers can now seek compensation after the Employment Court found Gloriavale’s overseeing shepherd was their employer when they worked in the community. Hosea Courage, Daniel Pilgrim and Levi Courage successfully proved in the Employment Court in May 2022 that they were employees when…
: | 1News | Ryan Boswell | A former Gloriavale member wants to be paid for his years of work in the West Coast commune to end what he calls exploitative practices against residents. Hosea Courage spoke to 1News as the Employment Court made a new ruling that could pave the…
: | RNZ | Anna Sargent | Gloriavale’s Overseeing Shepherd was the employer of three men who worked long hours from the age of six at the West Coast Christian community, the Employment Court has found. Hosea Courage, Daniel Pilgrim and Levi Courage were found to have been Gloriavale employees, rather than…
: | The Daily Blog | Ian Powell – Guest Blog | Slaves had existed in both ancient Greece and the Roman Empire. However, the word ‘slavery’ has a subsequent Latin origin, ‘sclava’, meaning “Slavonic captive in reference to the 9th-century slavery of Slavonic people. Over time it came to mean…
: | Scoop Independent News | Ian Powell | Slaves had existed in both ancient Greece and the Roman Empire. However, the word ‘slavery’ has a subsequent Latin origin, ‘sclava’, meaning “Slavonic captive in reference to the 9th-century slavery of Slavonic people. Over time it came to mean anyone in captivity,…