Time put an end to the cancer of Gloriavale – Shane Te Pou

April 14, 2024: | The New Zealand Herald | Shane Te Pou | OPINION: An hour out of Greymouth, in the foothills of the Southern Alps, there is a cancer. A community that lawyer Brian Henry calls a “sex cult cloaked in Christianity”. A place founded by a sex offender, who was jailed and then…

Gloriavale: Majority surveyed believe it is ‘essentially a cult’

April 12, 2024: | 1News | Ryan Boswell | A majority of New Zealanders surveyed believe closed Christian community Gloriavale is “essentially a cult” and should be shut down. That’s according to the a first-of-its-kind test of public opinion curated by Talbot Mills, which asked people what should happen to the controversial West…

Gloriavale payments ‘challenging’

April 11, 2024: | Greymouth Star | The Employment Court says working out how much money Gloriavale leavers are owed may be challenging. The court recently ruled that Hosea Courage, Daniel Pilgrim, and Levi Courage were actually employees, clearing the way for them to pursue claims in the Employment Relations Authority for compensation,…

Gloriavale’s bid to bring in foreign workers labelled ‘bizarre and extraordinary’

April 10, 2024: | Newshub | Michael Morrah | Check out the News Report Gloriavale, the Christian commune on the West Coast linked to claims of slave labour, is seeking formal approval to bring in workers from overseas.  But a group supporting those who leave the community have called the request “extraordinary” and…

Gloriavale Visit With The Road To Healing Aotearoa

April 8, 2024: | Answers Within | YouTube | A poignant visual representation to raise awareness of the victims who have suffered within the Gloriavale Community. Flags are placed on the driveway into Gloriavale, representing the survivors, the voiceless of Gloriavale. Official numbers released by Police indicate 400 offences with 3/4 of those…

Hot Picks: Escaping Utopia

April 5, 2024: | Broadcast | ‘As a contemporary cult story, this is unlike anything I have ever seen’ Distributor Fifth SeasonProducer Warner Bros International Television Production New ZealandLength 3 x 60 minutesBroadcaster TVNZ (New Zealand) Into the thriving sub-genre of documentaries about cults comes Escaping Utopia, a three-part exposé of the Gloriavale  Christian Community, which operates on New Zealand’s South Island. Co-director Natalie Malcon is no…