Gloriavale school pulled from scholarship list

May 2, 2017: | RNZ | Laura Tupou | The Aspire Scholarship started in 2010 and is for students from low-income families going into Year 9. The ministry pays up to $15,000 in fees for…

Gloriavale school under fire over sexist curriculum

August 2, 2015: | NZ Herald | Lynley Ward | Politicians seek probe into sect’s teachings. Politicians will demand answers from education bosses over what secretive Gloriavale school is teaching girls – besides…

Bible clear: Separate roles for men and women – Gloriavale teacher

May 21, 2015: | NZ Herald | Kirsty Johnson | Pupils at Gloriavale follow curriculum designed to prepare them for life inside isolated Christian community. Students at the school run by secretive Christian…

West Coast MP dismisses calls to shut Gloriavale school: Stuff

April 30, 2015: By Jody O’Callaghan | Stuff | A call to close Gloriavale’s school over concerns of oppression has been rejected by West Coast MP Damien O’Connor. An educational researcher has criticised…

Gloriavale – what exactly is being taught in school?

April 28, 2015: | FutureFive | Shannon Williams | Controversial Christian community Gloriavale has been the subject of some negative press online and via social media in recent weeks, with several families opting to…

Indian student in NZ being sent back

October 16, 2006: | Hindustan Times | Indo-Asian News Service | Venkata Siva was sponsored by the Gloriavale Christian community to study English and Agriculture. An Indian student in Greymouth, New Zealand, is…

Officials give Cooperite school a pass

January 12, 1994: | The Press | Colin Espiner | The Cooperite Christian sect’s Spring-1 bank school, in North Canterbury, is up to standard, says the Education Review Office. The Ministry of Education…

Ministry fails sect schools

August 6, 1993: | Press | Colin Espiner | TWO schools run by the Cooperite Christian sect have been refused provisional licences by the Ministry of Education. Ministry and Department of Social Welfare…