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Disgraced former Gloriavale leader Howard Temple’s appeal

March 4, 2026: | NZ Herald | Ryan Bridge TODAY |…

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Convicted sex offender and former Gloriavale leader Howard Temple will not be going to jail

March 3, 2026: | RNZ | Tess Brunton | Convicted sex offender and former Gloriavale leader Howard Temple will not be jailed after winning a High Court appeal against his sentence. Temple was…

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Ex-Gloriavale leader Howard Temple won’t go to jail for touching girls, as sentence quashed

March 3, 2026: | The Press | Brett Kerr-Laurie | Former Gloriavale leader Howard Temple’s more than two-year prison sentence for inappropriately touching girls in his religious community over two decades has been…

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Gloriavale leader Howard Temple’s prison sentence quashed – replaced with home detention

March 3, 2026: | NZ Herald | Anna Leask | Disgraced former Gloriavale leader Howard Temple has successfully appealed his two-year prison sentence. That means he will not spend a minute behind bars for…

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‘No justice’: Fury as ex-Gloriavale leader Howard Temple spared jail for touching girls

March 3, 2026: | The Press | Brett Kerr-Laurie and Joanne Naish | A former Gloriavale member says the justice system is failing victims of sexual assault after former leader Howard’s Temple prison sentence for…

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Ex-Gloriavale leader Howard Temple wins sentence appeal, won’t go to jail

March 3, 2026: | 1 News | The former leader of Gloriavale has won an appeal he took after being sentenced for sexual offending against young girls and will no longer be jailed.…

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Debanking in New Zealand: Lessons from Gloriavale

February 20, 2025: | MinterEllisonRuddWatts | Richard Gordon; Alex Church | In this episode, Litigation Partner, Richard Gordon talks to Senior Associate, Alex Church, about the outcome of a recent Court of Appeal case, Bank of New…

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Constraints on the exercise of contractual powers

February 12, 2025: | MinterEllisonRuddWatts | Constraints on contractual powers have long been a topic of debate that has received surprisingly little academic attention in New Zealand. However, this area has recently garnered…

Disgraced former Gloriavale leader Howard Temple’s appeal

Convicted sex offender and former Gloriavale leader Howard Temple will not be going to jail

Ex-Gloriavale leader Howard Temple won’t go to jail for touching girls, as sentence quashed

Gloriavale leader Howard Temple’s prison sentence quashed – replaced with home detention

‘No justice’: Fury as ex-Gloriavale leader Howard Temple spared jail for touching girls

Ex-Gloriavale leader Howard Temple wins sentence appeal, won’t go to jail

Debanking in New Zealand: Lessons from Gloriavale

Constraints on the exercise of contractual powers

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