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NZ Herald – Gloriavale: ‘Treated like slaves’ – Teenager wants justice for unpaid under-age workers

February 26, 2022: By Carolyne Meng-Yee – NZ Herald – 26/02/2022 At Gloriavale, Levi Courage felt that he had no freedom, no money, no way out. On a rainy night last June Courage finished work and told his parents, Aaron and Joy, he was leaving Gloriavale – for good. He took a change…

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Stuff – Gloriavale – a community of devoted volunteers or a colony of slaves?

February 26, 2022: By Joanne Naish and Amber Allott – Stuff – 26/02/2022 Have New Zealand authorities been turning a blind eye to generations of slavery at Gloriavale or are its members willing volunteers? And why is the government pouring millions of dollars into this remote community? Joanne Naish and Amber Allott report.…

Articles, Legal: Boys' Employment Case

Stuff – Gloriavale leaders reject slavery claims, say members work ‘willingly’ and ‘lovingly’

February 24, 2022: By Joanne Naish – Stuff – 24/02/2022 A leader of Gloriavale has defended the community’s way of life and rejected claims of slavery. Peter Righteous, a senior leader or servant, said people at Gloriavale willingly submitted themselves to the Overseeing Shepherd and shepherds and worked for the community, which lived…

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1 News – Former Gloriavale members want stories heard to drive change

February 24, 2022: By 1 News – Breakfast – 24/02/2022 A former Gloriavale resident says ex-members have been taking their stories to court because they want them heard and legally acknowledged. Lilia Tarawa, author of book Daughter of Gloriavale who went viral for a TEDx Talk on the West Coast commune, told Breakfast…

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1 News – Senior Gloriavale leader says no one ‘coerced’ to join

February 24, 2022: By Ryan Boswell – 1News – 24/02/2022 A senior leader in the Christian commune of Gloriavale claims members “choose to live a sharing, communal life” in the hope of “perfect obedience to God”. Peter Righteous appeared before the Employment Court on Thursday, which is considering whether Gloriavale residents are employees…

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Stuff – Dark side of Gloriavale ‘needs to be brought to the light’, long-term resident says

February 23, 2022: By Amber Allott – Stuff – 23/02/2022 Forty of Sharon Ready’s 71 grandchildren still live in the isolated West Coast Christian community of Gloriavale. Ready still calls it home herself, and has since its inception in North Canterbury, in 1969. But now she has tearfully spoken out against it at…

Articles, Legal: Boys' Employment Case

1 News – Former Gloriavale member calls it a ‘brutal control regime’

February 23, 2022: By Ryan Boswell – 1News – 23/02/2022 A former Gloriavale member struggled to hold back tears on Wednesday as he described the West Coast commune as a “brutal control regime”. Faithful Disciple is giving evidence in an Employment Court case to decide whether Gloriavale residents are volunteers or not. Last…

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1 News – Gloriavale lawyer says ‘stark choice’ but members still choose lifestyle

February 23, 2022: By Ryan Boswell – 1News – 23/02/2022 Former Gloriavale members are being questioned about their so-called “choice” to stay in the West Coast commune. The Employment Court is considering whether those living at Gloriavale are employees or volunteers. The Labour Inspectorate ruled out investigating claims of long working hours last…

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Stuff – Gloriavale kids made to work days without sleep, one chained to steel post, court told

February 22, 2022: By Joanne Naish – Stuff – 22/02/2022 A child was chained to a steel post at Gloriavale because his father did not know how to look after him, a former community leader has told a court. Zion Pilgrim was a senior leader, or servant, at Gloriavale until he left in…

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Stuff – Sent to work at age 6, beaten and starved: One boy’s experience of ‘volunteering’ at Gloriavale

February 21, 2022: By Joanne Naish – Stuff – 21/02/2022 A former Gloriavale member has told a court he was beaten with a shovel and starved for not working fast enough when he was a child in the community. Hosea Courage is one of a group of former Gloriavale members fighting against the…

NZ Herald – Gloriavale: ‘Treated like slaves’ – Teenager wants justice for unpaid under-age workers

Stuff – Gloriavale – a community of devoted volunteers or a colony of slaves?

Stuff – Gloriavale leaders reject slavery claims, say members work ‘willingly’ and ‘lovingly’

1 News – Former Gloriavale members want stories heard to drive change

1 News – Senior Gloriavale leader says no one ‘coerced’ to join

Stuff – Dark side of Gloriavale ‘needs to be brought to the light’, long-term resident says

1 News – Former Gloriavale member calls it a ‘brutal control regime’

1 News – Gloriavale lawyer says ‘stark choice’ but members still choose lifestyle

Stuff – Gloriavale kids made to work days without sleep, one chained to steel post, court told

Stuff – Sent to work at age 6, beaten and starved: One boy’s experience of ‘volunteering’ at Gloriavale

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