: By: Amanda Evans 16/08/2016 Amanda Evans has directed and produced three top-rating Gloriavale documentaries for TVNZ. Here she responds to criticism from one former resident of the South Island religious community that the documentaries don’t dig deep enough. Having read Melissa Harrison’s criticism of Gloriavale – A Woman’s Place, it’s…
: By Nikki Preston – NZ Herald – 15/08/2016 A 14-year-old girl with Down syndrome died choking on a piece of meat in Gloriavale Christian Community while shut in an isolation room. Prayer Ready was in an isolation room with the door handles disabled to prevent people getting in and out…
: By Melissa Harrison – The Pantograph Punch – 15/08/2016 Melissa Harrison writes on the irresponsibly soft treatment TV has afforded to the South Island cult her family escaped. I can recall various junctures throughout my life when a flurry of Gloriavale documentaries and articles would be splattered across our TV…
: By: Paula Penfold and Eugene Bingham – 15/08/2016 (Video can be viewed in article link). How has a reclusive Christian community managed to cover up the death of a child, in concerning circumstances, for more than a year? And why? The Circuit team investigates. We’ve never met Sharon Ready, or…
: NZ Herald – 01/08/2016 A man claiming to be the brother of Gloriavale resident Dove Love has spoken out against the “cult” community saying his sister did not want to marry but its leaders made her. The wedding of Dove Love to fellow community member Watchful Steadfast was the focus…