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‘Real Handmaid’s tale’ community that forced young girls to watch their parents have sex

February 17, 2025: | Lad Bible | Michael Slavin | The community has been exposed in a new documentary called Escaping Utopia Warning: The following article contains discussion of child sex abuse that…

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Hell on Earth

February 16, 2025: | The Irish Sun | Jim Mahoney | We were made to watch our parents have sex & abused from 7 in cult run by ‘shepherds’ who performed sick marriage…

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Escaping Utopia, review: a refreshingly old-fashioned documentary about a disturbing cult

February 16, 2025: | The Telegraph | Anita Singh | Netflix transformed the documentary genre so profoundly that it feels unusual to come across something made in the old style. Escaping Utopia (BBC Two) doesn’t…

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Escaping Utopia review – there’s so much terrible detail about this cult it barely fits into the show

February 16, 2025: | The Guardian | Lucy Mangan | Escapers from the Gloriavale sect open up about living in constant fear of damnation, its abuse of women – and a landmark court…

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Constraints on the exercise of contractual powers

February 12, 2025: | MinterEllisonRuddWatts | Constraints on contractual powers have long been a topic of debate that has received surprisingly little academic attention in New Zealand. However, this area has recently garnered…

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Life as a teen after leaving Gloriavale

February 10, 2025: | TVNZ | “At about 10 years old, I imagined life outside Gloriavale would look sad and I wouldn’t have any friends … but that’s not true at all.” Angel…

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Court of Appeal rules Gloriavale’s challenges to BNZ decision to close its account are not seriously arguable

February 7, 2025: | Hesketh Henry | Stephanie Corban | Background BNZ made the decision to close the accounts of 16 entities associated with the Gloriavale Christian Community following a decision by senior…

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Gloriavale member sentenced to four years two months in jail for sexual offending against girls

February 5, 2025: | RNZ | Anna Sargent | A former Gloriavale member who was sexually abused in the Christian community when she was 13 years old has told her abuser he stole…

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Judge slams Gloriavale honey fraud

January 31, 2025: | Greymouth Star | Subscriber Only | A Gloriavale leader and a contractor who falsified documents to export honey to Vietnam damaged New Zealand’s excellent international trading reputation, a Greymouth…

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Gloriavale workers packed jars until their hands bled to meet illegal honey order

January 31, 2025: | The Press | Joanne Naish | As a teenager in Gloriavale, Levi Courage worked up to 70 hours a week filling jars of honey until his hands bled so…

‘Real Handmaid’s tale’ community that forced young girls to watch their parents have sex

Hell on Earth

Escaping Utopia, review: a refreshingly old-fashioned documentary about a disturbing cult

Escaping Utopia review – there’s so much terrible detail about this cult it barely fits into the show

Constraints on the exercise of contractual powers

Life as a teen after leaving Gloriavale

Court of Appeal rules Gloriavale’s challenges to BNZ decision to close its account are not seriously arguable

Gloriavale member sentenced to four years two months in jail for sexual offending against girls

Judge slams Gloriavale honey fraud

Gloriavale workers packed jars until their hands bled to meet illegal honey order

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