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An Arranged Marriage! – Zion and Gloriana’s Gloriavale story

March 6, 2025: | Hope Project NZ | After 25 years in their arranged marriage at Gloriavale, while…

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Book details life inside Gloriavale

March 5, 2025: | Chris Harrowell | Eastern Times | A former member of the high-profile New Zealand…

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Former member Theophila reveals what life is really like for women inside Gloriavale

March 5, 2025: | Woman’s Day | Sophie Neville | Now a qualified occupational therapist, Theophila Pratt is…

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Surviving Gloriavale: Former member Theophila Pratt on life inside closed community

March 4, 2025: | The Post | Theophila Pratt | When people find out Theophila Pratt was once…

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Gloriavale Escapee Answers Questions from Instagram!

March 4, 2025: | Dom Harvey Podcast | 27 year old Theo Pratt spent the first 18 years…

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Unveiled: Theophila Pratt’s story of surviving Gloriavale

March 3, 2025: | RNZ | Nine to Noon | At age 18 Theophila Pratt was dropped at…

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Gloriavale Survivor – Exposing Abuse & Cult in India, Consequences of Leaving

March 2, 2025: | The Dom Harvey Podcast | At just 18 years old, Theo Pratt made the…

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De-banking restrictions back on the table?

February 24, 2025: | Bell Gully | Tim Fitzgerald, Julian Brown & Tristan Hutchinson | Parliament is to…

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Duncan Webb: Labour MP for Christchurch Central

February 24, 2025: | Facebook | Today I popped down to Timaru to meet with the team at…

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“How Cults Control Women”, Recover From Coercive Control

February 22, 2025: | Recover from Coercive Control | Renee Spencer| Patriarchy is a powerful tool for control,…

Articles, Audio, Legal: Court of Appeal

Debanking in New Zealand: Lessons from Gloriavale

February 20, 2025: | MinterEllisonRuddWatts | Richard Gordon; Alex Church | In this episode, Litigation Partner, Richard Gordon talks to…

Articles, Gloriavale Film/Docuseries

Co-founder of ‘Real Handmaid’s Tale’ cult reveals disgusting reason he decided to quit the community

February 18, 2025: | Lad Bible | Michael Slavin | The new BBC documentary Escaping Utopia has detailed…

Articles, Gloriavale Film/Docuseries

Forget The Handmaid’s Tale, this real-life Kiwi cult is even creepier

February 17, 2025: | Daily Mail | Christopher Stevens | Liz Gregory likes to call herself ‘the Devil’.…

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‘Real Handmaid’s tale’ community that forced young girls to watch their parents have sex

February 17, 2025: | Lad Bible | Michael Slavin | The community has been exposed in a new…

Articles, Gloriavale Film/Docuseries

Hell on Earth

February 16, 2025: | The Irish Sun | Jim Mahoney | We were made to watch our parents…

Articles, Gloriavale Film/Docuseries

Escaping Utopia, review: a refreshingly old-fashioned documentary about a disturbing cult

February 16, 2025: | The Telegraph | Anita Singh | Netflix transformed the documentary genre so profoundly that…

Articles, Gloriavale Film/Docuseries

Escaping Utopia review – there’s so much terrible detail about this cult it barely fits into the show

February 16, 2025: | The Guardian | Lucy Mangan | Escapers from the Gloriavale sect open up about…

Articles, Legal: Court of Appeal

Constraints on the exercise of contractual powers

February 12, 2025: | MinterEllisonRuddWatts | Constraints on contractual powers have long been a topic of debate that…

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Life as a teen after leaving Gloriavale

February 10, 2025: | TVNZ | “At about 10 years old, I imagined life outside Gloriavale would look…

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Court of Appeal rules Gloriavale’s challenges to BNZ decision to close its account are not seriously arguable

February 7, 2025: | Hesketh Henry | Stephanie Corban | Background BNZ made the decision to close the…

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An Arranged Marriage! – Zion and Gloriana’s Gloriavale story

Book details life inside Gloriavale

Former member Theophila reveals what life is really like for women inside Gloriavale

Surviving Gloriavale: Former member Theophila Pratt on life inside closed community

Gloriavale Escapee Answers Questions from Instagram!

Unveiled: Theophila Pratt’s story of surviving Gloriavale

Gloriavale Survivor – Exposing Abuse & Cult in India, Consequences of Leaving

De-banking restrictions back on the table?

Duncan Webb: Labour MP for Christchurch Central

“How Cults Control Women”, Recover From Coercive Control

Debanking in New Zealand: Lessons from Gloriavale

Co-founder of ‘Real Handmaid’s Tale’ cult reveals disgusting reason he decided to quit the community

Forget The Handmaid’s Tale, this real-life Kiwi cult is even creepier

‘Real Handmaid’s tale’ community that forced young girls to watch their parents have sex

Hell on Earth

Escaping Utopia, review: a refreshingly old-fashioned documentary about a disturbing cult

Escaping Utopia review – there’s so much terrible detail about this cult it barely fits into the show

Constraints on the exercise of contractual powers

Life as a teen after leaving Gloriavale

Court of Appeal rules Gloriavale’s challenges to BNZ decision to close its account are not seriously arguable

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