Gloriavale teen Prayer Ready died choking in isolation room

August 15, 2016: | NZ Herald | Nikki Preston | A 14-year-old girl with Down syndrome died choking on a piece of meat in Gloriavale Christian Community while shut in an isolation room.…

The Pantograph Punch – Gloriavale: The Other Side, From the Inside

August 15, 2016: By Melissa Harrison – The Pantograph Punch – 15/08/2016 Melissa Harrison writes on the irresponsibly soft treatment TV has afforded to the South Island cult her family escaped. I can…

Life after Gloriavale: Former member speaks

August 4, 2016: | Stuff | Tess Brunton | Gloriavale would “fall to pieces” if its members knew the truth about their leader Hopeful Christian and his sexual convictions, a former member says. Seventeen…

NZ Herald / ZM On Line – Dove Love’s brother: ‘She didn’t want to marry him’

August 1, 2016: NZ Herald – 01/08/2016 A man claiming to be the brother of Gloriavale resident Dove Love has spoken out against the “cult” community saying his sister did not want to…

The Spinoff – Gloriavale: Where a woman’s place is submissive and pregnant

July 28, 2016: By Callum Henderson – The Spinoff – 28/07/2016 Calum Henderson asks why our taxpayer money continues to fund rose-tinted documentaries about the sexist hellhole known as Gloriavale. Our annual visit…

NZ Herald – Gloriavale: A timeline of controversy

July 27, 2016: NZ Herald – 27/07/2016 As Gloriavale returns, we take a look back at the community’s controversy over the years. July, 2007: Ex-Gloriavale members sentenced for robbery July 2014: Gloriavale hits…

Gloriavale’s stage show is unlike anything else on Earth

July 25, 2016: | RNZ | Katie Scotcher | Every two years, the Gloriavale Christian Community welcomes 6000 people to watch a four-hour concert extravaganza. Last week Katie Scotcher and three friends went there to…

Gloriavale Christian Community assets top $40 million

February 29, 2016: By: Joanne Carroll – 29/02/2016 The Gloriavale Christian Community has opened up to defend its tax status as its assets reach more than $40 million. The community leaders took out…