RNZ – Oranga Tamariki and police presence at Gloriavale welcomed

May 7, 2021: 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,…

More Gloriavale residents leaving but struggling to survive

November 14, 2019: 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…

Word Christchurch festival 2018: four adventurous women talk about their lives

June 2, 2019: 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…

Peter Lineham: Gloriavale

March 18, 2019: 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’

December 12, 2018: 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…

‘He had command’ – Melanie Reid remembers Hopeful Christian

May 17, 2018: | RNZ | Morning Report | The death of the founder of the Gloriavale sect, Hopeful Christian, is focussing attention on who will emerge as the new leader. The convicted sex offender, also known as Neville Cooper, died this week of cancer at the age of 92. Melanie Reid is…

Abuse at Gloriavale: ‘The leaders knew everything’

May 16, 2018: | RNZ | Checkpoint | A former Gloriavale member says he knows for an “undeniable fact” that sexual abuse has occurred in the West Coast religious community.…

Gloriavale: The Hopeful Christian interview

May 15, 2018: 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…