Articles

  1. Home /
  2. Articles
    3. (: Page 111)
Gloriavale founder Hopeful Christian dies
Articles

Gloriavale founder Hopeful Christian dies

: | 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
Articles

Gloriavale founder dies aged 92

: | 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.…
Gloriavale: The Hopeful Christian interview
Articles, Audio

Gloriavale: The Hopeful Christian interview

: By Jehan Casinader – Stuff – 15/05/2018 [Audio link in article] This story was first published in 2015, but has been republished after Hopeful Christian died after a battle with cancer on Tuesday. “Did you know”, Hopeful Christian whispers, “that some medical vaccines contain the embryos of aborted fetuses? Did…
Watch the first and only TV interview with Gloriavale leader Hopeful Christian, where he revealed inner-workings of secretive religious sect
Articles, Videos

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

: | 1News | Sunday | TVNZ 1’s Sunday show carried out the only sit-down television interview with Gloriavale leader Hopeful Christian over a decade ago. Reporter Janet McIntyre was given access to Gloriavale residents and shown around the property by Christian himself, to see the inner-workings of the religious sect…
Gloriavale: The Return
Articles

Gloriavale: The Return

: TVNZ | Local Documentary | May 2018 saw TVNZ premiere an exclusive Gloriavale mini-series.  Gloriavale: The Return This May, TVNZ OnDemand will premiere an exclusive Gloriavale mini-series. Catch up with familiar faces, and meet some new ones too. Join us for another visit to Gloriavale, New Zealand’s most fascinating isolated community.…
Secretive religious community Gloriavale’s ‘Declaration of Commitment’ – revealing the rights members must sign away for the rest of their lives
Articles, Videos

Secretive religious community Gloriavale’s ‘Declaration of Commitment’ – revealing the rights members must sign away for the rest of their lives

: By Paul Hobbs, 1News – 07/04/2018 [Video can be viewed in article link]. For the first time, the full details of Gloriavale’s “Declaration of Commitment” document can be unveiled. It includes an array of sweeping waivers, including how the religious group tries to legally bind people to a lifetime of…