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RNZ – Court hears distressing accounts from ex-Gloriavale women

August 31, 2022: RNZ – 31/08/2022 A court has heard distressing testimony from a former Gloriavale woman who says her treatment at the secretive Christian community made her suicidal. The Employment Court has…

Audio Legal: Girls' Employment Case

RNZ – Blaming, shaming Gloriavale girls the norm, court told

August 30, 2022: RNZ – 30/08/2022 A court has been told victim blaming and shaming was standard at Gloriavale, where girls caught in inappropriate relationships with married men were called ‘whores’. Six former…

Audio Legal: Girls' Employment Case

RNZ – Court told Gloriavale women skipped meals while working

August 30, 2022: Newshub – 30/08/2022 A court has heard a Gloriavale woman sometimes didn’t eat or drink while working extremely long hours, and would get in trouble if she stopped. She’s one…

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Gloriavale

August 24, 2022: | RNZ | Simon Morris | Episode details Gloriavale is the first ever big-screen documentary about a secretive, fundamentalist commune on New Zealand’s West Coast. The film struggles to find…

Articles Audio Gloriavale Film/Docuseries

Tova O’Brien – New Gloriavale Documentary – “They’re actually abusing Christianity”

August 18, 2022: Description A new documentary hitting cinemas today is lifting the veil on West Coast commune Gloriavale. It follows the lives of two ousted members, John Ready and Virginia Courage, plaintiffs…

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RNZ – Sharon Ready & Liz Gregory: standing up to the Gloriavale shepherds

August 13, 2022: By RNZ – Saturday Morning – 13/08/2022 Sharon Ready has lived in the Gloriavale community for 50 years, first entering as a 15-year-old when the community was based in Springbank,…

Articles Audio Gloriavale Film/Docuseries

NZ Herald – The Front Page: Inside Gloriavale – The woman fighting for change from within

July 28, 2022: By Damien Venuto – NZ Herald – 28/07/2022 Sharon Ready currently lives above an aircraft hangar that served as the former commercial base for Gloriavale. It’s cold, dark and damp,…

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Twitter – John Campbell – Will Gloriavale ever change?

June 21, 2022: Twitter – John Campbell – 21/06/2022 Twitter conversation – John Campbell, Liz Gregory, Rosanna Overcomer Listen here – (Note: conversation starts at 11 minutes 15 seconds into the recording) www.twitter.com/1NewsNZ/status/1539080676070215680…

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Rural News (REX Today) – David Ready on the ERA ruling about Gloriavale’s breach of labour laws

June 20, 2022: REX Today Podcast – Hosted by agricultural journalist Dominic George – 20/06/20022 Things are ramping up at Gloriavale as businesses act on the ERA ruling that the Christian community was…

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RNZ – Gloriavale seeks interim injunction over Westland Milk contract

June 15, 2022: RNZ – Newstalk ZB – Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive – 15/06/2022 Gloriavale has sought an interim injunction to force Westland Dairy to continue collecting its milk. Westland suspended collection after…

RNZ – Court hears distressing accounts from ex-Gloriavale women

RNZ – Blaming, shaming Gloriavale girls the norm, court told

RNZ – Court told Gloriavale women skipped meals while working

Gloriavale

Tova O’Brien – New Gloriavale Documentary – “They’re actually abusing Christianity”

RNZ – Sharon Ready & Liz Gregory: standing up to the Gloriavale shepherds

NZ Herald – The Front Page: Inside Gloriavale – The woman fighting for change from within

Twitter – John Campbell – Will Gloriavale ever change?

Rural News (REX Today) – David Ready on the ERA ruling about Gloriavale’s breach of labour laws

RNZ – Gloriavale seeks interim injunction over Westland Milk contract

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