: By John Farrow | Otago Daily Times | The chief judge of the Employment Court’s recent declaration that Serenity Pilgrim and other women in the Gloriavale community were employees is vaguely unsettling. It’s not that the decision isn’t just. It’s not that the decision isn’t well reasoned. It’s not that…
: Nine to Noon | RNZ | Interview with Brian Henry and Pearl Valor Former Gloriavale residents say they’re sceptical about government plans to pass a law banning modern slavery, saying nothing has been done to stop the practice over decades at the West Coast Christian community. A proposed law change…
: By Joanne Naish | The Press | A decision by Gloriavale leaders to try appeal women’s employment rights has been labelled as “appalling” by one of the plaintiffs. Employment Court Chief Judge Christina Inglis declared the former Gloriavale women were employees rather than volunteers in her decision in July after a…
: By Joanne Naish | Stuff | Gloriavale leaders claim they did not get a fair hearing in the Employment Court case that found women in the community are employees, not volunteers. The leaders have gone to the Appeal Court to ask for leave to appeal the Employment Court’s decision to…
: By Rebecca Wright | Molly Swift | Newshub | A lawyer for ex-Gloriavale members says the sect depends on child labour, calling out the Government for turning a blind eye to “slavery in our country”. Barrister Brian Henry has been leading the fight against the isolated Christian Community where he…
: ThreeNow | Newshub Nation | Gloriavale has hit the headlines again this week. The Education Review Office announcing it’s investigating it’s private school. It comes after a second successful court case against the leadership – which found that children as young as six are actually employees in the community –…
: RNZ Gloriavale School is under review by the Education Review Office, the Ministry of Education has confirmed. Serenity Pilgrim, Anna Courage, Rose Standtrue, Crystal Loyal, Pearl Valor and Virginia Courage took Gloriavale’s leaders to court, arguing they lived in servitude working on the West Coast commune’s domestic teams and were…
: By Jean Edwards | RNZ | Warning – This story discusses details of suicide and sexual abuse. Long read – Raised to be meek and submissive in a world dominated by men, six former Gloriavale women have won an extraordinary legal victory they say vindicates their claims of labour exploitation. The Employment…
: Juliet Speedy | Newshub | A lawyer for the ‘Gloriavale six’ says the West Coast religious community is a boil the Government needs to lance. On Thursday, the employment court found in favour of the women, that they were employees, not volunteers, and so were due the rights and payments…
