: By Jayden Holmes | Today FM | The head of Gloriavale has admitted abuse happened at the religious community. Howard Temple is making a rare public appearance at the inquiry into abuse in care and faith-based institutions. He was questioned about an incident where a man was accused of sexual…
: By Andrew McRae | Reporter RNZ | The Gloriavale Christian Community will appear for the first time at the Abuse in Care inquiry starting this morning in Auckland. It is the last public hearing for the Royal Commission, which started its work in 2019. It is looking into abuse in…
: Rural News West Coast milk processor Westland Milk Products has been ordered by the High Court to continue picking milk from three dairy farms associated with the Gloriavale community. The company’s argument that Gloriavale-owned Canaan Farms employed children to do farm work and processing their milk affected relationships with major…
: Media Release | Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry | The responses of faith institutions to abuse and neglect of children, young people and vulnerable adults in their care will be examined by the Royal Commission of Inquiry during a public hearing from 13 to 20 October. The Royal…
: By Amanda Cropp | Stuff | Westland Dairy Company claims it lost customers as a result of doing business with Gloriavale got short shrift in a High Court decision over suspension of a milk supply contract. Canaan Farming Dairy Ltd has successfully obtained an interim injunction forcing Westland Dairy to keep…
: By Brendan McMahon | RNZ | Gloriavale Christian Community is welcoming the decision by the High Court to grant an injunction ordering Westland Milk Products to continue to collect its milk. Canaan Farming Dairy Ltd director Samuel Valor said it would continue to work closely with the dairy company and build on…
: By Kurt Bayer | NZ Herald | Gloriavale’s dairy farm operations have won a court battle to save a lucrative milk contract, on the condition they don’t use any child labour. Chinese-owned Westland announced in June it was stopping milk collection from the West Coast Christian community’s farms after an…
: By Marine Lourens | Stuff | The High Court has ordered Westland Dairy Company to continue collecting milk from the farms owned by the Gloriavale Christian community. Westland announced earlier this year it would cease taking Gloriavale milk following an Employment Court ruling that several of the Christian community’s businesses used child labour and…
: By Ryan Boswell | 1News | It’s been alleged there are two classes of people living inside the West Coast commune of Gloriavale. Former resident Pearl Valor told the Employment Court that there are different classes depending on who your parents are, and that normally meant “not interacting with low-class…
: By Kaysha Brownlie | Newshub | [Video link available ] An expert witness has calculated that Gloriavale spends just over $20 a week on food for each person. The community’s finances were unravelled at an Employment Court hearing in Christchurch on Friday. Millions of dollars of its income each year…