Editing Gloriavale Christian Community (section)

===Joint agency response===
In August 2022, the [[Sixth Labour Government of New Zealand|Sixth Labour Government]] set up a joint agency response to work on five key outcomes for Gloriavale community members: Glorivale members working without threat of punishment and receiving minimum legal entitlements, upholding children's rights, ensuring that children received an education and were not exploited for commercial gain, zero tolerance for serious harm and allowing people to freely leave the community. Despite the [[Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment]]'s (MBIE) concerns that ending the arrangement could undermine trust between Gloriavale and government agencies, Cabinet members of the [[Sixth National Government of New Zealand|National-led coalition government]] decided not to extend the arrangement beyond 31 December 2023. On 30 March 2024, this arrangement was reported by [[Radio New Zealand]]. The Education Review Office also reviewed Gloriavale's school, home schooling programme, and delivery of Te Kura. In addition, Gloriavale submitted progress reports to the [[Ministry of Social Development (New Zealand)|Ministry of Social Development]] every six weeks.<ref name="RNZ 30 Mar 2024">{{cite news |last1=Edwards |first1=Jean |title=Changes to Glorivale response could risk gains – ministers told |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/513019/changes-to-gloriavale-response-could-risk-gains-ministers-told |access-date=5 April 2024 |work=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date=30 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402044056/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/513019/changes-to-gloriavale-response-could-risk-gains-ministers-told |archive-date=2 April 2024}}</ref>

In December 2023, barrister Brian Henry sent a letter to Prime Minister [[Christopher Luxon]] calling for Gloriavale to be shut down. He also criticised the joint agency response for prioritising reforming Gloriavale over protecting victims of abuse. Henry also accused previous governments and agencies of enabling what he described as a "sex cult cloaked in Christianity."<ref name="RNZ 30 Mar 2024" /> On 27 March 2024, Henry filed proceedings against four government agencies ([[Oranga Tamariki]], the [[Department of Internal Affairs]], Ministry of Social Development and Labour Inspectorate), accusing them of knowingly allowing abuse to happen at Gloriavale.<ref>{{cite news |title=Government agencies accused of allowing abuse at Gloriavale to continue |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/512758/government-agencies-accused-of-allowing-abuse-at-gloriavale-to-continue |access-date=5 April 2024 |work=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date=27 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240330133751/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/512758/government-agencies-accused-of-allowing-abuse-at-gloriavale-to-continue |archive-date=30 March 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>