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Built to bring in money, the $5.8m building must now be sold.

Stuff The isolated West Coast Christian community of Gloriavale has set itself apart from the rest of society for more than 50 years. The plaintiffs have asked the High Court to give control of the communitys assets to the Public Trust because they allege the West Coast communitys leaders have failed to provide adequate working and living conditions. Their lawyer, in a February hearing, alleged the community breeds sexual predators and victims, and members are forced into “slave labour”. ...

Eleventh hour bid to stop sale of Laura Ferguson trust for disabled Newsroom 4 hrs ago © Provided by Newsroom The Laura Fergusson Trust provided a safe haven for young disabled people - until last year when it abruptly shut up shop in Auckland. Now, members of the community are rallying for the Government to intervene in the centres impending sale. Matthew Scott reports.  Sophia Malthus was just glad she didn’t have to go into a rest home at the age of 19. Paralysed from her shoulders d...

Ron Brierley child abuse case: Im the same person as always 4 May, 2021 05:00 AM 10 minutes to read Ron Brierley leaving Forbes Chambers in central Sydney following an appearance in court in connections with his guilty plea for the possession of objectional material April 30, 2021. Ron Brierley leaving Forbes Chambers in central Sydney following an appearance in court in connections with his guilty plea for the possession of objectional material April 30, 2021. NZ Herald "Ironically, of cours...

Moo Chews NZ is now looking for a new manufacturer for milk bites previously made at Gloriavale after concerns were raised about employment practices. The calcium-based children’s snack has been exported to Australia, Britain, India, China and Hong Kong and carries the government-endorsed FernMark label. Where the money comes from As a registered charity Gloriavale’s Christian Church Community Trust is obliged to file annual financial statements with Charities Services, and they show its ...

Gloriavale runs several farms and businesses, including honey production, trophy hunting, health food supplements and sphagnum moss. The trust’s annual return says it owns the communal living facilities, operates a private school and three early childcare centres, along with 11 companies including Air West Coast Ltd, dairy, deer and sheep farms, midwifery services, a honey company, and an offal plant. It does not pay its workers as employees and does not pay tax. The return says it has 40 v...

Samoan church struck off the Charities Register after employees stole millions of dollars.

Samoan Independent Seventh Day Adventist Church headquarters in Māngere, South Auckland. Photo: Google Maps It follows a two-year probe into the Samoan Independent Seventh Day Adventist Church (SISDAC) which operates 10 churches in the Auckland region. An investigation report by Charities Services published today, reveals a web of financial mismanagement and corruption that saw vast sums of money sourced from the churchs membership funnelled into the pockets of church officials, many of whom ...

Kai Schwoerer/Getty Images Muslim Association of Canterbury leaders have “full confidence” in its due diligence processes following several complaints. Pictured, president Mohamed Jama outside the March 15 terrorist’s sentencing last year. The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) is investigating complaints about the charity that runs Christchurch’s largest mosque. The Muslim Association of Canterbury (MAC) severed ties with the national body the Federation of Islamic Associations of N...

Stacy Squires/Stuff Members of the association in charge of Masjid An Nur, or Al Noor mosque, feel they have not been consulted over major changes like severing ties with national body Fianz. The charity behind Christchurch’s Masjid An Nur (or Al Noor mosque) has severed ties with a national Muslim body and made “unconstitutional” changes to how it runs, members say. They feel the Muslim Association of Canterbury’s (MAC) annual general meeting (AGM) on January 24 was not widely publici...