Gloriavale leaver comes 2nd in national pie making contest

June 19, 2024: | RNZ | Checkpoint | Lianna MacFarlane, a Gloriavale leaver speaks to Lisa Owen about coming second in an iconic national pie making contest after starting out as a cleaner in a Timaru baker and working her way up the night manager’s job.…

Gloriavale leaver discovers new life working at Timaru bakery

June 19, 2024: | RNZ | A Gloriavale leaver has come second in an iconic national pie making contest after starting out as a cleaner in a Timaru bakery and working her way up to the night manager’s job. Lianna MacFarlane had not even made pies before her boss insisted that she should…

Around the motu: Tim Brown in Christchurch

April 4, 2024: | RNZ | Tim Brown | RNZ’s reporter in Christchurch Tim Brown discusses the latest revelations about Gloriavale, the controversy around SailGP and Hector’s dolphins, the intersection of the economy and environment; and the financial struggles of the Arts Centre.…

Govt taken to court over delays in tackling Gloriavale abuse

March 27, 2024: | RNZ | Ingrid Hipkiss | A leading lawyer is taking multiple government departments to court for delays in tackling abuse at the Christian Community of Gloriavale. Barrister Brian Henry has filed proceedings against Oranga Tamariki, the Department of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Social Development and Labour Inspectorate, after sending…

“It certainly doesn’t align with my values”: Labour Leader finds Gloriavale ‘abhorrent’

March 27, 2024: | Newstalk ZB | The leader of the Opposition says he finds the West Coast Christian community Gloriavale abhorrent.   A new documentary series exploring the origins and controversies surrounding the secretive commune has begun airing on TVNZ.   Some members have fled in recent years and several are taking Gloriavale to…

India’s Gloriavale and the Kiwi women there

March 27, 2024: | RNZ | The Detail | Gen McClure| Listen to RNZ The Gloriavale offshoot in India is home to Kiwi women and children. A former member of the sect says getting them out of there is urgent. When Theo Pratt saw her sister in India’s Gloriavale outpost last year, she…

India’s Gloriavale and the Kiwi women there

March 26, 2024: | RNZ| The Detail| The Gloriavale offshoot in India is home to Kiwi women and children. A former member of the sect says getting them out of there is urgent. Listen to Theo Pratt and Rosie Overcomer share insights from their visit to the Indian community. They are joined by…

Gloriavale members stuck in timewarp of 50 years ago

March 25, 2024: | RNZ | First Up The director of a three-part Gloriavale documentary says members of the isolated West Coast community “live like life is frozen in an oppressive communist regime in the 1970s”. Justin Pemberton’s “Escaping Utopia” follows members of the community who want to escape and have escaped Gloriavale…

Escaping Utopia: TVNZ’s Gloriavale documentary revisits the secretive community – The Front Page

March 25, 2024: | NZ Herald | A new documentary has revisited the origins of the Gloriavale Christian Community, as ongoing legal challenges continue to threaten the secretive commune’s future. The first episode of Escaping Utopia aired on TVNZ 1 last night, with two more episodes to follow tonight and tomorrow. Series co-director Justin Pemberton…