Gloriavale's trust has lost its charitable status, with the former leader of the isolated West Coast community barred from holding governance roles in other charities.
The Charities Registration Board has issued decisions to deregister the Christian Church Community Trust and disqualify former leader Howard Temple for "serious wrongdoing".
"The Board’s view is that the funding provided by the Trust supported the Gloriavale community to operate in ways found to be unlawful and inconsistent with the wellbeing of Trust beneficiaries," a spokesperson for the board said.
The decision drew on previous findings which described "the use of child labour from the age of six in Trust-owned businesses, work carried out in harsh and, at times, dangerous conditions, failures to protect children and workers from harm, and the internal handling and non-reporting of sexual offending against a child at a Trust-owned school".
The Trust, which supports activities associated with the Gloriavale community, will not be able to apply for registration for another three years.
The move comes into effect tomorrow.
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