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…

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…

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:…

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…

‘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…

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…

Gloriavale commune founder Hopeful Christian dies, age 92

May 1, 2018: | RNZ | Checkpoint | Hopeful Christian, founder of the Gloriavale commune and convicted sex offender, has died of cancer at the age of 92.…

Gloriavale’s not what you may think – film-maker

November 24, 2016: 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…