Sins of the father: Gloriavale leavers react to Julie Christie’s new documentary

July 1, 2026: | RNZ | Jean Edwards | Gideon Benjamin watched a Gloriavale leader’s on-camera admission about a failure to protect the Christian commune’s children. Anger rose inside him. When Gideon Benjamin watched a Gloriavale leader’s on-camera admission about a failure to protect the Christian commune’s children from offending by his father,…

Former Gloriavale member says new documentary misrepresents community

July 1, 2026: | NZ Herald | Mitchell Hageman | At 19, Dan Nicholson and his family left the controversial religious community and never looked back. He tells Mitchell Hageman his story, and what he believesDame Julie Christie’s new documentary got wrong. A former Gloriavale member believes a new documentary was unnecessary and…

Julie Christie’s new Gloriavale documentary plays it dangerously neutral

June 29, 2026: | The Spinoff | Tara Ward | Tara Ward reviews the first episode of Three’s new documentary series and asks, when will it be enough? The opening moments of Devotion: The Gloriavale Story capture how isolated Gloriavale really is. It begins with some stunning South Island scenery, all snow-capped mountains,…

New documentary shows life inside Gloriavale

June 28, 2026: | RNZ | Karl Puschmann | Dame Julie Christie’s new documentary Devotion  takes us inside daily life at Gloriavale, but should it? How many rotten apples does it take to spoil the barrel? One? Two? 22? It’s a big question. Especially because that last number is how many men from the…

Gloriavale members confront past crimes and defend right to a future in new documentary

June 28, 2026: | The Press | Joanne Naish | Gloriavale members confront past crimes and defend their right to a future in a new documentary, including the well-known Dove Love and the new Overseeing Shepherd. New Overseeing Shepherd Stephen Standfast told documentary makers God wanted them to have this way of life.…