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Escaping Utopia: TVNZ’s Gloriavale documentary revisits the secretive community – The Front Page

March 25, 2024: | NZ Herald | A new documentary has revisited the origins of the Gloriavale Christian Community, as ongoing legal challenges continue to threaten the secretive commune’s future. The first episode…

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Gloriavale faces ‘death by a thousand cuts’ as investigators circle

March 24, 2024: | The Press | Joanne Naish | Hundreds of people have fled Gloriavale in recent years amid disturbing revelations of physical and sexual abuse against children, and allegations of slavery.…

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Escaping Utopia, gripping, brave and stranger than fiction

March 24, 2024: | Stuff | Amberleigh Jack | RECAP: It’s all too easy to look at any situation where someone – especially women – appear oppressed, controlled or abused and think, “why don’t they just…

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Justin Pemberton: Escaping Utopia director explores the inner workings of Gloriavale through interviews with escapees

March 24, 2024: | Newstalk ZB |The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin Description The insular Greymouth community of Gloriavale has kept Kiwis enthralled as testimonies keep emerging. A new TVNZ documentary, Escaping Utopia, promises…

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Escaping Utopia: Gloriavale former member Theophila Pratt on what it’s really like to leave

March 24, 2024: | NZ Herald | Emma Gleason | What’s it like to leave Gloriavale? A new TVNZ documentary, Escaping Utopia, seeks to answer that question and one former member, Theophila Pratt, tells…

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Leading NZ Lawyer Challenges The “Voyeurs Of New Zealand” As Gloriavale Is Back In The Public Eye Once Again

March 24, 2024: | Scoop |Press Release |Dennis Gates Voyeurs of New Zealand, your next Gloriavale fix is here. Drip fed on TVNZ over three consecutive nights, Escaping Utopia brings into living rooms across the…

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Escaping Utopia: What it takes to break free from Gloriavale

March 23, 2024: | RNZ | Saturday Morning | Around 600 people (including around 350 children) currently live at Gloriavale – a strict Christian community on the West Coast. Listen to the interview Escaping…

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Gloriavale Doco – Escaping Utopia

March 22, 2024: | More FM | The Breakfast Club | Escaping Utopia premieres on Sunday, March 24 at 8.30pm on TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+, and continues Monday, March 25 and Tuesday, March…

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Gloriavale Leavers put staff member on Coast

March 21, 2024: | Greymouth Star | Laura Mills | The Timaru-based Gloriavale Leavers Trust will base a staff member on the West Coast from next month. Kathryn Tuck lives near Gloriavale and…

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Government agencies’ Gloriavale response not being extended

March 21, 2024: | RNZ | The formal all-of-government response to the Gloriavale Christian community on the South Island’s West Coast has come to an end. Nine agencies were involved in the group,…

Escaping Utopia: TVNZ’s Gloriavale documentary revisits the secretive community – The Front Page

Gloriavale faces ‘death by a thousand cuts’ as investigators circle

Escaping Utopia, gripping, brave and stranger than fiction

Justin Pemberton: Escaping Utopia director explores the inner workings of Gloriavale through interviews with escapees

Escaping Utopia: Gloriavale former member Theophila Pratt on what it’s really like to leave

Leading NZ Lawyer Challenges The “Voyeurs Of New Zealand” As Gloriavale Is Back In The Public Eye Once Again

Escaping Utopia: What it takes to break free from Gloriavale

Gloriavale Doco – Escaping Utopia

Gloriavale Leavers put staff member on Coast

Government agencies’ Gloriavale response not being extended

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