NZ Herald – Covid 19 Delta outbreak: Gloriavale teachers get vaccine shots
By Laura Mills – Star News – 20/11/2021 Additional Reporting by Dubby Henry NZ Herald Gloriavale Christian Community school teachers have joined the community’s midwives and accepted their Covid vaccinations. Under the Government mandate, the teachers would have had to have been stood down yesterday if they were not vaccinated. Gloriavale shepherd Fervent Stedfast was […]
Stuff – Covid-19: Gloriavale’s area shows biggest jump in vaccination rates in the country
By Joanna Naish & Steven Walton- Stuff – 19/11/2021 The area that includes the Gloriavale Christian Community has had the biggest percentage point jump for first doses of any suburb nationwide. Just 343 of Lake Brunner’s eligible population of 593 people had rolled up their sleeve for the first jab as of last week. But […] Stuff – Gloriavale teachers and midwives get first dose of Covid-19 vaccine
By Joanne Naish – Stuff – 17/11/2021 Teachers and midwives at Gloriavale Christian Community have been vaccinated against Covid-19. The move came as the leaders of the church, which was traditionally against vaccinations, began to actively encourage their members to get vaccinated. The community of between 500 and 600 people at Lake Haupiri on the […]
Stuff – West Coast’s Covid-19 vaccination rate still lowest in South Island despite campaign
By Joanne Naish – Stuff – 08/11/2021 West Coast MP Damien O’Connor has visited the isolated Gloriavale Christian Community in a bid to help boost its Covid-19 vaccination rate. The Labour MP visited the region to encourage locals to get vaccinated as the West Coast District Health Board and regional leaders launched a a new […]
ODT – Get vaccinated, Gloriavale community told
By Laura Mills – ODT – 06/11/2021 West Coast-Tasman MP Damien O’Connor has delivered a firm and clear message to Gloriavale: all eligible New Zealanders need to get vaccinated to beat Covid-19. Mr O’Connor was on a whirlwind tour of the Coast on Thursday to try and boost vaccination rates. He visited Gloriavale with staff […]
RNZ – Special zone for Gloriavale on the cards
By Laura Mills – RNZ – 06/11/2021 The Gloriavale Christian Community is set to have more relaxed planning rules and its own sub-zone in the new combined district plan for the West Coast. The community of more than 600 people is located on land zoned rural at Lake Haupiri, east of Greymouth. But with a […]
Newstalk ZB – Churches in difficult position if vaccine exemption requests denied
Newstalk ZB – Heather Du Plessis-Alan with Peter Lineham – 04/11/2021 [Audio can be listened to from article link] Applications for religious exemptions to vaccine mandates are yet to be made but Gloriavale may be the first. A source close to the community says Gloriavale may be asking the Government for an exemption of the […]
NZ Herald – Gloriavale Christian community faces education conundrum over anti-vaccine stance
By Georgia O’Connor-Harding – NZ Herald – 04/11/2021 Christian community Gloriavale will likely be forced to turn its back on its long-held anti-vaccine beliefs. A source close to the community has said it is understood they are considering asking the Government for an exemption for the vaccine mandate for its teachers. They say if the […]