Children’s Minister defends handling of Gloriavale child safety concerns

June 30, 2026: | RNZ | Action to address child safety concerns at Gloriavale Christian community was already underway when the Education Review Office formally raised them in writing, the Minister for Children says. Documents released to RNZ under the Official Information Act show the then-acting Education Review Office (ERO) chief executive Ruth…

Oranga Tamariki takes months to respond to Gloriavale child safety concerns

June 30, 2026: | RNZ | Jean Edwards | Oranga Tamariki took months to respond to an Education Review Office letter raising “serious and immediate concerns” about children at Gloriavale after it was sent to a former staff member whose inbox was no longer monitored. The then-acting Education Review Office (ERO) chief executive…

Trapped in an unsafe school? Inside the warnings behind the Government’s Gloriavale School closure order

June 20, 2026: | NZ Herald | Neil Reid | Gloriavale Christian School skipped police vetting for staff, and employed people with “convictions unsuitable for work with children”, according to senior education officials. Students who had displayed dangerous behaviour were also allowed access to other children, the Education Review Office (ERO) says. And…

Gloriavale Homeschooling U-Turn

June 9, 2026: | Greymouth Star |Subscription Only The Government has backtracked on a last-minute controversial change to homeschooling, which a New Zealand Home Education consultant says sprang from its recent audit of the Gloriavale Christian Community at Lake Haupiri. Cynthia Hancox, who serves as government liaison for the National Council of Home Educators, says…

Government backs down on last-minute homeschooling law change

May 27, 2026: | RNZ | Craig McCulloch | Education Minister Erica Stanford has dumped rushed plans for new restrictions on homeschooling after a loud backlash from those affected. Parties from across both the coalition and opposition claimed credit for the backdown on Wednesday, while Stanford pitched it as the government heeding public…

Gloriavale is again testing how New Zealand protects children inside closed communities

May 27, 2026: | NZ Today|  全搜索深度调查记者Josh | The latest reporting on Gloriavale is not only a story about one isolated Christian community on the West Coast. It is a test of how New Zealand responds when housing, schooling, work, faith and social authority are concentrated inside a closed system. RNZ reported on…

Report finds Gloriavale families living in overcrowded hostels with ‘narrow’ homeschooling curriculum

May 27, 2026: | RNZ | Jean Edwards | Some Gloriavale homeschooling families are living and learning in overcrowded hostels that could be unsafe and some of the children are struggling to write, the Education Review Office has found. The findings are detailed in a summary of the agency’s special review of homeschooling by 28…

Home schoolers say Minister’s crack down unfair, unwarranted

May 26, 2026: | The Press | Cate McIntosh | Home schoolers say a last minute education law amendment which would significantly scale up oversight of home schooling has unfairly tarnished the 11,000 students in the sector by linking it with Gloriavale. Minister of Education Erica Stanford added several amendments to the Education…