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 social issues in New Zealand and internationally. Accessible via National Library…

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

May 16, 2018: | NZ Herald | Kurt Bayer and Meghan Lawrence | The secretive Gloriavale religious commune has closed off the outside world as it buries its controversial leader Hopeful Christian today. Christian, formerly known as Neville Cooper, led the community for over 40 years and passed away at the remote community…

Gloriavale founder Hopeful Christian dies

May 15, 2018: | Stuff | Hopeful Christian, founder of the Gloriavale commune and convicted sex offender, has died at the secluded community. A family member told Stuff Christian, who was 92, died on Tuesday afternoon after a battle with cancer. He founded the religious community in 1969 in North Canterbury. The group later moved to…

Gloriavale founder dies aged 92

May 15, 2018: | RNZ | Also known as Neville Cooper, he established a community known as the “Cooperites” in 1969 in North Canterbury. The community later moved to the West Coast in the early 1990s and now has about 600 members. One of his sons Phil Cooper left the commune aged 27.…