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Gloriavale’s regional growth fund application labelled ‘opportunistic’

December 12, 2018: Radio New Zealand – Newstalk ZB – 12/12/2018 [Audio an be listened to in article link]. Religious sect Gloriavale has applied for funding from Shane Jones’ regional growth fund. 1 News is reporting that Gloriavale leaders are seeking millions of dollars to fund a new health food company. Read more…

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Gloriavale man hospitalised with critical injuries after apparent self harm attempt

October 26, 2018: | NZ Herald | Kurt Bayer and Anna Leask | A young Gloriavale member was critically injured after an apparent attempt to take his own life. It is thought to be the first incident of its kind at the notoriously private religious sect. Two sources – one very close to…

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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…

Gloriavale’s regional growth fund application labelled ‘opportunistic’

Gloriavale man hospitalised with critical injuries after apparent self harm attempt

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

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