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Gloriavale company seeks public funding for health food enterprise

August 1, 2018: Oliver Lewis | RNZ | Religious sect Gloriavale’s application to a $3 billion regional development…

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Gloriavale’s bizarre kindergarten photo albums

May 27, 2018: | Newshub | Patrick Gower | A family excommunicated by Gloriavale has been returned photo…

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Director stands by show as exiled Gloriavale father claims ‘everything is vetted’

May 27, 2018: By Glenn McConnell | Stuff | A shunned member of Gloriavale claims TVNZ’s documentaries about life…

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Obituary: Gloriavale patriarch Hopeful Christian’s troubling legacy

May 19, 2018: By Michael Wright – Stuff – 19/05/2018 Few leaders meant as much to their cause…

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Our fascination with Gloriavale is all about secrets, sex and salvation

May 18, 2018: By: Martin van Beynen – 18/05/2018 (Video can be viewed in article link). OPINION: What…

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Couple deciding which “dystopian show” to watch – “Handmaid’s Tale” or “Gloriavale”

May 18, 2018: | Ashburton Guardian | Michael Moreu | Digital cartoon by Mike Moreu on political and…

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‘He had command’ – Melanie Reid remembers Hopeful Christian

May 17, 2018: | RNZ | Morning Report | The death of the founder of the Gloriavale sect,…

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Hopeful Christian dies: What now for Gloriavale?

May 16, 2018: | Stuff | Paula Penfold and Eugene Bingham | Phil Cooper is an exuberant, boisterous…

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Abuse at Gloriavale: ‘The leaders knew everything’

May 16, 2018: | RNZ | Checkpoint | A former Gloriavale member says he knows for an “undeniable…

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‘He’s going to go to hell’ says woman sexually abused by Gloriavale leader Hopeful Christian in the ’80s

May 16, 2018: | 1News | The death of controversial Gloriavale leader Hopeful Christian is drawing mixed reaction…

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‘He deserved to rot in jail’ – woman who claims she suffered sexual abuse at hands of former Gloriavale leader gives emotional interview

May 16, 2018: | 1News | A woman who claimed she was sexually abused by former Gloriavale leader…

Gloriavale closed off to mourn as Hopeful Christian is laid to rest

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Watch the first and only TV interview with Gloriavale leader Hopeful Christian, where he revealed inner-workings of secretive religious sect

May 15, 2018: | 1News | Sunday | TVNZ 1’s Sunday show carried out the only sit-down television…

Family calls for inquest into Gloriavale teen’s death

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Gloriavale company seeks public funding for health food enterprise

Gloriavale’s bizarre kindergarten photo albums

Director stands by show as exiled Gloriavale father claims ‘everything is vetted’

Obituary: Gloriavale patriarch Hopeful Christian’s troubling legacy

Our fascination with Gloriavale is all about secrets, sex and salvation

Couple deciding which “dystopian show” to watch – “Handmaid’s Tale” or “Gloriavale”

‘He had command’ – Melanie Reid remembers Hopeful Christian

Hopeful Christian dies: What now for Gloriavale?

Abuse at Gloriavale: ‘The leaders knew everything’

‘He’s going to go to hell’ says woman sexually abused by Gloriavale leader Hopeful Christian in the ’80s

‘He deserved to rot in jail’ – woman who claims she suffered sexual abuse at hands of former Gloriavale leader gives emotional interview

Gloriavale closed off to mourn as Hopeful Christian is laid to rest

Gloriavale founder Hopeful Christian dies

Gloriavale founder dies aged 92

Who was Hopeful Christian and how did he rise to notoriety at Gloriavale?

Gloriavale: The Hopeful Christian interview

Watch the first and only TV interview with Gloriavale leader Hopeful Christian, where he revealed inner-workings of secretive religious sect

Family calls for inquest into Gloriavale teen’s death

Lawyer prepares action over Gloriavale expulsion

Gloriavale: The Return

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