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RNZ – New documentary Gloriavale follows groundbreaking legal case launched against community leaders

August 18, 2022: By RNZ / Newshub – 18/08/2022 Sharon Ready has lived in the Gloriavale community for 50 years, first entering as a 15-year-old when the community was based in Springbank, Rangiora. “It’s my turangawaewae,” she says. “This is where I stand because my faith, I started there as a Christian and…

Articles, Gloriavale Film/Docuseries

Stuff – Gloriavale: Enlightening, heartrending doco lifts the veil on ‘NZ’s secret cult’

August 17, 2022: By James Croot – Stuff – 17/08/2022 Gloriavale (M, 89mins) **** Lifting the veil on “New Zealand’s secret cult” and its apparent fall from utopian ideal to Animal Farm-esque nightmare, this enlightening, heartrending, rage-inducing documentary follows former members as they battle for justice – and reform – from the outside.…

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RNZ – Gloriavale’s secrets and the fight for justice

August 16, 2022: By RNZ – Nine To Noon – 16/08/2022 A new documentary gives an eye-opening look into the secrets of the Gloriavale Christian Community and the fight for justice by a group of former residents and supporters. The film simply entitled Gloriavale features members of the Ready family as they mount…

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RNZ – Gloriavale ordered to improve workplace safety standards

August 14, 2022: By Jean Edwards – RNZ – 14/08/2022 Gloriavale has been ordered to improve workplace safety standards again after a visit by inspectors, but no children were found working in the reclusive Christian community’s commercial businesses. WorkSafe assessors travelled to Gloriavale near Greymouth in May after a landmark Employment Court ruling…

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RNZ – Sharon Ready & Liz Gregory: standing up to the Gloriavale shepherds

August 13, 2022: By RNZ – Saturday Morning – 13/08/2022 Sharon Ready has lived in the Gloriavale community for 50 years, first entering as a 15-year-old when the community was based in Springbank, Rangiora. “It’s my turangawaewae,” she says. “This is where I stand because my faith, I started there as a Christian…

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MammaMia – ‘I spent two days inside a cult and I can see why people join them.’

August 13, 2022: By Kelly Eden – MammaMia – 13/08/2022 “We were there for the entire weekend. You can’t make a community of 500 fake it for that long,” I argued. “It seems like a really peaceful place to live.” I could see the attraction for joining, but that was before recent news…

Articles, Gloriavale Film/Docuseries

Ashburton gets sneak preview of Gloriavale documentary

August 11, 2022: By Malcolm Hopwood | Ashburton Guardian | Ashburton audiences will have an advance screening this Sunday of a documentary on Gloriavale that opens in New Zealand cinemas the following week. Entitled Gloriavale, the documentary directed by Noel Smyth and Fergus Grady, examines the widespread abuse inside the Gloriavale cult and…

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Woman’s Day – Life after Gloriavale: ‘Our nightmare is finally over!’

August 11, 2022: By Sophie Neville – Woman’s Day – 11/08/2022 Timaru mum Virginia reveals why she and her family had to escape the controversial community. For 27 years, former Gloriavale resident Virginia Courage was tormented by nightmares. She’d often lie awake in the cramped bunk room she shared with her husband and…

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Gloriavale’s school reopens after sudden closure

August 9, 2022: | 1News | Gloriavale Christian School have confirmed they reopened on Tuesday after it was temporarily closed last week. The principal and several teachers stood aside while a police investigation was carried out on abuse claims. Sources told 1News last week just two teachers were left for 200 students, so parents were told…

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1News – Gloriavale doc lifts the lid on secretive Christian community

August 6, 2022: 1News – 06/08/2022 It’s hoped a new film about the West Coast commune of Gloriavale will give the public a better insight into the fight for change still being waged. Released on Saturday as part of New Zealand’s International Film Festival, the documentary simply titled Gloriavale follows one woman who…

RNZ – New documentary Gloriavale follows groundbreaking legal case launched against community leaders

Stuff – Gloriavale: Enlightening, heartrending doco lifts the veil on ‘NZ’s secret cult’

RNZ – Gloriavale’s secrets and the fight for justice

RNZ – Gloriavale ordered to improve workplace safety standards

RNZ – Sharon Ready & Liz Gregory: standing up to the Gloriavale shepherds

MammaMia – ‘I spent two days inside a cult and I can see why people join them.’

Ashburton gets sneak preview of Gloriavale documentary

Woman’s Day – Life after Gloriavale: ‘Our nightmare is finally over!’

Gloriavale’s school reopens after sudden closure

1News – Gloriavale doc lifts the lid on secretive Christian community

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