BNZ has been told it has to keep banking for Gloriavale

BNZ has been told it has to keep banking for Gloriavale
BNZ has to keep providing banking services to Gloriavale, for now... (Image: BNZ)
Oliver Lewis
Bank of New Zealand has to keep providing banking services to West Coast religious community Gloriavale and its associated entities, a court has ruled.In a decision released on Friday following a hearing in the high court at Greymouth, Justice Helen Cull granted an order to continue an existing injunction preventing BNZ from terminating the Gloriavale bank accounts.BNZ sought to end the banking relationship last year in the wake of an employment court decision that found three men who left the community had been employees from age six unti...

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