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Stuff – Gloriavale businesses stung by loss of Mānuka honey licence over use of child labour and worker exploitation

September 11, 2022: By Amanda Cropp – Stuff – 11/09/2022 Two Gloriavale Christian Community businesses have been banned from using a Mānuka honey trademark over treatment of their workers. The Unique Mānuka Factor…

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RNZ: Gloriavale leaders lied about aunt’s death – former member

September 10, 2022: By Jean Edwards – RNZ – 10/09/2022 This story discusses graphic details of abuse. Gloriavale leaders claimed God must have blessed the food that killed Prayer Ready in an isolation…

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Stuff: Gloriavale newlyweds sent to consummate arranged marriage as everyone waits ‘so they can have lunch’

September 10, 2022: By Joanne Naish – Stuff – 10/09/2022 Touching your fiancé is forbidden at the Gloriavale Christian Community, but you are expected to consummate the arranged marriage before lunch. Melody Pilgrim…

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1News – Brutal work conditions inside Gloriavale laid bare in court

September 8, 2022: By Ryan Boswell – 1News – 08/09/2022 Brutal work conditions inside Gloriavale have been the focus of evidence at the Employment Court in Christchurch. Rebekah Kempf was born at the…

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Newshub – Former Gloriavale members say they were called ‘too fat’, ‘talentless’ by leaders

September 7, 2022: By Kaysha Brownlie – Newshub – 07/09/2022 “No talent” and “too fat” to be a Christian – this is what a former Gloriavale member says leaders told her. Rebekah Kempf…

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RNZ – Sexual harassment of Gloriavale workers a ‘normal’ occurrence, court hears

September 7, 2022: By Jean Edwards – RNZ – 07/09/2022 Workplace sexual harassment was normal at Gloriavale, where leaders would grab girls’ bottoms, unzip their dresses or ping their bra straps in the…

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NZ Herald – Longtime Gloriavale member turns on sect – reveals ‘very disturbing’ treatment of women, ‘prevalent’ sex offending

September 6, 2022: By Anna Leask – NZ Herald – 06/09/2022 A Gloriavale father of 13 once convicted of beating two of his young daughters with shoes, carpentry tools, coat hangers and belts…

Stuff – Gloriavale leaders ‘tear apart’ families of those who disagree with their rules, founding member says

Articles Legal: Girls' Employment Case

Stuff – Gloriavale businesses stung by loss of Mānuka honey licence over use of child labour and worker exploitation

RNZ: Gloriavale leaders lied about aunt’s death – former member

Stuff: Gloriavale newlyweds sent to consummate arranged marriage as everyone waits ‘so they can have lunch’

1News – Brutal work conditions inside Gloriavale laid bare in court

Newshub – Former Gloriavale members say they were called ‘too fat’, ‘talentless’ by leaders

RNZ – Sexual harassment of Gloriavale workers a ‘normal’ occurrence, court hears

NZ Herald – Longtime Gloriavale member turns on sect – reveals ‘very disturbing’ treatment of women, ‘prevalent’ sex offending

Stuff – Gloriavale leaders ‘tear apart’ families of those who disagree with their rules, founding member says

RNZ – Court hears of sexual culture at Gloriavale where women, girls blamed and punished

1News – Gloriavale man says discipline with weapons common practice

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