“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…

Justin Pemberton: Escaping Utopia director explores the inner workings of Gloriavale through interviews with escapees

March 24, 2024: | Newstalk ZB |The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin Description The insular Greymouth community of Gloriavale has kept Kiwis enthralled as testimonies keep emerging. A new TVNZ documentary, Escaping Utopia, promises to unveil the stories of people who’ve left the community- and the struggles they’ve endured. Co-director Justin Pemberton says Gloriavale…

Gloriavale Doco – Escaping Utopia

March 22, 2024: | More FM | The Breakfast Club | Escaping Utopia premieres on Sunday, March 24 at 8.30pm on TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+, and continues Monday, March 25 and Tuesday, March 26. More Info Here www.gloriavaleleavers.org.nz…