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Fleeing Gloriavale: Life inside the religious community

August 28, 2017: | RNZ | Audio || RNZ | Video | Lilia Tarawa fled Gloriavale after years…

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Gloriavale school pulled from scholarship list

May 2, 2017: By Laura Tupou | RNZ | A Ministry of Education scholarship giving students the chance…

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On the “Gloriavale Commune” In India

April 2, 2017: India Happenings – 02/04/2017 We came across a recent investigative report which appeared in a…

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Moving on from Gloriavale

March 31, 2017: | Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu |Anna Brankin | Gloriavale Christian Community claims to be…

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How Gloriavale’s leadership structure works

March 31, 2017: | Stuff | Henry Cooke | There is probably no religious group New Zealanders have seen…

Articles, Videos

Melanie Reid: Going undercover in Gloriavale still haunts me

March 30, 2017: |Stuff | Newsroom | Melanie Reid | This story was originally published on Newsroom.co.nz and is republished…

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Gloriavale report: Have we learned nothing from Centrepoint?

March 30, 2017: By Anke Richter – The Spiinoff – 30/03/2017 For an ex-member of New Zealand’s one…

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Inside Gloriavale: Going undercover still haunts me

March 29, 2017: | Newsroom | Melanie Reid | It’s now more than 20 years since Melanie Reid…

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Gloriavale: Nine questions we can answer, and one we can’t

March 29, 2017: By Charlie Gates – Stuff – 29/03/2017 Allegations of sexual assault, physical abuse and coercive…

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Gloriavale allegations: Read the report

March 28, 2017: By: Morgan Tait – 28/03/2017 (Updated 29/03/2017) A copy of a 33-page report and a…

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Gloriavale: BNZ accounts run without members’ knowledge

March 27, 2017: | Newsroom | Morgan Tait | Senior Gloriavale members may have acted illegally in operating…

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Gloriavale: The history of a reclusive sect

March 27, 2017: | Newsroom | Morgan Tait | Founded by Australian-born evangelist Neville Cooper in 1969, Gloriavale…

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Inside Gloriavale: The official story

March 27, 2017: | Newsroom | Morgan Tait | Allegations of physical and sexual abuse, forced marriage, forced…

Articles, Cults and Sects

A Story of Redemption

December 15, 2016: | Laidlaw College | “I grew up in Gloriavale” is a dramatic opening line to…

Articles, Audio

Gloriavale’s not what you may think – film-maker

November 24, 2016: RNZ A director with unprecedented access to the isolated West Coast community Gloriavale tells Wallace Chapman about…

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Woman slams ‘negligent’ TV2 documentary A Woman’s Place

August 16, 2016: | NZ Herald | A woman with family ties to the controversial Gloriavale community has…

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Amanda Evans: When your Gloriavale reality is not mine

August 16, 2016: | NZ Herald | Amanda Evans | Amanda Evans has directed and produced three top-rating…

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Gloriavale teen Prayer Ready died choking in isolation room

August 15, 2016: | NZ Herald | Nikki Preston | A 14-year-old girl with Down syndrome died choking…

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The Pantograph Punch – Gloriavale: The Other Side, From the Inside

August 15, 2016: By Melissa Harrison – The Pantograph Punch – 15/08/2016 Melissa Harrison writes on the irresponsibly…

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The Gloriavale child death that the community tried to cover up

August 15, 2016: By: Paula Penfold and Eugene Bingham – 15/08/2016 (Video can be viewed in article link).…

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Fleeing Gloriavale: Life inside the religious community

Gloriavale school pulled from scholarship list

On the “Gloriavale Commune” In India

Moving on from Gloriavale

How Gloriavale’s leadership structure works

Melanie Reid: Going undercover in Gloriavale still haunts me

Gloriavale report: Have we learned nothing from Centrepoint?

Inside Gloriavale: Going undercover still haunts me

Gloriavale: Nine questions we can answer, and one we can’t

Gloriavale allegations: Read the report

Gloriavale: BNZ accounts run without members’ knowledge

Gloriavale: The history of a reclusive sect

Inside Gloriavale: The official story

A Story of Redemption

Gloriavale’s not what you may think – film-maker

Woman slams ‘negligent’ TV2 documentary A Woman’s Place

Amanda Evans: When your Gloriavale reality is not mine

Gloriavale teen Prayer Ready died choking in isolation room

The Pantograph Punch – Gloriavale: The Other Side, From the Inside

The Gloriavale child death that the community tried to cover up

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