The Employment Court has ruled that three members of the reclusive Gloriavale Christian community were employees working long hours from the age of just six.
The landmark decision about the strenuous, difficult and sometimes dangerous work done by children is likely to have significant legal ramifications for the community on the South Island's West Coast.
Jean Edwards and cameraman Nate McKinnon spoke to two of the young men who brought the case.
Their lawyer Brian Henry talks to Lisa Owen.
