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BNZ to challenge Gloriavale over their use of banking services

June 26, 2024: | RNZ | Jenee Tibshraeny | Gloriavale has taken a knock in its battle to maintain access to banking services. BNZ has been trying to close Gloriavale’s accounts for the last two years, and the Court of Appeal is allowing BNZ to challenge that injunction. NZ Herald Wellington business editor…

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Gloriavale suffers setback in battle with BNZ to maintain access to banking services

June 26, 2024: | NZ Herald | Jenée Tibshraeny | Gloriavale has taken a knock in its battle to maintain access to banking services. The Court of Appeal has allowed BNZ to challenge an interim injunction that requires the bank to keep Gloriavale’s accounts open until a trial determines whether BNZ can terminate its relationship with…

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Cults and control: Why do people fall for the tricks of cult recruiters?

June 22, 2024: | The Press | Philip Mathews | Janja Lalich lives in northern California, across the bay from San Francisco. An ideal spot, you might think, for a specialist on cults. This is where some of the worst flourished. There was Jim Jones’ Peoples Temple and, further down the coast, Charles Manson’s Family and…

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Gloriavale leaver comes 2nd in national pie making contest

June 19, 2024: | RNZ | Checkpoint | Lianna MacFarlane, a Gloriavale leaver speaks to Lisa Owen about coming second in an iconic national pie making contest after starting out as a cleaner in a Timaru baker and working her way up the night manager’s job.…

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Gloriavale leaver’s recipe for success wins in pie awards

June 19, 2024: | Timaru Herald | Rachel Comer | Gloriavale leaver Lianna MacFarlane started working as a cleaner at Timaru’s U-Bake three years ago. Now a baking apprentice at the popular South Canterbury bakery, she is also an award-winning pie maker, with her chicken and leek pie coming second at the recent…

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Rosanna Overcomer, Part 3: Navigating Life & Faith Outside of Gloriavale

June 19, 2024: | Outside of Sunday Podcast | In the final chapter of our conversation with Rosie from Gloriavale, we delve into the reconciling of her faith outside of the abusive cult. Rosie details her intense emotional struggles, including daily panic attacks, and the liberating feeling of finally being free, a year…

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Gloriavale leaver discovers new life working at Timaru bakery

June 19, 2024: | RNZ | A Gloriavale leaver has come second in an iconic national pie making contest after starting out as a cleaner in a Timaru bakery and working her way up to the night manager’s job. Lianna MacFarlane had not even made pies before her boss insisted that she should…

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Rosanna Overcomer, Part 2: When Distorted Christianity Meets Biblical Truth

June 12, 2024: | Outside of Sunday Podcast | In part 2 of our conversation with Rosie from Gloriavale, we’re diving deep into the truth of the practice of Christianity inside the reclusive sect. Rosie bravely shares about knowing at an early age that there was something very wrong within the community. In…

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New Zealand cults hit the world stage

June 12, 2024: | The Press | Phillip Matthews | Is New Zealand a little bit culty? That question will be asked at the International Cultic Studies Association conference in Barcelona, Spain, next month. That may not be how New Zealand likes to see itself on the world stage. Yet it indicates how…

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Cult Chat Wins At 2024 NZ Radio And Podcast Awards

June 7, 2024: | Scoop Business | Plains FM 96.9 | Cult Chat has won Best Community Access Programme for 2024 at the NZ Radio and Podcast Awards announced in Auckland last night (6 June 2024). Christchurch-based co-host Dr. Caroline Ansley runs the Centrepoint Restoration Project and along with Lindy Jacomb from Olive Leaf Network…

BNZ to challenge Gloriavale over their use of banking services

Gloriavale suffers setback in battle with BNZ to maintain access to banking services

Cults and control: Why do people fall for the tricks of cult recruiters?

Gloriavale leaver comes 2nd in national pie making contest

Gloriavale leaver’s recipe for success wins in pie awards

Rosanna Overcomer, Part 3: Navigating Life & Faith Outside of Gloriavale

Gloriavale leaver discovers new life working at Timaru bakery

Rosanna Overcomer, Part 2: When Distorted Christianity Meets Biblical Truth

New Zealand cults hit the world stage

Cult Chat Wins At 2024 NZ Radio And Podcast Awards

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