: | 1News | Sunday | TVNZ 1’s Sunday show carried out the only sit-down television interview with Gloriavale leader Hopeful Christian over a decade ago. Reporter Janet McIntyre was given access to Gloriavale residents and shown around the property by Christian himself, to see the inner-workings of the religious sect…
: By Patrick Gower – 02/05/2018 (Video can be viewed in article link). A lawyer acting for a former Gloriavale member is preparing to take legal action against the fundamentalist Christian community. John Ready was kicked out of the sect after being caught with “religious contraband”. He was sacked from his…
: By Paul Hobbs, 1News – 07/04/2018 [Video can be viewed in article link]. For the first time, the full details of Gloriavale’s “Declaration of Commitment” document can be unveiled. It includes an array of sweeping waivers, including how the religious group tries to legally bind people to a lifetime of…
: Lilia Tarawa | TEDxChristchurch | Video Link: I grew up in a cult Lilia Tarawa was brought up in the Gloriavale Christian Community on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand, where she was constantly surrounded by everyone she loved. But over time, she began to see…
: | Sunday | TVNZ | When SUNDAY first met Lilia Tarawa, she’d been brainwashed. Born in the isolated religious sect Gloriavale, the 16 year old had been raised to believe everyone in the outside world was destined to burn in hell. Her life was one of obedience and submission. A…
: By Woman’s Day – 19/09/2017 (Video can be viewed in article link). As she curls up on the couch in her townhouse on the outskirts of Christchurch, Lilia Tarawa looks every bit the successful businesswoman. With her runway looks and easy laugh, the 26-year-old business mentor chats about leadership, her…
: | RNZ | Audio || RNZ | Video | Lilia Tarawa fled Gloriavale after years of believing that to do so would mean she would go to hell. She describes what life is like in the religious community, and her fears for the family members… Video, Audio…
: |Stuff | Newsroom | Melanie Reid | This story was originally published on Newsroom.co.nz and is republished with permission. It’s now more than 20 years since Melanie Reid went “undercover” to report on the Cooperite community based on a remote West Coast farm. The Christian Community, now known as Gloriavale, was back…
: | Newsroom | Melanie Reid | It’s now more than 20 years since Melanie Reid went “undercover” to report on the Cooperite community based on a remote West Coast farm. The Christian Community, now known as Gloriavale, was back in the news this week when Newsroom revealed the findings of…