: | 1News | Ryan Boswell | More than two decades after Auckland’s Centrepoint community was shut down, one survivor says New Zealand is still failing to protect people from high-control groups. Caroline Ansley, who lived at Centrepoint as a child, is joining forces with other cult survivors and their supporters…
: | Cults to Consciousness | Lilia Tarawa | Following up our incredible interview with Lilia Tarawa, today we go LIVE with her to further discuss what it was like escaping the Gloriavale cult. Founded by her grandfather, who was inspired by the Amish in the US, Gloriavale became an isolated…
: | Cults to Consciousness | Lilia Tarawa | Lilia Tarawa was raised in an isolated community in New Zealand started by her grandfather, called Gloriavale. Inspired by the Amish in the US, he implemented communal living, strict gender roles and even identical uniforms for its members. The numbers grew rapidly,…
: | Stuff | Paddy Gower | Ex-member Theophila Pratt believes Gloriavale’s teenagers will reshape the sect. With knowledge of the outside world and legal rights, she says the next generation could destroy the community’s way of thinking and living. Gloriavale is facing a population explosion of teenagers who will rise…
: |1News | Ryan Boswell | Parents of students who attended Gloriavale Christian School will still have “a range of options” for their children’s education, the Ministry of Education says. The ministry advised the West Coast Christian community on Thursday that it had decided to cancel the private school’s registration from January 23. Acting Hautū…
: | NZ Herald | Rachel Maher | Closing Gloriavale‘s school could be the start of the secluded religious commune unravelling, advocates say. After months of speculation about Gloriavale Christian School’s future, education bosses announced the under-fire private school would have its registration cancelled from January 23. The school’s board hit…
: | NZ Herald | Anna Leask | The disgraced former leader of the infamous Christian community, Gloriavale, will be sentenced today, Anna Leask reports.…
: | Stuff | Gloriavale leader on trial for decades of alleged sexual abuse (Video published July 2025) VIDEO CREDIT: ThreeNews Gloriavale’s once-powerful leader has been sentenced to over two years in prison for a catalogue of sexual offences that targeted girls and young women over more than two decades. Howard Temple, 85, was…
: | Laura X Timber | In this powerful interview, we sit down with the woman leading the rescue mission for people escaping the Gloriavale cult — one of New Zealand’s most extreme and isolated religious communities. Liz from the Gloriavale Leavers Trust reveals: This episode dives deep into themes of…
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