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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,…

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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…

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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,…

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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”.…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Newshub – Former Gloriavale member tells court he was hit, denied food for not working fast enough as a 6yo

February 21, 2022: By Michael Morrah – Newshub – 21/02/2022 A former member of Gloriavale on the West Coast says he was hit with a shovel handle and denied food for not working…

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1News – Are Gloriavale residents employees or volunteers?

February 21, 2022: By Ryan Boswell – 1 News – 21/02/2022 The Employment Court is considering whether those living at the West Coast commune of Gloriavale are workers or volunteers. Three former residents…

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NZ Herald – Workers or volunteers? Gloriavale leavers take employment fight to cour

February 21, 2022: By Anna Leask – NZ Herald – 21/02/2022 A group of ex-Gloriavale members have taken the secretive Christian community to court in a bid to determine their employment status while…

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

Newshub – Former Gloriavale member tells court he was hit, denied food for not working fast enough as a 6yo

1News – Are Gloriavale residents employees or volunteers?

NZ Herald – Workers or volunteers? Gloriavale leavers take employment fight to cour

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