NZ Herald – A Moment In Crime: Gloriavale – smocks, secrecy and sex offenders
By Anna Leask – NZ Herald – 25/05/2021 In the late 1960s, an Australian preacher made his way to New Zealand. He had a vision to set up a Christian community where everyone shared everything and cared for everyone – where they shunned the “ungodliness” of the modern world and lived in purity. He was […]
RNZ – Oranga Tamariki and police presence at Gloriavale welcomed
RNZ (Radio New Zealand) – 05/05/2021 [Audio in article link] A support group for people who choose to leave the Gloriavale Christian Community on the West Coast is relieved by the latest action by police and Oranga Tamariki. The two agencies have been at the West Coast community since Monday, as part of an investigation […]
Gloriavale leavers describe fear, oppression in community
Checkpoint – RNZ (Radio New Zealand) – 15/11/2019 Controlling, fearful, and oppressive – that’s how people who’ve left the community of Gloriavale described their lives there. This comes as a new trust is established – the Gloriavale Leavers’ Support Trust – which aims to help those who decide to leave with everything from housing, clothes, […]
More Gloriavale residents leaving but struggling to survive
Newstalk ZB – 14/11/2019 [Audio in article link] – listen to James Harrison talking about what it is like for families once they have left Gloriavale. It’s the small community on the west coast that captures everybody’s attention, but is the cult of Gloriavale slowly unravelling? Two large families have left the closed off group […]
Peter Lineham: Gloriavale
Radio New Zealand – Mike Hosking Breakfast – 18/03/2019 [Audio can be listened to from article link]. Listen to Associate Professor Peter Lineham, Massey University speak on Gloriavale. Listen here: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/peter-lineham-gloriavale/ Gloriavale’s regional growth fund application labelled ‘opportunistic’
Radio New Zealand – Newstalk ZB – 12/12/2018 [Audio an be listened to in article link]. Religious sect Gloriavale has applied for funding from Shane Jones’ regional growth fund. 1 News is reporting that Gloriavale leaders are seeking millions of dollars to fund a new health food company. Read more / Listen here: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/audio/peter-lineham-gloriavale-is-very-opportunistic/