Witness Summaries 

Howard Temple 

At the time of the hearing Mr Temple had been the leader of the Gloriavale Community since May 2018 and a member of the Community for over thirty years. He spoke to the past and present structure of Gloriavale, the past response of the Community leaders to allegations of abuse and the changes that have since been implemented for addressing allegations of abuse. 

Rachel Stedfast 

At the time of the hearing Ms Stedfast was the acting principal of the Community’s school and had been a teacher at the school and preschool for 20 years. Rachel spoke to matters involving education, gender, culture, disabled persons, Māori and Te Tiriti.