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Man flown to hospital after being critically injured at Gloriavale

October 23, 2018: By Maddison Northcott | Stuff | A critically injured man has been airlifted to hospital from Gloriavale. St John spokesman Gerard Campbell said St John was called to the Christian community, based at Haupiri on the West Coast, on Tuesday. A 20-year-old man was flown to Grey Base Hospital with…

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Leaving Gloriavale hardest decision to ever make

September 16, 2018: By Rachael Comer – 16/09/2018 Learning to wave and say goodbye, pay bills, use a phone and even shopping have all been part of daily life for Lois Helpful over the past 11 months. The 25-year-old mother-of-two left the religious community of Gloriavale almost a year ago, 32 weeks pregnant,…

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Former Glorivale family slowly adapting to life outside the community

August 26, 2018: By Rachael Comer – 22/08/2018 A family of 11 who left Gloriavale with few possessions for a new life in Timaru has been overwhelmed by the support of the community. The parents, both aged 37, and their children, aged from 15 months to 16 years old, have never known life…

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Family of 11 leave Gloriavale over community’s new leadership

August 16, 2018: Newshub Reporter – 16/08/2018 (Video can be viewed in article link). A family of 11 have left Gloriavale for Timaru because of the secluded community’s new leadership. Newshub understands nine children aged between 15 months and 16 years old along with their parents have left the West Coast religious community.…

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Public support continues for former Gloriavale family who have moved to Timaru

August 16, 2018: By Rachael Comer – 16/08/2018 A family of 11 that has never known life outside the secluded Gloriavale community has been inundated with public support as they begin a new life in Timaru. A Givealittle page has now been set up by Timaru couple Liz and Graham Gregory, who are…

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Men kicked out of Gloriavale for using a cellphone, source close to the sect claims

August 3, 2018: By: Joanne Carroll – 03/08/2020 Two men have been thrown out of the Gloriavale Christian Community for using a cellphone, it has been claimed. The men have been separated from their wives and children who remain in the West Coast community. A former community member, who did not want to…

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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 fund for a new health food enterprise was done with the West Coast in mind, a spokesman says. A company owned by Gloriavale members, Alpine Health Manufacturing, lodged an expression of interest on July 23…

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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 albums of their children’s kindergarten memories – except the faces of their friends who remain inside are covered with a computer-generated image. The family says that’s vindictive, but Gloriavale says it’s because they don’t want…

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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 inside the Christian community only show outsiders what leaders there want them to see. But the show’s director says she is presenting an accurate account of life inside Gloriavale while other media look for “clickbait”. John Ready…

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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 as Hopeful Christian. So it was that, when the founder and spiritual leader of the reclusive Gloriavale Christian Community died this week, aged 91, the very future of the West Coast settlement was questioned. This…

Man flown to hospital after being critically injured at Gloriavale

Leaving Gloriavale hardest decision to ever make

Former Glorivale family slowly adapting to life outside the community

Family of 11 leave Gloriavale over community’s new leadership

Public support continues for former Gloriavale family who have moved to Timaru

Men kicked out of Gloriavale for using a cellphone, source close to the sect claims

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

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