: | Ethos | Alex Penk| Case Note | “De-banking” involves a bank terminating a customer’s account and leaving them to find an alternative financial institution—if they can. Banks can close accounts for perfectly legitimate reasons, like bankruptcy, or where an account is used for criminal purposes, or there are insurmountable regulatory…
: | RNZ | Midday Report | A support group for Gloriavale leavers says there will be an “underground murmuring” within the community today in the wake of news that former members are bringing a lawsuit against leaders with allegations of slavery. Gloriavale Leavers’ Support Trust manager Liz Gregory spoke to…
: | RNZ | Jean Edwards | A multi-million-dollar class action lawsuit has been filed against Gloriavale and five government agencies by former members who claim they were held as slaves from birth by the Christian community’s leaders. Anna Courage, Pearl Valor, Gideon Benjamin and Hosea Courage are also seeking a…
: | RNZ | Jean Edwards | On a winter morning six years ago to the day, Anna Courage left Gloriavale, packed off to Australia and a totally foreign world. At 17 and deeply unhappy, the Christian community’s leaders sent her to live with grandparents she had never met. “It was…
: | RNZ | Jenee Tibshraeny | Gloriavale has taken a knock in its battle to maintain access to banking services. BNZ has been trying to close Gloriavale’s accounts for the last two years, and the Court of Appeal is allowing BNZ to challenge that injunction. NZ Herald Wellington business editor…
: | Hesketh Henry | Whether accessibility to banking services is a fundamental right is an issue that is currently before the High Court in the dispute between Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) and the Christian Church Community Trust, more commonly known as the Gloriavale Christian Community (Gloriavale). So far, the…
: 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…
