: NZ Herald – 27/07/2016 As Gloriavale returns, we take a look back at the community’s controversy over the years. July, 2007: Ex-Gloriavale members sentenced for robbery July 2014: Gloriavale hits NZ TV screens April, 2015: Ex-Members speak out against Gloriavale’s leader April, 2015: A community rich in assets … Read…
: Amanda Evans | RNZ | Documentary director Amanda Evans discusses our on-going fascination with the Gloriavale community. She’s been filming in the community for several years now and the third part of her television series is set to air this week. Listen to the interview: Amanda Evans: Gloriavale Direct link:…
: By: Joanne Carroll – 29/02/2016 The Gloriavale Christian Community has opened up to defend its tax status as its assets reach more than $40 million. The community leaders took out a large advertisement in the Greymouth Star on Saturday after its financial statements were released online. Read more here: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/77378317/gloriavale-christian-community-assets-top-40-million…
: By David Clarkson and Michael Wright | Stuff | A teenager who left the West Coast’s religious Gloriavale community has admitted doing burnouts on a golf course. Barnabas Ben-Canaan, 18, appeared in the Christchurch District Court on Monday where he pleaded guilty to charges of wilful damage and driving while…
: | Indiafacts | Gloriavale Christian Community (GCC) is a Christian commune in New Zealand which calls itself as a Church. Its members are supposed to live a life based on Biblical principles. Nearly 80 families live in a farm-like setting in Western New Zealand. Their website (also archive) mentions ‘that 35 babies are born…
: By IndiaFacts Staff – 07/05/2015 …So, this group from New Zealand brings Indian (likely Tamil) parents and children to NZ. They ‘return’ back to India (Tamil Nadu, going by the news reports) with New Zealand women from the commune.Which raises intriguing questions: what is the connection between New Zealand and…
: By Jehan Casinada (Sunday Star Times) – 03/05/2015 A new Gloriavale is taking shape, far from the West Coast. Hopeful Christian and other senior Gloriavale leaders have travelled to the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, where they are building a new faith-based township in Tirunelveli. “It’s called the Christian Church…
: By: Ashleigh Stewart – 01/05/2015 Gloriavale’s men are “groomed” to have sex with underage girls and should not shoulder the blame, the granddaughter of the commune’s leader says. Another former member has revealed that girls who put on weight were verbally abused and forced to fast. Read more here: https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/68166569/men-groomed-to-have-underage-sex-in-gloriavale-ex-member-says…
: By Jody O’Callaghan | Stuff | A call to close Gloriavale’s school over concerns of oppression has been rejected by West Coast MP Damien O’Connor. An educational researcher has criticised Gloriavale Christian Community School for depriving young people of their human rights, and said it should be closed. Quality Public…
: By Patrice Dougan – NZ Herald – 24/04/2015 Sociologist who visited Christian community saw people treated well and no evidence of subjugation. A sociologist has given a rare glimpse of what life is like on the inside of the secretive Gloriavale Christian Community. Andrew Sepie, of the University of Canterbury,…
