: Rural News West Coast milk processor Westland Milk Products has been ordered by the High Court to continue picking milk from three dairy farms associated with the Gloriavale community. The company’s argument that Gloriavale-owned Canaan Farms employed children to do farm work and processing their milk affected relationships with major…
: By Amanda Cropp | Stuff | Westland Dairy Company claims it lost customers as a result of doing business with Gloriavale got short shrift in a High Court decision over suspension of a milk supply contract. Canaan Farming Dairy Ltd has successfully obtained an interim injunction forcing Westland Dairy to keep…
: By Brendan McMahon | RNZ | Gloriavale Christian Community is welcoming the decision by the High Court to grant an injunction ordering Westland Milk Products to continue to collect its milk. Canaan Farming Dairy Ltd director Samuel Valor said it would continue to work closely with the dairy company and build on…
: By Kurt Bayer | NZ Herald | Gloriavale’s dairy farm operations have won a court battle to save a lucrative milk contract, on the condition they don’t use any child labour. Chinese-owned Westland announced in June it was stopping milk collection from the West Coast Christian community’s farms after an…
: By Jake Kenny | Stuff | A Gloriavale lawyer has apologised for telling a High Court no children worked on farms at the Christian community since 2017, after further evidence came to light. The community sought a High Court injunction forcing Westland Dairy Company to continue collecting milk from its…
: By Kurt Bayer – NZ Herald – 25/07/2022 Child labour hasn’t been used on Gloriavale’s dairy farms for at least five years, a court heard today as the under-fire Christian community fights to save a lucrative dairy contract. Chinese-owned Westland announced last month it was stopping milk collection from Gloriavale-owned…
