13 Feb 2023

Former Gloriavale school principal to give evidence in court

From Morning Report, 8:27 am on 13 February 2023

Former Gloriavale Christian School principal Faithful Pilgrim is expected to give evidence in the next phase of an Employment Court case resuming today, before a visit to the isolated West Coast community by the chief judge.

Six former Gloriavale women are seeking a ruling they were employees, not volunteers, living in slave-like conditions at the commune.

Reporter Jean Edwards has been covering the case. 

She spoke to Kim Hill.