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Gloriavale leader’s granddaughter denies claims of unwanted attention

September 29, 2022: Ryan Boswell | 1 News | Gloriavale’s leader Howard Temple is being defended by his own granddaughter over claims he gave girls unwanted attention. Joanna Courage is giving evidence at…

Articles Legal: High Court

Gloriavale farm lawyer apologises for ‘inadvertently misleading’ Judge at Westland Dairy injunction hearing

September 28, 2022: By Jake Kenny | Stuff | A Gloriavale lawyer has apologised for telling a High Court no children worked on farms at the Christian community since 2017, after further evidence…

Articles Legal: Girls' Employment Case

Gloriavale women ‘not downtrodden and subjugated’, member says

September 27, 2022: by Jean Edwards | RNZ | Gloriavale’s leaders did not know about sexual abuse at the Christian community, which has become an “entertainment show” for the country’s media, a member…

Articles Education Legal: Girls' Employment Case

Gloriavale women deny claims they are brainwashed and ignorant: 1News

September 23, 2022: By Ryan Boswell | 1 News | Gloriavale woman are suffering “immense trauma and hurt” over claims they are brainwashed and ignorant, according to the commune’s school principal. Rachel Steadfast…

Articles Legal: Girls' Employment Case

Newshub: Gloriavale member rejects claims women are forced to work, says life in community is like Māori culture

September 23, 2022: By Juliet Speedy [Video link available] A senior female member of Gloriavale said life in the sect is much like Māori culture so she can’t understand why her community is…

Articles Legal: Girls' Employment Case

Stuff: Baby in the witness box as Gloriavale mum tells ‘other side of the story’

September 23, 2022: By Marine Lourens | Stuff | A baby has made a rare appearance in a court witness box as a Gloriavale member hit back at those saying women in the…

Articles Legal: Girls' Employment Case

RNZ: Gloriavale employment court case: Father feared for his daughters’ safety in community

September 23, 2022: By Niva Chittock | RNZ | A former member of the Gloriavale Christian community has told a court his daughter suffered third-degree burns after having a seizure at work in…

Articles Legal: Girls' Employment Case

Former Gloriavale resident details expulsion from commune

September 22, 2022: By Ryan Boswell | 1 News | A former Gloriavale resident has detailed his expulsion from the West Coast commune, after he challenged the leadership and their reading of the…

Articles Legal: Girls' Employment Case Videos

Newshub: Former Glorivale member says daughter with brain damage suffered injuries due to work conditions

September 22, 2022: By Juliet Speedy | Newshub | A Gloriavale leaver told the Employment Court the plight of women who remain in the community is of serious concern to him, both because…

Articles Legal: Girls' Employment Case

1News: Two children limit outside Gloriavale, former resident told

September 22, 2022: By Ryan Boswell | 1 News | A former Gloriavale member says he was told there are limits on the number of children a family can have if they live…

Gloriavale leader’s granddaughter denies claims of unwanted attention

Gloriavale farm lawyer apologises for ‘inadvertently misleading’ Judge at Westland Dairy injunction hearing

Gloriavale women ‘not downtrodden and subjugated’, member says

Gloriavale women deny claims they are brainwashed and ignorant: 1News

Newshub: Gloriavale member rejects claims women are forced to work, says life in community is like Māori culture

Stuff: Baby in the witness box as Gloriavale mum tells ‘other side of the story’

RNZ: Gloriavale employment court case: Father feared for his daughters’ safety in community

Former Gloriavale resident details expulsion from commune

Newshub: Former Glorivale member says daughter with brain damage suffered injuries due to work conditions

1News: Two children limit outside Gloriavale, former resident told

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