: 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…
: 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,…
: Saturday Morning | RNZ | It’s a myth that only “stupid weird crazy people” get tied up with cults, says cult expert Dr Janja Lalich. Idealism is what these people have in common, she tells Kim Hill. Dr Lalich knows from experience. In the ’70s and ’80s, she herself was a…
: 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…
: 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…
: RNZ | Writers and Readers Festivals | Recorded on the anniversary of 125 years of women’s suffrage in New Zealand, four women talk about their extraordinary personal stories. Listen to Lilia Tarawa from 12:00-22:50 Word Christchurch Festival 2018…
: 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/ …
: 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…
: By Jehan Casinader – Stuff – 15/05/2018 [Audio link in article] This story was first published in 2015, but has been republished after Hopeful Christian died after a battle with cancer on Tuesday. “Did you know”, Hopeful Christian whispers, “that some medical vaccines contain the embryos of aborted fetuses? Did…
: RNZ A director with unprecedented access to the isolated West Coast community Gloriavale tells Wallace Chapman about the “magic and brilliant” place that’s more progressive than most people think. Amanda Evans and her husband have won the trust of Gloriavale over the years. With that trust has come access, which has enabled…
