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Abuse in Care inquiry final report made public, commissioners call for reform and redress

July 24, 2024: | RNZ | Tim Brown | At least 200,000 people have been abused, and even more neglected, by the state and faith-based institutions since 1950. The Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry’s 3000-page final report has been made public on Wednesday afternoon, laying bare the scale of failure of…

Articles, Royal Commission

‘A national disgrace’: What the Abuse in Care report says

July 24, 2024: | Otago Daily Times | Ric Stevens, Open Justice reporter | The abuse and neglect of hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders in the care of state- and faith-based institutions has been branded “a national disgrace”. The long-awaited report of the Abuse in Care Royal Commission, six years in the making, has been released…

Articles, Audio, Legal: High Court

Former members file lawsuit against Gloriavale

July 23, 2024: | RNZ | Midday Report | A support group for Gloriavale leavers says there will be an “underground murmuring” within the community today in the wake of news that former members are bringing a lawsuit against leaders with allegations of slavery. Gloriavale Leavers’ Support Trust manager Liz Gregory spoke to…

Articles, Videos

Born into slavery: Former Gloriavale members launch major multi-billion dollar lawsuit

July 23, 2024: | Stuff | Juliet Speedy | A multi-million-dollar class action lawsuit has been filed against Gloriavale and five government agencies, by former members who claim they were held as slaves. As Senior reporter Juliet Speedy explains, the lawsuit could impact nearly a thousand past and present members of the Christian…

Articles, Audio, Legal: High Court

Former members file multi-million-dollar slavery lawsuit

July 23, 2024: | RNZ | Jean Edwards | A multi-million-dollar class action lawsuit has been filed against Gloriavale and five government agencies by former members who claim they were held as slaves from birth by the Christian community’s leaders. Anna Courage, Pearl Valor, Gideon Benjamin and Hosea Courage are also seeking a…

Articles, Legal: High Court

Woman born into Gloriavale vows to see it shut down

July 23, 2024: | RNZ | Jean Edwards | On a winter morning six years ago to the day, Anna Courage left Gloriavale, packed off to Australia and a totally foreign world. At 17 and deeply unhappy, the Christian community’s leaders sent her to live with grandparents she had never met. “It was…

Articles, Legal: Criminal Court

Assault charges denied

July 22, 2024: | Greymouth Star | A Gloriavale man and former teacher inside the Lake Haupiri Christian community has denied 14 charges of assaulting boys with blunt weapons. Vigilant Standtrue, 42, filed pleas of not guilty on all charges in the Greymouth District Court, electing a trial by jury. Name suppression lapsed…

Articles, Audio

Brian Henry: Lawyer on the former Gloriavale members planning to sue the Crown for negligence

July 3, 2024: | RNZ | NewstalkZB | Several former Gloriavale workers are planning to sue the Crown for negligence. Members of the group have accused public servants of knowing about the slave labour within the community – and refusing to do anything about it. Lawyer Brian Henry says these public servants knew…

Articles

Former Gloriavale members prepare to sue Government

July 2, 2024: | The Post | Wellington Court Reporter | Former Gloriavale “slaves” are preparing to sue the Crown for not protecting them at the closed community. The case has yet to begin but the intended plaintiff wants details about an inter-departmental committee set up nine years ago to look at the…

Articles

Police spend on Gloriavale ticks up

June 29, 2024: | Greymouth Star | Laura Mills |Subscription Only Police have spent over a quarter of a million dollars on Gloriavale, and are one of just 10 Government agencies involved in the under-pressure community at Lake Haupiri. The Greymouth Star revealed last month the likes of the police, Health NZ and…

Abuse in Care inquiry final report made public, commissioners call for reform and redress

‘A national disgrace’: What the Abuse in Care report says

Former members file lawsuit against Gloriavale

Born into slavery: Former Gloriavale members launch major multi-billion dollar lawsuit

Former members file multi-million-dollar slavery lawsuit

Woman born into Gloriavale vows to see it shut down

Assault charges denied

Brian Henry: Lawyer on the former Gloriavale members planning to sue the Crown for negligence

Former Gloriavale members prepare to sue Government

Police spend on Gloriavale ticks up

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