Consular officials contact Gloriavale’s Indian community

November 15, 2024: | Greymouth Star | Laura Mills |[Subscription Only] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade says consular officials have been in touch with the Gloriavale Christian Community outpost in India. In the recent TVNZ ‘docuseries’, Escaping Utopia, former Gloriavale members travelled to India and met a member who moved there…

The case for reading books about animals wearing clothes

November 14, 2024: | The Spinoff | Claire Mabey | In light of Gloriavale’s reluctant acceptance of Winnie-the-Pooh, Claire Mabey argues in favour of the wider canon of anthropomorphic animal literature. There is nothing more bleak than the banning of books and the curtailment of reading. Control what people read and you control what…

AWLA Open letter to the Government – Gloriavale Christian Community

November 12, 2024: | AWLA | Open Letter | AWLA has written an open letter to the Government urging it to take immediate action to address concerns for the health and safety of wāhine and tamariki residing in Gloriavale Christian Community. In December last year, the Government abandoned a Cabinet-mandated joint agency response…

‘God bless’ Winnie-the-Pooh: Gloriavale families cautioned against reading fairy tales, ‘feminist propaganda’

November 7, 2024: | RNZ | Jean Edwards | Gloriavale families have been cautioned against reading fairy tales, books that celebrate Christmas and children’s stories depicting animals dressed in clothes, by a senior leader checking the community’s reading material. In an email sent to members last month and obtained by RNZ, Servant Peter…

Gloriavale’s banned children’s books: Senior leader’s email lays out rules

November 7, 2024: | NZ Herald | Melissa Nightingale | Lord of the Rings, stories about Christmas and Easter, and nearly all books containing pictures of animals wearing clothes are on the list of reading material considered too “worldly” for Gloriavale’s children. An email leaked from the West Coast Christian community and sent to politicians…

BNZ’s push to ditch Gloriavale would destroy the religious community, Court of Appeal hears

November 1, 2024: | NZ Herald | Jenée Tibshraeny | Gloriavale’s viability is looking increasingly shaky as it faces the possibility of being de-banked. BNZ, which has been banking Gloriavale’s various businesses and entities for about 40 years, wants to shut the exclusive religious community’s accounts. It argues Gloriavale has breached its human…